Updates from the Center
Reminding Congress That the Fight is About Families
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...
America Needs to Put its Families First
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...
The Day the Invisible Become Visible
The best description I’ve heard of why May 1st plays such a significant role in the immigrant rights movement comes from Angelica Salas, the Executive Director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA). Salas said May 1st is “the day the invisible become visible.” The invisible being the millions of undocumented immigrants in this country. From...
