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Senate Votes Down White House-Backed Immigration Bill Friday, June 29, 2007 :
Immigrant rights has also been a central theme of the U.S. Social Forum and many immigrant rights activists in Atlanta have been closely monitoring proposals on Capitol Hill to overhaul the nation's immigration laws. On Thursday, the Senate's immigration bill collapsed after supporters failed to get enough votes to end debate. We get reaction from Catherine Tactaquin, Director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights....
Posted: Fri, Jun 29, 2007 8:02am PDT
South African Poet and Anti-Apartheid Activist Dennis Brutus on Atlanta Social Forum and South Africa Friday, June 29, 2007 :
A veteran of several World Social Forums, the South African poet and anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus talks about why’s he come to Atlanta, and addresses growing upheaval in South Africa where the ruling ANC government is being criticized for continuing apartheid’s economic legacy....
Posted: Fri, Jun 29, 2007 8:02am PDT
7/2: Labor Leaders Welcome Defeat of Senate Immigration Bill NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LABOR LEADERS WELCOME DEFEAT OF THE SENATE IMMIGRATION
BILL, AND CALL FOR REAL IMMIGRATION REFORM THAT PROTECTS WORKERS AND
IMMIGRANTS...
Posted: Thu, Jun 28, 2007 5:41pm PDT
SEIU hears from the staff at La Raza Centro Legal June 27, 2007
Service Employees International Union
Andrew Stern, International President
Anna Burger, International Secretary-Treasurer
Mary Kay Henry, Executive Vice President
Gerry Hudson, Executive Vice President
Eliseo Medina, Executive Vice President
Tom Woodruff, Executive Vice President
1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
RE: We oppose our International Union’s support of the Senate immigration bill....
Posted: Thu, Jun 28, 2007 5:07pm PDT
Senate Killed the Immigration Bill Today (6/28), the Senate killed the immigration bill by 46 to 53 vote,
meaning that the issue is most likely dead until after the 2008 elections....
Posted: Thu, Jun 28, 2007 12:54pm PDT
Struggle for Immigrant Rights: The Way Forward Members of the US Senate, as well as the Bush administration, are currently attempting to revive the most recent immigration proposal, which among other things, would separate families, heighten worker exploitation, further militarize the US/Mexico border, and provide no realistic path to residency for the vast majority of undocumented people now living in the US. This legislative proposal, as most “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” proposals in the past couple of years, will lead to more su...
Posted: Thu, Jun 28, 2007 11:11am PDT
Desertions by Some Senators Could Kill the Immigration Reform Bill on Thursday, but a Cavalry Could be Coming from the Left Wednesday, June 27, 2007 After clearing Tuesday’s cloture vote by a 64-35 vote split, the Immigration Reform Bill was debated for most of Wednesday in the US Senate. The final “cloture” vote – requiring 60 votes rather than a simple majority in the 100 member Senate – is likely to occur on Thursday morning....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 7:56pm PDT
"My Child Just Got Expelled" - What Every California Parent Should Know About School Discipline Wednesday, June 27, 2007 :When it comes to suspensions, expulsions, and police arrests on school campuses, what are students' rights? NAM education writer Carolyn Goossen interviewed Juniper Lesnik, attorney with the ACLU of Northern California, about the rights of students and parents dealing with disciplinary issues in public schools....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 6:19pm PDT
The Furor over Immigration - Mark Sapir Immigration: What’s Behind the Furor?
By Marc Sapir (06-26-07)
Berkeley Daily Planet...
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 2:51pm PDT
Los Angeles March for Immigration Reform Tuesday, June 26, 2007 : LOS ANGELES - Immigrant rights organizations demonstrated in front of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood Sunday to call on Congress to move forward with immigration reform, reports La Opinión....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:18am PDT
Immigration Bill Survives Procedural Vote Tuesday, June 26, 2007 :The U.S. Senate today voted 64 to 35 on a parliamentary procedure to continue debate on the bipartisan immigration reform bill. A similar vote failed two weeks ago....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:17am PDT
Chinese Protesters Support Embattled S.F. Supervisor Tuesday, June 26, 2007 :SAN FRANCISCO -- Nearly 200 people took to the streets of the predominantly Chinese Sunset neighborhood on June 24 in support of embattled City Supervisor Ed Jew, reports the Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao Daily....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:16am PDT
SoCal Vietnamese Protest President's Visit Tuesday, June 26, 2007 :DANA POINT, Calif. -- Thousands of Vietnamese Americans showed up to protest Vietnam President Do Minh Triet's visit here last weekend after he met President Bush in Washington, D.C., reports Vietnamese newspaper Nguoi Viet....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:16am PDT
NAM Poll Uncovers Precarious Health Conditions of Undocumented Tuesday, June 26, 2007 :SAN FRANCISCO - Three-fourths of undocumented immigrants from Latin American countries say they are living without health insurance, according to a recent national survey conducted by Bendixen and Associates and commissioned by New America Media....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:15am PDT
GOP: Anti-Family and Anti-Latino? Tuesday, June 26, 2007 :The GOP is proposing a point system to award green card applicants. Latino applicants do not fare very well under such a plan, says NAM commentator Domenico Maceri. Maceri teaches foreign languages at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, Calif....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:14am PDT
US Senate revives migration plan Tuesday, June 26, 2007 : The US Senate votes to revive discussion of immigration legislation backed by President George W Bush....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:07am PDT
Protect Immigrant Women's Access to Law Enforcement When They Face Domestic and Sexual Violence Tuesday, June 26, 2007 :Please contact your senators TODAY and urge them to vote no on the Coleman-Domenici amendment to the Immigration bill....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 8:01am PDT
Anti-Immigration Nut-Wings Sell Fear, but Fear Reason Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Fear mongering is a trick of the trade in the battle to suppress the human rights of immigrant populations. It has long been that way....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2007 7:51am PDT
Right-Wing Celebutard Bloggers Launch Internet Video War Over Immigration Reform Tuesday, June 26, 2007 These are desperate times for the anti-immigrant lobby, their right-wing talk radio allies, and the silent or equally bigoted talkers and bloggers on the so-called left. And D-Day could come as soon as today, Tuesday, June 26, for their axis to crumble....
Posted: Tue, Jun 26, 2007 8:30am PDT
Twelve Million Lives At Stake Today in the US Senate’s Immigration Reform Vote Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Twelve million stories like the one you are about to read are at stake today as the US Senate begins voting anew on the Immigration Reform Bill…...
Posted: Tue, Jun 26, 2007 8:30am PDT
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