By Esmeralda Dominguez for Driver’s Licenses for All Driver’s Licenses for All is a grassroots group of documented and undocumented Colorado residents who grew out of the Initiative 52 ballot campaign, which collected more than 30,000 signatures with 1,200 volunteers … Continued
Last August anti-immigrant group NumbersUSA and beleaguered lawyer Kris Kobach filed suit against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and ICE Director John Morton. The lawsuit was nothing more than an attempt by the nativist lobby to mount an … Continued
Fox News and the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) are peddling flimsy or downright false statistics in hopes of sabotaging immigration reform. CIS’s “five-hundred percent surge” doesn’t hold up to even a little scrutiny. “We’ve seen a 500 percent surge in the … Continued
UPDATE: In Colorado, TRUST passes house, driver’s licenses bill to be introduced next week It’s a busy legislative season in Colorado this year for immigrant rights advocates, with three significant bills making their way through the statehouse, and one tabled until … Continued
The AFL-CIO and the SEIU, two of the nations largest union federations, are standing up to republicans and business groups for fair wages in federal immigration reform. While the group of bipartisan Senators, called the “Gang of 8,” working on … Continued
On February 10, the deceptively-named Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR) posted a report on its spin-off website, Immigration EIS, warning that the US population could exceed 1 billion by 2200 if current immigration reform proposals were enacted. In this draft, … Continued
By Marshall Fitz, Philip E. Wolgin, and Patrick Oakford for Center for American Progress With immigration reform heating up in Congress and the White House putting its muscle behind legislative action, immigration opponents are already campaigning against common-sense reforms. Their current line of attack is an … Continued
Co-authored with Catharine Debelle “Everyone deserves the Freedom to Live, love, and work wherever they please.” – Repeal Coalition, Arizona Georgia’s latest anti-immigrant SB 458, the bill that would bar all undocumented students from attending any school of public higher … Continued
Last month, activists in Kansas received the Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s calendar documenting his meetings and other engagements during his first year in office. As reported by Imagine2050 after it was released to the public, Kobach’s calendar was full … Continued
True to its bigoted, anti-immigrant agenda, the John Tanton Network is once again attempting to foster disunity among African American, Black, and immigrant communities. In his article from last week in The Daily Caller, “Anti-HB 56 march trivializes civil rights … Continued