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Obama meets Senators on immigration as undocumented dreamers come out of the ... by Restore Fairness
Posted on 11 Mar 2010 at 1:21pm

From the Restore Fairness blog.

My name is Nico and I’m undocumented. I’m coming out of the shadows because I am no longer afraid. I came to this country in 1992, following my mother to the land wh...

Weekly Diaspora: Immigration Opponents Take a Turn for the Worse by The Media Consortium
Posted on 11 Mar 2010 at 11:11am

By Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger

As grassroots support for the pro-immigration reform March for America grows, anti-immigration groups and their allies are trying to use racial tension to sto...

Weekly Diaspora: Rallying the Grassroots by The Media Consortium
Posted on 4 Mar 2010 at 9:49am

By Erin Rosa, Media Consortium blogger

Ed. Note: After a brief hiatus, the Diaspora is back! We're very excited to have Erin Rosa on board for this project. Please stay tuned for a the latest devel...

This is your march so don't miss out! Come to D.C. to March for America by Restore Fairness
Posted on 1 Mar 2010 at 12:33pm

From the Restore Fairness blog.

Two months into 2010, the urgency for action on comprehensive immigration reform has grown, requiring us to take our efforts up a notch or two. We hope that the esca...

GOP Plays 'Immigrant' Card to Block Progress AGAIN: First Sick Kids, Now Unem... by AmericasVoice
Posted on 23 Feb 2010 at 2:31pm

Today The Hill is reporting that Repbulican Senators are using immigration wedge politics to try to poke holes in the new jobs legislation moving forward in Congress:

The GOP expressed worries tha...

How far will the GOP go for the Latino vote? by Restore Fairness
Posted on 22 Feb 2010 at 2:55pm

From the Restore Fairness blog.

In the 2008 Presidential Election, Republicans won only 31% of the Latino vote, down from 40% of Latino votes they had four years earlier when George Bush took offic...

Hayworth, Norquist and CPAC: the Republican Fork in the Road on Immigration by AmericasVoice
Posted on 19 Feb 2010 at 3:58pm

Republicans are facing a major fork in the road on immigration, highlighted this week at CPAC (the major conservative conference in DC right now).

Does the GOP choose the backward-looking, anti-imm...

Democrats Accused of "Empty Words" on Immigration by AmericasVoice
Posted on 17 Feb 2010 at 9:45am  

There’s  a very strong editorial today in La  Opinion on the issue of immigration reform. Translated, the title reads, "No More Empty Words." It lays responsibility for any inaction on immigration...

Is the criminal justice system "The New Jim Crow?' by Restore Fairness
Posted on 9 Feb 2010 at 1:29pm Jarvious Cotton’s great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting...

Is the Tea Party's racist rhetoric going to save broken families? by Restore Fairness
Posted on 8 Feb 2010 at 3:52pm

From the Restore Fairness blog. 

While it is difficult to find much coherence within the fractured and fast-changing Tea Party Movement, a look at their convention in Nashville last week shows that...

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Reform Immigration FOR America: Congress, It’s Go TIme on Immigration Reform Posted on 11 Mar 2010 at 3:18pm

Administration Makes Strong Commitment to Achieving Reform This Year

 

Washington, D.C. — Today Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum and Chair of the Reform Immigration...

President Obama Gets Ball Rolling on Immigration but Concrete Legislative Act... Posted on 5 Mar 2010 at 2:55pm

thousands to mobilize for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

 

Washington, DC –Yesterday, La Opinión and Los Angeles Times reported that President Obama met with members of his Domestic Policy to dis...

Court Evidence Reveals Collusion Between ICE and Employer Posted on 3 Feb 2010 at 2:26pm

Abuse Underscores Need for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

 

Washington, DC –Yesterday, the New York Times revealed that immigration authorities allegedly colluded with Signal International, L.L.C...

President’s Budget Includes More Accountability in Immigration Posted on 2 Feb 2010 at 3:55pm

congressional action on immigration reform still required

 

Washington, DC – Yesterday, President Obama unveiled his FY2011 federal budget request, including funding for immigration-related provi...

Forum Ready to Work with Administration and Congress on Immigration Reform Posted on 27 Jan 2010 at 9:31pm

Leaders should Work Together on Bipartisan Solutions  

Washington, DC – Tonight, during the State of the Union address, President Obama said Congress must continue working to fix our broken immigra...

Study Makes Strong Economic Case for Immigration Reform Posted on 7 Jan 2010 at 12:50pm

Reform would result in $1.5 Trillion increase in U.S. GDP

 

Washington, DC – Today, the Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Center released a new study by University of Califor...

Detention Policy Changes Welcomed Posted on 17 Dec 2009 at 4:07pm

Washington, DC – Yesterday, ICE announced a revised policy regarding the detention of asylum seekers who are apprehended coming to the U.S.  The administration indicated that immigrants who are ide...

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Has the Time Come for the Push for Immigration Reform? by immigrationprof
Posted on 12 Mar 2010 at 9:06am As we reported yesterday, the much-awaited meetings with Senators Schumer and Graham were slated for yesterday. Julia Preston of the N.Y. Times reports that "President Obama said Thursday that he w...

President's Immigration Summit Today by immigrationprof
Posted on 11 Mar 2010 at 8:06am There has been lots of buzz and chatter about immigration reform this week. It looks like the long-delayed meeting between President Obama and Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsay Graham (R-...

Administrative Changes Can Benefit Immigration System, David Martin Says by immigrationprof
Posted on 10 Mar 2010 at 11:04am From UVA Today: "Though comprehensive legislation would provide the best fix for the country's immigration system, administrative reforms can accomplish much in the interim, University of Virginia ...

Urge the Inclusion of Immigrants in Healthcare Reform by immigrationprof
Posted on 10 Mar 2010 at 10:43am From the California Immigrant Policy Center: Dear Colleagues, A few months ago your organization endorsed a letter to Senators Boxer and Feinstein urging the inclusion of immigrants in health care ...

National Immigration Forum - ImmPolitic Blog

A Separate Reality Posted on 11 Mar 2010 at 10:01am  
Images: (c)iStockphoto/Simon McConico; (c)iStockphoto/helenecanada

There was a happy ending recently in the case of a man from China who was to be deported under rules set by an immigration law pa...

Immigrants ? Creating the Jobs Americans Want to Do Posted on 5 Mar 2010 at 5:18am

 

The Christian Science Monitor the other day published a story, “Who’s creating US jobs? Mexicans.”  The story noted an increase in Mexican entrepreneurs coming to the U.S. in order to escape drug...

Our Time to Fight for Immigration Reform is Now Posted on 25 Feb 2010 at 11:49am

Democrats have become the party of “I can’t” while Republicans have become the party of “I won’t.” But the overwhelming majority of Americans (conservatives, independents and everyone else) is sa...

Can Washington Govern? Posted on 25 Feb 2010 at 7:57am

A question on the minds of many these days is, “Can Washington govern?”

That question has been the subject of much comment in the last week since the surprise announcement by Indiana Senator Evan ...

Big Tent, Little Tent Posted on 24 Feb 2010 at 8:00am

An interesting pair of articles appeared in the Washington Post on February 21. 

In the first, Dana Milbank reported on the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, where each year Republi...

After Rody Alvarado?s Victory, Obstacles Remain for Domestic Violence Victims... Posted on 12 Feb 2010 at 10:30am

Although Rody Alvarado, a Guatemalan victim of domestic violence, recently won her 14-year-long battle to gain asylum in the U.S., there remain obstacles for other victims of domestic violence see...

Operation Streamline a Waste of Taxpayer Dollars Says Judge Posted on 11 Feb 2010 at 3:29pm

Last week, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks decided he had had enough.  The three defendants in his Austin, Texas, courtroom, prosecuted under 8 U.S.C. § 1326 for illegal re-entry into the United Sta...

Which Way Will the Latino Vote Swing in 2010? Posted on 10 Feb 2010 at 10:30am

This is an election year, and one question that will be the subject of speculation between now and Election Day is what role will Latinos play in this election.

Providing a review of recent histor...

In the Wake of a Raid, How do Families Survive? Posted on 8 Feb 2010 at 1:00pm

 

What happens to family members, primarily children, who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents once one or both undocumented parents are swept up in a raid?

On February 2nd, the Urban Institut...