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...
The Senate Judiciary Committee has held three hearings so far on the Gang of 8’s proposed immigration reform bill. So far, there has been only one undocumented immigrant who has been invited to testify. On Monday, Gaby Pacheco told her story of immigrating to the United States from Ecuador at the age of eight. In her testimony, she talked about her mixed status family and their...
By: Jeff Blum, Executive Director of USAction Today CCC and USAction are pleased to announce an exciting new partnership. A partnership to meet the challenge of our times. For more than three decades, our country has witnessed a conservative-corporate assault on an America that works for all of us, with liberty, justice and prosperity for all. Two complementary forces have driven...
The 844-page immigration reform bill released early this morning is a victory on many fronts. Spokesperson for the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) Kica Matos called it a “monumental achievement for our movement.” To learn more about the specific provisions of the bill from Gang of 8 member Sen. Robert Menendez and to ask questions, join a community call tonight...
