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Reform Immigration FOR America Denounces Senator McCain's Outrageous Comments

April 20, 2010
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Reform Immigration FOR America: What's The Matter With Arizona?

April 16, 2010
Earlier this week, the Arizona House of Representatives approved the harshest and most extreme anti-immigration legislation in the country. The new law would make it a crime for undocumented immigrants to be in Arizona, gives police the authority ... read more

Reform Immigration For America Asks ICE: Who's In Charge?

March 30, 2010
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Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign Launched to Spearhead National Immigration Reform Effort

June 03, 2009
A national campaign to help President Obama make good on his promise to pass comprehensive immigration reform in 2009 was unveiled at a press conference in Washington today. ... read more

NATIONAL LAUNCH OF THE REFORM IMMIGRATION FOR AMERICA CAMPAIGN

June 01, 2009
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SHARPTON HAILS NYS POLICE REFORMS

SHARPTON HAILS NYS POLICE REFORMS

June 12, 2020
Rev. Al Sharpton today hailed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature to a series of police reforms. He sat alongside Cuomo at the signing ceremony. Sharpton said the move "raised the bar." The executive order requires mayors and police departments to modernize their programs or risk losing state aid. Cuomo said "there is no quick fix to this. There is no stop tear gas, change the uniforms." Also at the signing were the mothers of Eric Garner and Sean Bell. ... read more
Rally Tonight Against Alabama Immigration Law

Rally Tonight Against Alabama Immigration Law

September 01, 2011
Opponents of Alabama's law on illegal immigration are holding a rally tonight in Birmingham. The demonstration was originally timed to coincide with the law taking effect Earlier this week a federal judge temporarily blocked the law from going into effect, saying she needed more time to consider lawsuits filed by critics who believe the law is unconstitutional. ... read more
Judge Temporarily Blocks Alabama Immigration Law

Judge Temporarily Blocks Alabama Immigration Law

August 30, 2011
A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked a controversial immigration law that was set to go into effect Thursday in the southern U.S. state of Alabama. The law would allow Alabama police to detain anyone suspected of being in the country illegally when that person is stopped for any other reason. It would also make it a crime to knowingly ... read more
Hearing On Alabama Immigration Law Begins

Hearing On Alabama Immigration Law Begins

August 24, 2011
Alabama’s immigration law is in court today with attorneys from the Obama administration, civil rights groups and state churches arguing that the measure is an unconstitutional attack on civil liberties. The new immigration law requiring that police officers check immigrants’ legal status might lead to lawsuits for unlawful detention, a judge said in a hearing on challenges to the statute. ... read more

Group: Immigration Law Will Make Charity A Crime

August 17, 2011
The president of the National Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP), a Catholic lay organization that works extensively with those in need and living in poverty says, "The immigration law recently passed by the state of Alabama will make it illegal to practice virtually every facet of Christian charity," "Giving ... read more

School Reform Discussed At Black Caucus Confab

August 12, 2011
As Memphis City Schools enacts groundbreaking reforms to turn around the low-income urban district's troubled history, Deputy Superintendent Irving Hamer is sharing the city's story of increasing the effectiveness of its teachers at the Congressional Black Caucus' mid-year conference in Tunica, Miss., on Friday. With the recent announcement by the Obama administration that individual states ... read more

FEDS THROW IMMIGRATION A CURVE

August 08, 2011
In a surprise move, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it would rescind all 39 memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with states to implement “Secure Communities” (S-Comm.) The letter from the Obama administration voided agreements they had signed with states to authorize the state's participation in the program in the belief that state participation was not voluntary anyway. ... read more

16 Nations Ask To Federal Court To Join Immigration Lawsuit

August 05, 2011
Mexico and 15 Central American and South American countries have asked a federal court to consider their briefs in support of lawsuits seeking to overturn Alabama's new immigration law. According to Mexico's brief the law, which is slated to go into effect Sept. 1, undermines U.S.-Mexico relations. "Mexico seeks to ensure that its citizens present in the U.S. are accorded the human and civil rights granted under the U.S. Constitution," the brief states. Mexico goes on to ask that the federal court declare Alabama's law unconstitutional and prevent it from going into effect. ... read more

In Arizona Aftermath, States Steer Clear Of Immigration Fight

August 02, 2011
A year after SB 1070 took effect, states nationwide are turning away from similar bills, fearing the financial and political fallout seen in Arizona and the consequences that anti-immigrant legislation could have in their own backyards, according to a New America Media report. “Arizona was a wake up call for other states,” said Elena Lacayo, field coordinator with the Immigration Policy Project at the National Council ... read more

Feds Sue To Block State Immigration Law

August 02, 2011
An Alabama immigration law that is widely considered the toughest in the nation is being challenged in court by the Obama administration, which contends that the state is overstepping its authority on border enforcement. The Department of Justice challenged the state of Alabama’s recently passed immigration law ... read more

Lawsuit To Block Alabama Immigration Law

July 22, 2011
The Southern Poverty Law Center and a coalition of other civil rights groups filed a motion today asking a federal judge to block Alabama’s anti-immigrant law from taking effect Sept. 1. The motion for preliminary injunction, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, follows a federal lawsuit the groups filed earlier this month that charged the law is unconstitutional on multiple grounds. ... read more

AZ Recalls Controversial Immigration Law Sponsor

July 13, 2011
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has announced a Nov. 8 recall election for state Senate leader Russell Pearce. Pearce was the chief sponsor of SB1070, the state's controversial legislation against illegal immigration. Fed up with what it calls "divisive politics," the group Citizens for a Better Arizona filed its petition with the Arizona Secretary of State last month ... read more
Groups Allege Ulterior Motive Of Immigration Program

Groups Allege Ulterior Motive Of Immigration Program

July 06, 2011
Immigration rights groups allege documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation show that the controversial Secure Communities deportation program (S-Comm), designed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to target people for deportation, is also a key component of a little-known FBI project to accumulate a massive store of personal biometric information ... read more
Activist Supporters Press Congress To Pass Immigration Reform

Activist Supporters Press Congress To Pass Immigration Reform

July 01, 2011
Activists for immigration reform showed their persistence and strength in numbers, as hundreds of supporters flooded the first-ever Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act held this week by Sen. Dick Durbin, D. Ill. ... read more
ICE Immigration Changes Hailed

ICE Immigration Changes Hailed

June 28, 2011
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued new written policies directing Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officers, agents, and attorneys to use prosecutorial discretion to implement its priorities for immigration enforcement as well as reforms to the Secure Communities program. Christopher Micheal spoke ... read more
Sharpton Gets Heated Over CA Pension Reform

Sharpton Gets Heated Over CA Pension Reform

June 28, 2011
Civil rights leader Al Sharpton is talking about the pension reform initiative. Sharpton says the City's proposed pension reform initiative is a civil rights violation, and that attention should instead be placed on taxing the wealthy. ... read more
SC Gov Signs Controversial Immigration Law

SC Gov Signs Controversial Immigration Law

June 28, 2011
Governor Nikki Haley has signed off on legislation to crack down on illegal immigration. Before Haley signed the bill, the American Civil Liberties Union announced plans to challenge it. Supporters and protesters showed up at the signing to praise and sound off against the new law. The legislation requires police to check the immigration ... read more
Redistricting Reform Threatens Minority Voice

Redistricting Reform Threatens Minority Voice

June 27, 2011
Few ordinary Californians have been more intensely interested in the state’s new Citizens Redistricting Commission than Berkeley-based Tea Party activist David Salaverry. Back in March, he realized that the fledgling panel, with its 14 citizen ... read more
Hackers Target AZ Police Over Immigration Law

Hackers Target AZ Police Over Immigration Law

June 24, 2011
"We are targeting AZDPS specifically because we are against SB1070 law and the racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona," LulzSec said in a press release. "Hackers of the world are uniting and taking direct action against our common oppressors: the government, corporations, police, and militaries of the world." ... read more
ICE Immigration Program Under Fire

ICE Immigration Program Under Fire

June 20, 2011
ICE director John Morton has announced changes to the embattled immigration-enforcement program Secure Communities, which allows local law enforcement agencies to check the fingerprints of people they arrest with FBI and Department of Homeland Security databases to make sure they are not undocumented criminals. ... read more
How Minority-Owned Small Businesses Benefit From Health Care Reform

How Minority-Owned Small Businesses Benefit From Health Care Reform

June 08, 2011
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act will make a real difference to the competitiveness of minority-owned small businesses. ... read more
Court Orders New Look At City Immigration Law

Court Orders New Look At City Immigration Law

June 06, 2011
"We are required to intervene when states and localities directly undermine the federal objectives embodied in statutes enacted by Congress." ... read more
Tornado Victims Fear Immigration Crackdown

Tornado Victims Fear Immigration Crackdown

June 01, 2011
"They thought we were with the police because of our vests, and they were worried the police would take them back to their home countries." ... read more
More Than Immigration At Stake In Historic AZ Recall Effort

More Than Immigration At Stake In Historic AZ Recall Effort

June 01, 2011
A bipartisan effort to recall conservative state Senator Russell Pearce, known for his tough stance on illegal immigration, could signal a shift in the political climate in Arizona. ... read more
CA Sheriff Criticized Over New Immigration Policy

CA Sheriff Criticized Over New Immigration Policy

May 31, 2011
The sheriff's new policy comes as the California Assembly approved a bill to revise the state's agreement on using the federal Secure Communities program. ... read more

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