March 25-28 Nationwide Weekend of Actions to Support Immigrant Solidarity!

March 25-28 Nationwide Weekend of Actions to Support Immigrant Solidarity!

3/25 Los Angeles GRAN MARCHA 2006!
10 AM OLYMPIC AND BROADWAY, LOS ANGELES
URL: http://www.nohr4437.org
Info: Jesse Diaz: (951)756-5712

3/25: Immigrant Rally at Denver, CO
Saturday, March 25th 10:00 AM
Civic Center Park, downtown Denver, CO
Contact: Jordan T. Garcia (303)623-3464

3/26 New York, NY: Protest HR 4437 NYC
1:00 PM, at 165th Street and Audubon
Contact: Radhames (646)796-8657

3/26 Los Angeles, CA: Religious Mass, 3:30 PM Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
555 West Temple St. Los Angeles, CA
Info: (213)637-7690

March 26-28 Washington DC: Conference & lobbying day
Organized by Rights Working Group.
URL: http://www.rightsworkinggroup.org

3/27 Washington DC: National Action at the Capitol for Immigrant Rights
March 27, 2006 @ 11 AM
West Lawn of the United States Capitol

3/12-27: California Latino March for Peace with Fernando Suarez and Pablo Paredes

3/21-27: San Francisco Hunger Strike For Immigrant Rights
By: BAY AREA IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION
WWW.IMMIGRANTRIGHTS.ORG
3/22: Hunger Strike Update
- LGBT voices needed for the hunger strike

Suggest Legislative Actions!

3/21: Visit your Senators in their District Offices over Recess To Discuss the Immigrant Rights!
By National Immigration Forum
Congress is on recess this week, and we ask you to pay a visit to your senators NOW.

3/22: Petition to Defeat the "Sensenbrenner Bill", Repressive Anti-Immigrant Legislation!
By United Students Against Sweatshops
Please support the following on-line petition to support the immigrant rights!

3/21: CLEAR Act update -- contact your senator today!
By National Immigration Forum
An immigration bill drafted by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) has been under consideration in that Committee for the past couple of weeks.

3/24: Updates on CLEAR Act and Sensenbrenner Bill Legislation and Community Actions

3/15: US Media Black Out Immigrant Protests

3/22: Conservative Republican Points of Views on Immigration

3/21 Trenton, NJ: 1,200 rally against bill on immigration

2/22: Faith groups press for balanced approach to immigration

3/17: Updates in the in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Immigrant Bill

3/16: Senate Judiciary Committee Begins Debate on the 12 Million but Defers Vote Until After Recess

3/17: Rep. Tancredo draws anti-immigrant guest-worker line

3/21: Emergency Grassroots Conference Call on Responding HR 4437!
by: National Immigrant Solidarity Network

March 7 and 10: Tens of Thousands Rally for Immigrant Rights at Washington D.C. and Chicago!

Washington, DC March 7

Thousands of people converged on the Capitol on Tuesday, March 7, to demand that Congress throw out the cruel Sensenbrenner/King bill (H.R. 4437), and adopt a comprehensive, humane, immigration policy. >> Read More

Chicago, IL March 10

A mass of flag-waving humanity jammed downtown Chicago this afternoon as tens of thousands of protesters rallied at Federal Plaza to demand more humane immigration laws. Report

Recent News:

3/2: Civil Liberties Update

CLEAR Act

2/28: Senate debate and the CLEAR Act

PATRIOTIC Act

3/3: Senate passes a revised Patriot Act

Senate Vision of "Sensenbrenner Bill"

2/24: Draft Senate Immigration Bill Released

2/24: Partial Summary of Select Provisions in Senator Specter's February 23 Draft Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation

Talking Point

Myths about Undocumented Immigrants English and Spanish
(by: National Council of La Raza)

Useful Tools

Tool kit on fighting state/local police enforcing immigration laws
PDF File

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