Responding to pleas from immigration judges and lawyers who say the nation’s immigration courts are faltering under a crushing caseload, the American Bar Association called... Read More
Arizona's new law requires state workers to report undocumented immigrants who apply for public benefits, like health care, even when it's for their citizen children.... Read More
Via La Opinión, 16 December 2009.
The
immigration reform bill introduced yesterday in the House of
Representatives by Illinois Congressman Luis Gutiérrez is co-sponsored
by 87 other representatives... Read More
The "Day of Inclusion" was authored by Assemblyman Mike Eng and designated in 2009 as such by means of California State Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR)... Read More
Mallika Dutt examines the fundamental problem of the immigration reform debate. Can we bring back due process rights for non-citizens? Sandip Roy interviews the award... Read More
Jesus Rodriguez, a Mexican who can't read or write, sometimes mixes up the numbers that identify the cows that he milks. But he can easily... Read More
The National Immigration Forum, an immigration advocacy organization, along with a diverse coalition of labor union leaders, religious groups and civil rights organizations is challenging... Read More
IDEAS at UCLA, Improving Dreams, Equality, Access and Success, was created in the fall of 2003 to provide a support network for undocumented students at... Read More
In the first quarter of 2009, state legislators in all 50 states introduced 1,040 bills and resolutions relating to immigrants and refugees. As of March... Read More
Most people don't like their driver's license picture, but if a state lawmaker has his way, one group of Minnesotans said they are going to... Read More
Since 1996, children who are legal immigrants have not been eligible for state health programs, such as BadgerCare Plus, for their first five years in... Read More
”The House gave final approval to a bill extending health insurance to millions of low-income children, and President Obama signed it.” (Source: Robert Pear in... Read More
The new whitehouse.gov website is up and running today with the administration's agenda on many topics from civil rights to women. The page on immigration... Read More
CPB, NPR and PBS, in consultation with APTS, have asked President-elect Obama to include $550 million for noncommercial public-service media in his far larger package... Read More
The Lannan Foundation announced that it has recognized five human rights advocates with Cultural Freedom Awards for 2008.
The purpose of the Lannan Cultural Freedom... Read More
A new video premiers December 5th at the Santa Fe Film Festival on the remarkable career of former UFW leader and current SEIU Executive Vice-President... Read More
Documentary producers are putting up clips from their film on YouTube to generate discussion and to inform their media making while it is in process.... Read More
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Little Village organizations, city officials, and residents gathered on the first anniversary of the violent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)... Read More
This panel was part of a daylong Refugee Policy Forum that took place on January 30, 2008 in Decatur, Georgia. The panelists discuss proposed legislation... View Video
By ERIC LICHTBLAU, February 13, 2008. “The vote, a major victory for the White House, would also give legal protection to phone companies that cooperated... Read More
The Georgia General Assembly is considering a bill that would allow Georgians to vote on a constitutional amendment making English the official language of the... Read More
The issue of immigration has been a flashpoint in the Presidential debates. Border fences, identification for illegal immigrants, and other reforms have all raised questions... Read More
The Georgia Refugee Public Policy and Education Initiative Presents, Strengthening Georgia: Policies that Support Refugees' Path to Becoming Successful New Americans
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Maloof Auditorium, Decatur
8:30am - 3:00pm.
This forum is for refugees, refugee service agencies, social and health service providers, policy makers, educators, advocates, and all others interested in Georgia's refugee newcomer communities. Read More
The Associated Press reported in the New York Times that, “A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that challenged a new Arizona law barring... Read More
A call from the Benton Foundation for universal broadband service for all Americans. Compares U.S. broadband services with what is available in the rest of... Read More
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