From ImmigrationProfBlog: On Wednesday, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the house version of the VAWA Reauthorization bill which contains DANGEROUS provisions that endanger victims of violence and undoes years of bipartisan support for immigrant women. HR 4970, sponsored by Adams (R-FL), passed out of the House…
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Here we go: Employment Opportunity Commission Ruling Protects Transgender Individuals From Workplace Discrimination “The opinion came in a decision delivered on Monday, April 23, to lawyers for Mia Macy, a transgender woman who claims she was denied employment with the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) after the…
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From Immigration Prof Blog: The National Immigration Project, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the Immigrant Defense Project, the Washington Defenders Association, and the National Immigration Law Center have produced a new resource for organizers and advocates to prevent deportations in our communities: The All-in-One Guide to Defeating ICE Hold Requests.…
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From AmericanProspect: The percentage of Hispanics in Arizona has remained steady since then, at around 30 percent, but the voting age population has increased to 845,000, and now constitutes 19 percent of Arizona residents of voting age, up from 17 percent in 2008. What’s more, intense Republican antagonism—through intrusive, draconian…
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From America’s Voice: Mitt Romney flat-out said he would veto the DREAM Act, and Newt Gingrich says he’ll weaken it. By doing so, they would both deny the dreams of so many young undocumented immigrants who want to give back to the country they call home. Here’s the bottom line:…
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Arizona’s renowned petulant megalomaniac, supremacist Jan Brewer, miserably attempted to have a “face-off” with the President of the United States. Behaving like a scorned teenage girl, she looked as though she was ready to take off her earrings and go full throttle for the Trashy and Low Class of the…
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From LA Times: For years, Canada has had one of the most generous immigration policies in the world, welcoming tens of thousands of asylum applicants who claim to be fleeing persecution in their homelands. But Canada’s Conservative government has begun rolling up the welcome mat, stepping up efforts to track…
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From Buffalo News: “We are a part of the community, so we know what the needs are,” said Ali Mohamed, a Somali native and president of Hatimy Market on Grant Street in Buffalo. “And we speak the language, we know how to communicate with our customers, and that’s better for…
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