22 May 2013
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0It’s been seven long months since Election Day.
It’s been seven long months and there is still no immigration bill in the House of Representatives. We need more than just “agreements in principle” from the House. We need legislation that will keep families together and provide a path to path to citizenship for the 11 million men, women and children in this country...
Last week, The Heritage Foundation released a faulty, anti-immigrant economic “study” that was denounced even within the conservative community. Today, immigrant families will deliver thousands of pink slips to Heritage president and former senator Jim DeMint, demanding that he be held accountable for the bigoted report and resign.
Late Friday afternoon, one of the co-authors of the...
Day One: Akron
It is my first day riding along with the Stand Up for Ohio bus tour. So far this has been an experience unlike any other. I am on my first trip to the field for the Center for Community Change to gain firsthand experience with our work. Community organizing is difficult, but magical. It pulls people from many different corners with many different experiences toward one...
Now that the long-awaited immigration reform bill has been introduced, the real work begins. Amendments to the bill are now available online for public review. Tomorrow, the process known as markup will begin, in which the Senate Judiciary Committee will review amendments and debate and rewrite the proposed legislation.
To ensure that critical changes are made to the bill, such as expansion of...
By: Jennifer Martinez
A little over a year, my family was ripped apart when my husband of 16 years was suddenly taken away and forced to leave the country. My husband went to work one morning, as always, but he didn’t come home. Was he safe? When would we see him again? Me and my four children were left alone and scared, with no answers.
On March 21, 2012, my husband was told he had...
