Immigration Reform: Being Played For a Fool Again

Put forth by XicanoPwr

May 21

America is an idea, a set of beliefs about people and their relationships and the kind of society which holds the best hope of satisfying the needs each of us brings as an individual. The global mobility of human resources between countries is a key driving force of the currently ongoing economic and regional development [...]

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Friday Night Bideo

Put forth by XicanoPwr

May 18

Well, it looks like a deal has been made for unComprehensive Immigration Bill. And from today’s Democracy NOW! (h/t MCat), the bill includes hiring of 18,000 more Border agents, all undocumented immigrants will be forced to pay a $5,000 fine to continue to stay in the US, and tall immigrants will be required to get [...]

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Keepers of the Gate In the Land of Lost Hope

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Apr 15

Last year, the country saw the unfolding of one of the most powerful waves of demonstrations in US history. Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans and Latinos, along with other immigrants and their supporters took to the streets in protest of an anti-immigration bill that was on floor of Congress. On May 1 2006, an estimated [...]

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Labor Day March for Immigrant Rights

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Sep 02

(Hat tip to Stace at Dos Centavos for bring this up)
A message from the National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Debate Endgame in this Congress – Stalemate, Solution, or Setback?
When Congress returns just after Labor Day, it only has five weeks left before recessing for the mid-term elections in November. With immigration being one of the nation’s [...]

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