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Basta YA! Enough is Enough! Stop the raids!Created on August 22, 2008 at 1:26pm
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Criminals are the biggest benefactors when immigrants fear the police.
Source: ow.ly
On March 12, Juan Garcia, a 53-year-old homeless man, was brutally murdered in an alley off 9th and Alvarado streets in the Westlake District, just west of downtown Los Angeles. At first, the police were stumped; there were no known witnesses and few clues. ...
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
In the middle of the crowd, there was a girl who had come to D.C. with
her mother from a community in Ohio, devastated by the deportations
tearing families apart. She stood holding a large drawing of her father
and her friends’ parents who have been taken away. She came to
Washington wanting to give her drawing to the pres...ident’s children, to
ask them to tell their father, to plead with them, that she wanted her
own father back.Read More
her mother from a community in Ohio, devastated by the deportations
tearing families apart. She stood holding a large drawing of her father
and her friends’ parents who have been taken away. She came to
Washington wanting to give her drawing to the pres...ident’s children, to
ask them to tell their father, to plead with them, that she wanted her
own father back.Read More
Source: news.newamericamedia.org
New America Media is a nationwide association of over 700 ethnic media organizations representing the development of a more inclusive journalism. Founded in 1996 by Pacific News Service, New America Media ...
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Alert! Tell Speaker Pelosi to end 5 year bar for legal immigrants to access federally sponsored health care coverage!
Immigrants, who work hard and pays taxes, should have the same rights and benefits as anyone else, including access to the same health care programs enjoyed by other Americans.
Source: icirr.e-actionmax.com
Healthcare Discrimination Speaker Nancy Pelosi needs to hear from you. Send her a message that barring legal immigrants from Medicaid for five years is not fair.
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Now is the time. Lets fix it.
"We simply cannot wait any longer for a bill that keeps our families together, protects our workers and allows a pathway to legalization for those who have earned it. It is time we had a workable plan making its way through Congress that recognizes the vast contributions of immigrants to t...his country and that honors the American Dream. I am preparing such a plan, and will introduce it in the near future. It will include the following core principles:"Read More
"We simply cannot wait any longer for a bill that keeps our families together, protects our workers and allows a pathway to legalization for those who have earned it. It is time we had a workable plan making its way through Congress that recognizes the vast contributions of immigrants to t...his country and that honors the American Dream. I am preparing such a plan, and will introduce it in the near future. It will include the following core principles:"Read More
Source: icirr.org
At a rally today on the west lawn of the United States Capitol, U.S. Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) addressed a crowd of thousands, including hundreds from Illinois, who demanded change to our nation's broken immigration system.
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Daily Kos offers his 25 key principles for progressive #immigration reform and we couldn't agree more
Source: www.dailykos.com
On Tuesday Oct 13th, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus led by Rep. Luis Gutierrez(Il-D), will be joined in Washington by 2,500 representatives of labor, immigrant advocacy and civil rights groups, ...
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Chicago City Council passes resolution for immigration reform and supporting Gutierrez immigration reform principals to be announced next week. http://icirr.org/en/reform-immigration-a
Source: icirr.org
On October 7th, surrounded by families facing separation and local leaders of Familias Unidas and the Reform Immigration For America campaign, Alderman Danny Solis with over a half dozen supporting Aldermen ...
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights DHS gets serious about long overdue detention reforms.
Source: www.nytimes.com
The Obama administration’s ambitious plan to repair the immigration detention system is a necessary corrective to years of willful neglect.
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights New post up by ICIRR Director Joshua Hoyt on Huffington Post
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Outright anti-immigrant demagoguery reminiscent of the failed campaigns of Republican perennial candidate Jim Oberweis is surprising, perhaps even shocking, from Congressman Kirk.
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Help Stop the Deportation of Rigo Padilla! Rigo is an outstanding student, active in his community, and needs your help!
Source: icirr.org
Today’s immigration ruling ordering the removal of Rigoberto Padilla is a tragedy for him, his family, and our entire community. Read more…
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Great article about Sister JoAnn Persch and Sister Pat Murphy great work. Please add some positive comments to article. (If the Chicago Tribune's comment section starts working again)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local
Source: www.chicagotribune.com
Sister Pat Murphy prays with and listens to a female immigration detainee in the McHenry County Jail. Murphy, 80, and Sister JoAnn Persch, 75, lead a group of religious workers in ministering to the detainees' ...
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Our Statement on Department of Homeland Security changes to immigration detention policies. Welcome changes but the problem of the broken immigration system remains unresolved.
Source: icirr.org
Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security announced changes to the way they conduct oversight and accountability in immigration detention and changes to policies regarding immigrant detention facilities. The following is a statement by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights:
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Great video by Campus Progress about the Dream Act.
Source: www.youtube.com
The DREAM Act is a bipartisan proposal that would create a pathway to citizenship for thousands of young students who were brought to the United States years ago as children. If Congress fails to act ...
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Enough is Enough! Check out the video from our friends at America's Voice and Sign the petition to DHS to end the flawed and ineffective Bush era immigration enforcement tactics. Please Share.
Source: www.icirr.org
As portrayed in our latest video, "Enough!", the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been paying for what a recent law report calls a dangerous "cowboy" operation with our tax dollars.
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Michelle Malkin attempting to smear immigration reform before it even hits the floor.
Source: wonkroom.thinkprogress.org
Michelle Malkin appeared on Fox and Friends this morning promoting the hysterical claim that millions of “illegal lawbreakers, border jumpers, visa overstayers, and deportation fugitives” will ...
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Yesterday, Kirk announced for Senate. Do you think condoms and racial profiling will win him a higher office?
Source: icirr.org
Yesterday morning outside of his childhood home, Mark Kirk announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat formally held by now President Barack Obama. His announcement has been long anticipated, many had expected that he was going to announce during his speech to the Chicago Club back in April.
