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Activists Send Tacos To 'Racist' Mayor

Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: Tacos, Connecticut, New Haven, Immigration, Reform Immigration for America, Text, Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, Mayor Joseph Maturo, Good News News

East Haven, Connecticut, Mayor Joseph Maturo, Jr. ruffled a lot of feathers this week when he told a reporter that he would address Latinos' concerns ...

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Hundreds Of Tacos Delivered To Office of East Haven Mayor After Insensitive Comments

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Joseph Maturo, Video, Reform Immigration for America, Joseph Maturo Tacos, East Haven Police Discrimination, East Haven Tacos, Latino Voices News

He wanted tacos? He got tacos. 2,000 of them. An immigrants' rights group in East Haven delivered thousands of tacos to Mayor Jospeh Maturo's offic...

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Hundreds Of Tacos Delivered To Office of East Haven Mayor After Insensitive Comments

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Joseph Maturo, Video, Reform Immigration for America, Joseph Maturo Tacos, East Haven Police Discrimination, East Haven Tacos, Latino Voices News

Joseph Maturo, East Haven Mayor, Receives Hundreds Of Tacos After Insensitive Comments

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What Will Immigration Advocates Learn From DREAM's Defeat?

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Claire McKaskill, Agjobs, Olympia Snowe, Dick Durbin, Afl-Cio, Bob Bennett, Filibuster, Robert Menendez, George Voinovich, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Immigration Reform, Luis Gutierrez, Kay Hagan, DREAM Act, Sam Brownback, Max Baucus, Reform Immigration for America, Jon Tester, Gaby Pacheco, Senate, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Richard Lugar, Nalacc, Politics News
Daniel Altschuler

Were advocates of comprehensive immigration reform too slow to shift to supporting piecemeal legislation? And, did these leaders advance the optimal piecemeal strategy by focusing exclusively on the DREAM Act?

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DREAMing of Citizenship: An Interview with Gaby Pacheco

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, United We Dream, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigrant Rights Movement, DREAM Act, presente.org, Reform Immigration for America, Immigration, Trail of Dreams, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Students Working for Equal Rights, Politics News
Daniel Altschuler

With the House passing the DREAM (Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act last Wednesday and the Senate set to vote on it as soon as th...

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Key Questions as DREAM Debate Heats Up

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Immigration Reform, Agjobs, Undocumented Immigrants, DREAM Act, Filibuster, Reform Immigration for America, Lame Duck Session, Senate, Richard Lugar, Cloture, Politics News
Daniel Altschuler

Last Wednesday, immigration reform advocates cheered as the DREAM (Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act passed the House of Represen...

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National Immigration Conference Kicks Off, But Can It Shift The Debate?

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Boston Foundation, Immigrant Integration, Knight Foundation, Reform Immigration for America, Immigration, National Immigration Integration Conference, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, Niic, Mira, Arizona SB1070, Paul Grogan, President Obama, Center for Community Change, Deval Patrick, Damian Thorman, Deepak Bhargava, Arizona Immigration Law, Politics News
Daniel Altschuler

Hair tightly braided and red, white, and blue flags in hand, two mischievous girls ran through the ballroom aisles towards their mother. There she sa...

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Weekly Diaspora: DREAM Act Could be First Step to Reform

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Bob Menendez, Immigration, Hazleton, Arizona, Arpaio, Barack Obama, Alternet, Harry Reid, Immigration Reform, Campus Progress, Colorlines, Pennsylvania, Legal Arizona Workers Act, Luis Gutierrez, DREAM Act, Sb 1070, Reform Immigration for America, Nydia Velazquez, The Washington Independent, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger After months of intense debate over the Obama administration's efforts to revamp our immigration sy...

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Grassroots Efforts for Immigration Reform: Voices from Michigan, New York, and Colorado

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Rifa, Gamaliel Foundation, Latino Politics, Latino Voters, Civil Disobedience, Public Opinion Polls, Reform Immigration for America, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, Democratic Party, Arizona Immigration Law, Republican Party, MOSES Michigan, Make the Road New York, Politics News
Daniel Altschuler

Over the past several years, grassroots groups across the country have held mass marches, lobbied government officials and used civil disobedience to ...

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Legislative Prospects for Immigration Reform: An Interview With Marshall Fitz

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Agjobs, John McCain, Cato Institute, Marshall Fitz, Congressman James Sensenbrenner, President Obama, George W. Bush, Senator Charles Schumer, Afl-Cio, Immigration, Jon Kyl, Deportation, Ted Kennedy, Center for American Progress, Unite Here, Immigration Reform, Senate, DREAM Act, Immigration Enforcement, Reform Immigration for America, Chamber of Commerce, Senator Lindsey Graham, Immigration Policy Center (IPC), Seiu, Midterm Elections, Politics News
Daniel Altschuler

I spoke with Fitz to explore the current context in the Beltway. We discussed the congressional politics on immigration in 2007 and 2010 and the significance of Latino voting patterns for the prospects of immigration reform.

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Organizing for Immigration Reform: An Interview With Deepak Bhargava

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Arizona SB1070, America's Voice, Latino Vote, Center for Community Change, Obama Immigration, Democratic Party, Center for American Progress, Rifa, Latino Evangelicals, Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigrants, Racism, Immigration Enforcement, Reform Immigration for America, Chamber of Commerce, Arizona Immigration Law, Republican Party, Politics News
Daniel Altschuler

Mr. Bhargava spoke with me on issues ranging from the potential impact of Latino voters and grassroots mobilizations, and the challenges facing progressive groups in the wake of Arizona's immigration law.

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Growing Up Illegal in Colorado: Paying for a System We Didn't Break

Kristen Leigh Painter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, L.Y.F.E., Colorado, Reform Immigration for America, Arizona, Sb 1070, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Edgar Niebla, Denver News
Kristen Leigh Painter

At 6:30 a.m. on Apr. 28, Edgar Niebla was awoken by his crying mother and told, "The police are here for you." His crime: growing up in the United States, but having been born in Mexico.

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We All Live in Arizona: On May Day, ICE Dogs, and the Future of NYC (PHOTOS)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: May Day 2010, ICE Raids, Homeland Security, Education, May Day Rally, Labor, Detentions, Immigration, Legalize AZ, New York News, Deportations, Racial Profiling, Jan Brewer, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DREAM Act, May Day March, Chartes Schumer, New York Immigration Coalition, Reform Immigration for America, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Immigrant Rights, Sb 1070, Tea Party, Foley Square, New York News
Michael Gould-Wartofsky

There's a world of difference between New York County and Maricopa County. But that didn't stop somebody from dispatching ICE agents with dogs to surround the protests at the end of Saturday's march.

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Weekly Diaspora: Rallying the Grassroots

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Radion Project, Immigration Reform, March for America, Kkk, President Barack Obama, Grassroots Organizing, DREAM Act, Reform Immigration for America, Detention Abuses, Racewire, New America Media, Trail of Dreams, March, Alternet, Detention, Home News
The Media Consortium

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 pr...

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Our Time to Fight for Immigration Reform is Now

Ali Noorani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Immigration Reform, Labor, Latino Politics, Immigration, Reform Immigration for America, Democrats, Faith, Republicans, Politics News
Ali Noorani

America at its very core is saying loud and clear we need a functioning immigration system that stops unscrupulous employers from exploiting American and immigrant workers.

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Immigration Rally: Immigration Reform Advocates Gather At Capitol Hill

The New York Times | Ian Urbina | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Capitol Hill, Illegal Immigration, Reform Immigration for America, Immigration, Immigrants, Immigration Bill, National Capital Immigration Coalition, Hispanic Caucus, Overhaul, Obama, Reform, Immigration Law, Politics News

Thousands of immigrants came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a day of lobbying and an afternoon rally calling for comprehensive immigration reform. Th...

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