Posts Tagged ‘Immigration Reform’

Done right, immigration reform will boost the U.S. economy

Done right, immigration reform will boost the U.S. economy
By Victor Corral, Program Manager,  Insight Center for Community Economic Development (photo credit: celikins) The U.S. economy needs immigrants. According to the Center for American Progress, if we passed immigration reform that included legalization, there would be an estimated $1.5 trillion boost...
May 11th, 2010 | Economics, Immigration | Read More

Demanding to be seen and heard: Latino immigrant organizing in Houston

Demanding to be seen and heard: Latino immigrant organizing in Houston
By Christine Kovic, Associate Professor, University of Houston-Clear Lake Francisco Arguelles, May 1, 2010 On May 1, International Workers’ Day, over 7,000 people marched through the streets of Houston in a rally for immigrant reform.  Flying in the face of stereotypes of undocumented migrants as...
May 11th, 2010 | Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice | Read More

Social justice for Latino immigrants is social justice for everyone

Social justice for Latino immigrants is social justice for everyone
by Theresa Delgadillo, Assistant Professor, Ohio State University In the area of Latino/a Studies, which I teach, it is well known that immigration policy affects all Latino/as.  This is true not because all Latino/as are immigrants – indeed, both Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans became U.S. citizens...
May 10th, 2010 | Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice | Read More

Hundreds of students, supporters from L.A. demand to Veto SB 1070

Hundreds of students, supporters from L.A. demand to Veto SB 1070
A massive walkout of Phoenix-area high school students and a bus-load of protesters from L.A., crowd Arizona Capitol’s lawn in support of the efforts to persuade Governor Jan Brewer to veto the controversial bill that has stirred concerns across the nation. View photo gallery
April 23rd, 2010 | Immigration, Racial Equity | Read More

Sheriff Joe Arpaio challenges march in Washington with largest crackdown on undocumented in Arizona

Sheriff Joe Arpaio challenges march in Washington with largest crackdown on undocumented in Arizona
As thousands travel to the nation’s capital to push immigration reform, in Maricopa County the sheriff’s  department is launching a massive, county-wide operation to arrest undocumented immigrants. Phoenix, Arizona, March 18, 2010 – As tens of thousands of people prepare to attend a multitudinous...
March 19th, 2010 | Immigration | Read More

Ernesto Yerena: A rising grassroots artistic force

Ernesto Yerena: A rising grassroots artistic force
We are Human Fist: Collaboration with Shepard Fairey visit http://hechoconganas.com This “golden boy” of social art has already created historic images. And he’s just beginning. For the thousands of people who have participated in recent pro-immigration marches and demonstrations...
March 16th, 2010 | Culture, The Arts | Read More

Congressman Raul Grijalva’s response to the President’s speech

Congressman Raul Grijalva’s response to the President’s speech
Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) is a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, a committee with jurisdiction over health care legislation. Grijalva is also a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus as well as the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). The CPC supports inclusion of a...
September 10th, 2009 | Politics, US | Read More
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