Posted by Cristina Parker on October 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Texas Public News Service EL PASO, Texas – Se espera que esta tarde en El Paso cientos de residentes de comunidades fronterizas busquen lograr el compromiso de los congresistas clave con la reforma migratoria. El representante Luis Gutiérrez, de Illinois, y el de California, Joe Baca, se reunirán con Silvestre Reyes de El Paso en [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on October 10, 2011 · 1 Comment
Texas Public News Service EL PASO, Texas – Hundreds of border-community residents are expected to seek immigration reform commitments from three key congressmen this evening in El Paso. Illinois Representative Luis Gutierrez and California’s Joe Baca will join Silvestre Reyes of El Paso at the public forum, sponsored by the Border Network for Human Rights. [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on October 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
(EL PASO, Texas) — Recognizing the deepening crisis caused by a broken immigration system, the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) has convened a dialogue on immigration and border policy with Representatives Silvestre Reyes and Luis Gutierrez and Joe Baca. On Monday, October 10, these lawmakers will hear the concerns, ideas, recommendations of border residents [...]
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Posted by Karen on July 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Gov. Susana Martinez plays political games with driver’s licenses and forgets simple geography (LAS CRUCES, New Mexico) — This week 10,000 foreign nationals living in New Mexico began receiving randomized letters informing them that they must drive to a new field office in Albuquerque to prove their New Mexican residency and identity. But why? The [...]
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Posted by Karen on July 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Congressman Luis Gutierrez and ten immigrant rights activists and religious leaders were arrested at the White House yesterday, for protesting against mass deportations and incarcerations of immigrants, being executed by the Obama administration. Since Barack Obama took office in 2008, more than one million migrant workers and their families have been incarcerated and deported. Most [...]
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Posted by Karen on July 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
On Tuesday immigration reform advocates rally in front of the White House against all the deportations since President Barack Obama was elected. As the White House frequently brags, President Obama has now deported more people than any other president in history. While frequently blaming the lack of immigration progress on Congress, participants have identified a [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on July 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
USATODAY today released an in-depth report that challenges the myth of the dangerous, open border. As we all know, there is just no such thing. Not only has the border been totally militarized by President Obama, people who live along the border have been saying “we feel safe” for years. From the article: U.S. [...]
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