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Latino Group Really Shakes Things Up
Holy cow! It was almost like the Earth shook in the nation’s capital after the country’s largest and most influential Latino civil rights group came out and said what many others have been complaining about: that the Obama administration has taken a fancy to deporting people left and right, and it’s time to say something …
House GOPers Move on Immigration Reform: But is it Any Good?
The House Republican leadership has been talking for a while about moving on comprehensive immigration reform, and now a year and a half after the Senate passed CIR, GOPers come out with a one-page “principles of immigration.” And guess what? It basically says yeah, sure, legalization is fine, but as far as citizenship for the …
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Immigration Reform Activists Enter Week Three of Fast
While many gathered for Thanksgiving and were lucky enough to have an abundance — some would even say an overabundance — a group of activists did not pause from their fast to enough the festivities. In fact, on Thanksgiving they had what they’ve had for the last three weeks: A GLASS OF WATER. That’s it. …
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Hunger Strike for Immigration Reform Continues
While there’s a lot of back and forth on what exactly is going to happen legislatively with comprehensive immigration reform this year, activists say they aren’t quitting, no matter what anyone says. Since last week, several of them have been staging a hunger strike within sight of the U.S. Capitol and they’re talking about not …
Activists Continue Push for Immigration Reform Vote
Activists are really hiking up the volume on immigration reform, pushing for a vote before Congress adjourns for the year in less than a month. There is some talk that legislators may stay until Christmas Eve to get everything done before the holiday, but right now the calendar says they’re leaving in mid-December. Supporters of …
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Religious Leader on Hunger Strike for CIR
The Rev. Samuel Rodríguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) is going on a 40-day hunger strike to push for passage of immigration reform. “In the spirit of Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and other leaders who have acted on the moral imperative to do justice, as well as our ultimate …
Mad Dash to the Immigration Reform Finish Line
Just a little over a month. That’s what’s left of the legislative calendar this year, IF Congress decides to stick with it and not stay longer to finish its work. So what exactly does that mean for immigration reform? It depends who you talk with. Immigration activists channel the famous Yankees catcher Yogi Berra and …
Big Republican Push for Immigration Reform
Community groups and immigration activists continue their push to get the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on immigration reform , and now there’s a group, Republicans for Immigration Reform, that’s rolling out a new web ad to get legislators from their own party to get behind a vote on the House floor. The group …
Closed Doors Will NOT Stop the DREAM!
After almost two days traveling by bus from Arizona to Washington, D.C., a group of DREAMers marched up to the congressional offices of House Speaker John Boehner, only to find it closed. The DREAMers are in the nation’s capital as part of an intense lobbying effort to get immigration reform legislation moving before it’s too …