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Communities Across the Nation Rethink Hard-Line Immigration Laws
Amidst a deep economic recession and a growing climate of fear and alienation within immigrant communities, many states, cities and counties that “plunged into the immigration debate are having second thoughts,” reports USA Today. In states like Texas, Alabama and elsewhere, hard-line immigration legislation has been repealed or modified by lawmakers that have come to […]
Read MoreNew SPLC Report: Three leading anti-immigration groups share extremist roots
Today the Southern Poverty Law Center is releasing a new report, The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance examining the three Washington, D.C., organizations standing in the way of comprehensive immigration reform. The report shows that they are part of a network of groups created by a man who has been at the heart of […]
Read MoreNY’s Gillibrand Softens on Immigration
“In a lot of these [immigration] issues, it’s a case of learning more and expanding my view,” said Kirsten Gillibrand-the new Senator of New York who has recently indicated that she’s rethinking her hard-line approach to immigration and opting for more pragmatic solutions. Gillibrand’s change of heart in part has to do with the 8,142,871 […]
Read MoreAnti-Immigrant Groups Invite GOP to Join Their Sinking Ship
This week at the National Press Club, anti-immigrant groups Team America PAC and American Cause (chaired by regular CNN and MSNBC contributors Bay Buchanan and Pat Buchanan) hosted an event to discuss why the GOP should continue to use an anti-immigrant platform in order to save their party and bring them back to majority status. […]
Read MoreLatino Experts Look Beyond Legalization and Citizenship
Former Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros and several other leading Latino experts met at the Center for American Progress Monday to discuss Latinos’ role in shaping America’s future. Panelists such as Sarita Brown of Excelencia in Education and Janet Murguia of NCLR joined Cisneros in affirming that without vast improvements to the Latino community’s economic and […]
Read MoreHundreds March Around Country March for Immigration Reform
Yesterday groups of immigrants, community members, faith leaders and advocates gathered around the country to march and call upon the new Obama Administration to move forward with immigration reform including a path to citizenship for the approximately 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. Diverse groups of immigrants and their supporters in Washington, DC, […]
Read MorePush Still Strong for Immigration Reform in Early Obama Administration
Today, Barack Obama stepped into the Oval Office on his first full day in the White House as President of the United States and met with economic advisors to start “making early progress on the change he promised.” In the spirit of both economic recovery and social change, immigration should be addressed in President Obama’s […]
Read MoreNapolitano Brings New Day to the Department of Homeland Security
Although many questions were left unanswered at the confirmation hearing of Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano this week, make no mistake that she has always been a vocal supporter of comprehensive immigration reform. She has made countless numbers of statements in support of smart, sensible and thorough solutions to our broken immigration system. Watch the speech […]
Read MorePresidential Leaders Want Comprehensive Immigration Reform on Front Burner
President Bush counted immigration reform as one of his major regrets this week when cautioning the GOP not to be perceived as so “anti-somebody.” While Bush’s promise of comprehensive immigration reform took a back seat to the Iraq War back in 2001, current headlines suggest Obama’s immigration reform campaign pledge is similarly taking a backseat […]
Read MoreImmigration May Make or Break NY Senate Seat Contenders
Caroline Kennedy’s interest in taking over Hillary Clinton’s U.S. Senate seat for the state of New York is no secret. Her policy positions have been less obvious. However, this past weekend she began revealing “hints” of a platform-including immigration. On Saturday, Ms. Kennedy’s spokesman provided written answers to 15 questions posed by The New York […]
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