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- 12 Mar 2010
Obama Links Immigration Overhaul to G.O.P. Backing - NEW YORK TIMES - President Obama said Thursday that he would proceed with an overhaul of the immigration system this year if ...
- 9 Mar 2010
ID Card for Workers Is at Center of Immigration Plan - WALL STREET JOURNAL - Lawmakers working to craft a new comprehensive immigration bill have settled on a way to prevent employers ...
Immigrant rights group slam Obama, Democrats for slow action with legalization bill- WASHINGTON POST - Leaders of nearly a dozen grass-roots immigrant rights groups excoriated ...
- 6 Mar 2010
Push is on to ease census fears among 'hard-to-count' groups - SEATTLE TIMES - On Saturday, advocates for "hard-to-count" groups met to make sure they're represented when U.S. census-survey forms are mailed this month to all households. ...
- 4 Mar 2010
Obama looking to give new life to immigration reform - L.A. TIMES - In an effort to advance a bill through Congress before midterm elections ...
- 2 Mar 2010
ICE withdraws Yakima detention building proposal - SEATTLE TIMES - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has withdrawn its bid for a new ...
- 1 Mar 2010
EDITORIAL: Reform, on Ice - NEW YORK TIMES - President Obama gave immigration reform only one vague sentence in his ...
- 24 Feb 2010
The Startup Visa: Create Jobs, Get A Green Card - WASHINGTON POST - A bill introduced today in the Senate proposes a new type of visa ...
- 23 Feb 2010
Liberian refugees in Minnesota facing deportation threat - MINNESOTA TIMES - About 1,000 Liberians in Minnesota are set to be deported in March, unless ...
- 21 Feb 2010
A complex tragedy at the border - L.A. TIMES - John Carlos Frey, documentary filmmaker, asks "Doesn't this qualify as an atrocity to you?" ...
- Iraqis in U.S. aid new arrivals
- CHICAGO TRIBUNE - Self-help network in Chicago allows the community to overcome shortage of aid...
- 18 Feb 2010
Immigration advocates urge comprehensive reform in 2010 - NW ASIAN WEEKLY - In his State of the Union address the President encouraged both...
- 13 Feb 2010
Massive firings in Brewster, and a big debate about illegal immigration - SEATTLE TIMES - The firings of about 550 people at Gebbers Farms raise worries about more audits and firings across Central Washington, including ...
- 12 Feb 2010
CLINIC Urges Special Protections for Haitian Children & Families - CLINIC - The Catholic Legal Immigration Network has joined social service organizations in urging special protections for Haitian children and families...
- 9 Feb 2010
Illegal immigrant numbers plunge - L.A. TIMES - The sharpest drop in three decades renews the debate over what to do about those still here. ...
- 8 Feb 2010
Immigration overhaul called a vital issue - MIAMI HERALD - A group that supports an immigration policy overhaul said candidates could lose the Latino vote if they don't support it ...
- 3 Feb 2010
Citizenship classes: All for a better life - EVERETT HERALD - People from around the globe study for citizenship in local classrooms ...
- 25 Jan 2010
Should U.S. let more Haitians immigrate? - WASH. POST - Tension between U.S. policy and the desperation to leave spawns debate ...
- 22 Jan 2010
UW prez endorses college for undocumented students - SEATTLE PI - University president supports allowing matriculation as a pathway to permanent residency ...
- Widener makes it official, he'll challenge Patty Murray
- SEATTLE PI - Chris Widener, the latest Republican challenger to Sen. Murray, says on immigration reform ...
- 18 Jan 2010
About 250 march to support immigration bill - SEATTLE PI - 250 people marched in Everett to support an immigrant bill soon to be debated in Congress. ...
- 15 Jan 2010
Earthquake Leads U.S. to Relax Policy on Haitian Refugees - TIME - Even before the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, Haiti was an economic and security nightmare ...
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SAVE THE DATE
Immigration Reform Rally
Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 12pm
Join communities across the country in support of comprehensive immigration reform. St. James ESL will host a get-together just before the rally to make signs and posters.
More details to follow. Get more details on the rally and the organizations involved, visit:
Washington Immigrant Rights Coalition...
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Young Lives on Hold
College Dreams of Undocumented Students
Each year, 65,000 undocumented youth legally graduate from U.S. public
schools into a world where all steps towards furthering their future are blocked.
Ineligible for legal employment and financial aid to put toward a higher education, they live under the threat of deportation to a country they may not know.
Dr. Roberto Gonzales, a University of Washington professor, offers a resolution in his report on this unique population, including the bipartisan DREAM Act and its benefit to the U.S. economy.
Read the report on undocumented youth...
A Broken System
Confidential Reports Reveal Failure
The USCCB Justice for Immigrants Campaign calls for comprehensive immigration reform.
But what does Comprehensive Immigration Reform mean and how can the immigration system be improved? This report examines how failures to meet minimum standards affect detainees’ right to due process and to challenge their deportation cases. Also included are suggestions for how the system might be improved. Improve the immigration system, the report...
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Migration Policy Institute
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Immigration Resources
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Everything you ever wanted to know about immigration. - Foreign Born
Resources for immigrants, potential immigrants and visitors to the U.S.