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Mexican President to Address Immigration Issue on His US Visit This Week

Mexican President Felipe Calderon is set for a two-day visit to Washington D.C. starting this May 19. He will be meeting President Obama at the White House on the first day. The Mexican president along with his wife, Margarita Zavala, will be honored in a press conference on Wednesday at the Read more...

Michelle Obama Voices Her Support for the US Immigration Reform

Michelle Obama has voiced her support for the burgeoning issue of US immigration reform in her visit to Mexico City. After a long time of silence, she finally had something to say about the immigration issue. She thought perhaps that she had to address the Mexicans about this matter since a Read more...

Arizona Governor Signs Tough Immigration Law

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer had just signed a controversial immigration bill, calling for the arrest of those who cannot document their legal status in the United States. This is in advance to the escalating immigration reform issue which is presently contested if it has to be addressed as a priority Read more...

CAUSA Advocates Rally for Immigration Reform

Members of CAUSA, an immigration rights group, rallied at the district offices Congressman Wu and Senator Merkley in Portland, Oregon to encourage them to support the new immigration bill. This is one of the many series of marches the group has planned for the whole month of January and February Read more...

Sen. Schumer is Addressing Immigration Reform Again

Sen. Chuck Schumer is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s immigration subcommittee and he is stepping up to the role of pushing for an immigration reform for the country. He said that the administration has shown serious commitment on the improvement of security borders in the Read more...

  • Reports Confirm Economic and Cultural Contributions of Immigration
    Today’s immigrants are writing the latest chapter in a long American story   WASHINGTON, DC — This week, two reports released by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Center for American Progress confirm the historic benefits of immigration to our country, from stronger economic productivity to a strengthened American culture.    Immigration and […]
  • Immigration Detour: GOP Attacks American Children Instead of Fixing Broken Immigration System
    Immigration Detour: GOP Attacks American Children Instead of Fixing Broken Immigration System Push to Change the Constitution and End Birthright Citizenship is Latest Sideshow from Action on Reform   Washington, D.C. — The latest diversion to genuine efforts to fix our outdated immigration system is the push by Republican Senators to change the 14th Amendmen […]
  • Throwing Good Money After Bad
    House Passes Additional Border Enforcement without Action on Real Comprehensive Fix   Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6080, a bill providing for $600 million in supplemental funding for border enforcement.  The House bill was similar to a bill passed on August 5th by the Senate just before Senators left for their August recess.  The bill now […]
  • New Poll Shows Border Residents Feel Safe
                            NEW POLL SHOWS BORDER RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE As Congress Passes more Border Enforcement, Reality of Border is Ignored Audio recording available at: http://bit.ly/AudioNIF      El Paso, TX – The findings of the first independent public opinion poll of residents along in border cities in California, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico show that […]
  • Senate Democrats Do An About-Face on Border Spending
    “Lawmakers Know We Must Pass Comprehensive Reform to Achieve True Security”   Washington D.C. - Yesterday, Senate Democrats introduced a last-minute $600 million border enforcement amendment to the House-passed version of the Fiscal Year 2010 Emergency Supplemental appropriations bill. This enforcement-only package includes funding for over 1,500 Border Patr […]