In a special session, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved $600 million in emergency spending for border security. This comes on the heels of the 2010 Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Bill (H.R. 6080) passed by the House of Rep....
Wadsworth, Ohio – Reform Immigration for America, a united campaign that brings together individuals and grassroots organizations with the mission to build support for workable comprehensive immigration reform were pleased with the actions of the C....
Although the specifics remain a work in progress, Republican leaders are inching toward a substantive campaign agenda after a behind-the-scenes battle over how specific the policy proposals should be. (Richard E. Cohen, politico.com)
An agenda f....
PHOENIX -- The sheriff of Arizonas most populous county is making room in a vast outdoor jail and is determined to round up illegal immigrants to fill it. Police from the U.S.-Mexico border to the Grand Canyon are getting last-minute training. And ....
OMAHA, Nebraska -- Faced with expensive legal challenges, officials in the eastern Nebraska town of Fremont are considering suspending a voter-approved ban on hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants until the lawsuits are resolved.
The ....
As we approach July 29, the date that the law will be implemented in Arizona, its even more important that other states understand why they should NOT follow Arizonas lead. "Do I Look Illegal?" sends a clear and simple message about what is so dis....
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Everyone please have a seat. Thank you very much. Let me thank Pastor Hybels from near my hometown in Chicago, who took time off his vacation to be here today. We are ble....
CITING CONFLICT WITH FEDERAL LAW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CHALLENGES ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW
WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice challenged the state of Arizona’s recently passed immigration law, S.B. 1070, in federal court today.
In a br....
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, MALDEF issued a response to the announcement by the United States Department of Justice of its decision to file suit against Arizona and legally challenge the constituionality of Arizona's racially discriminatory, anti-im....
Washington D.C. - Today, the Department of Justice filed its long-awaited lawsuit against SB1070, Arizona 's anti-immigrant law, on grounds that the state's new immigration law illegally intrudes on federal prerogatives. It invokes the legal doctri....
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) welcomed President Obama’s appeal to Congress for a bipartisan overhaul of the nation’s broken immigration system Thursday, in a speech delivered at American University School of ....
Washington D.C. - El sábado primero de mayo, en más de 80 eventos en 30 estados en todo el país, más de medio millón de personas rezaron, marcharon y manifestaron para demandar acción inmediata de parte del Presidente y del Congreso para una reform....
STATEMENT FROM THE COMMISSION ON HISPANIC/LATINO AFFAIRS
ON ARIZONA SENATE BILL 1070
Contact: Florentina Staigers, Public Policy Center Program Director
614-466-8333
The Ohio Commission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs opposes state and local im....
Washington D.C. (April 28, 2010) -- Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today attended a press conference to speak out forcefully against the controversial Arizona law that gives law enforcement the authority to detain anyone suspected of being in ....
CLEVELAND, OHIO ― November 23, 2009 ― Immigration attorney Margaret Wong’s debut book, The Immigrant’s Way: For All Immigrants, By an Immigrant, will be released December 5. The book is published by fellow immigrant Sam Udani and ILW.co....
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