CALL IN DAY December 18, 2009
On Friday, December 18, 2009 International Migrants Day Call your Member of Congress and tell them: “Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform NOW!” 1- Dial 866-587-3023 2.You will hear a recording then be transferred to the Capitol Switchboard. 3. Tell the operator the name of your member of Congress or provide your zip code so they can connect you. 4. Once connected to your member, you may be asked for your name and/or address. Tell them “Support comprehensive immigration... Read More
In the News: Rio Grande Valley
Ortiz, Hinojosa, co-sponsor Gutierrez’s immigration reform bill By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian La Unión del Pueblo Entero community organizer Maria Gomez said good immigration reform will ‘create safe communities at the border.’ EDINBURG, Dec. 15 – Border lawmakers have enthusiastically embraced the new comprehensive immigration reform bill introduced Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois. U.S. Reps. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus... Read More
Rally in the Valley TODAY
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Contact: Neha Singhal – Communications Director; (956) 782-6655 or neha@lupenet.org Martha Sanchez – Community Organizer, (956) 584-3636 or martas@lupenet.org BROAD, DIVERSE COALITION TO INTRODUCE COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM LEGISLATION BEFORE HOLIDAYS San Juan, TX – Today, a broad coalition that reflects the richness and diversity of America, took the first steps toward passing comprehensive immigration reform in... Read More
Rally in Dallas TODAY
Community Leaders, Political Leaders, Educators and Religious Leaders, express their support to the proposed Immigration Reform presented by Congressman Luis Gutierrez, and they declare International Day of Immigrant as a day of action to achieve Just, Humane, Sensible Immigration Reform. ________________________________ Attention: Media Communications Editors on assignment, and Reporters Invitation to Press Release For Immediate Release Fort Worth, Texas - On December 14,... Read More
Rally in El Paso TOMORROW
Contact: Louie Gilot Communications Director Border Network for Human Rights (915) 274-0541 lgilot@bnhr.org **Rally and Press conference Tuesday, December 15, 2009** EL PASOANS GATHER TO WELCOME Rep. GUTIERREZ’S COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION BILL 150 Community Members and Community Leaders to Show up in Support of Bill Being Introduced in Washington, D.C., Today El Paso, TX –Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., is introducing a comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress tomorrow,... Read More
RITA Statement: Texans welcome Gutierrez’s bill!
Contacts: Adriana Cadena RITA Coordinator RITA (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance) (915) 253-2262, acadena@bnhr.org Louie Gilot Communications Director Border Network for Human Rights (915) 217-3621, lgilot@bnhr.org **State-wide statement, Re: Comprehensive immigration reform bill being Introduced in Congress December 15, 2009** TEXANS WELCOME Rep. GUTIERREZ’S COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance (RITA) would like to release the following... Read More
Gutierrez bill to be introduced Tuesday
Gutierrez’s immigration reform bill to be introduced next Tuesday By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian Congressman Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, visited the Rio Grande Valley earlier this year with his Familias Unidas/Family Unity campaign. MERCEDES, Dec. 11 – Congressman Luis Gutierrez’s eagerly awaited comprehensive immigration reform bill will be introduced next Tuesday. The news was immediately welcome by Rio Grande Valley immigrants’ rights group... Read More
Texas can be a major player in immigration debate
Garcia: Texas can be a major player in immigration reform debate By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian Fernando Garcia, executive director of Border Networks for Human Rights, speaks at LUPE’s Mercedes office on Friday evening. (Photo: RGG/Steve Taylor) MERCEDES, Dec. 12 – Texas needs to play a major role in the national debate on immigration reform because it has such a large number of undocumented immigrants. That was one of the messages Fernando Garcia,... Read More
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM TO BE INTRODUCED DECEMBER 15
* Media Advisory* December 11, 2009 * Media Contact * Rebecca Dreilinger 202-225-8203 “Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity” to be Introduced December 15 (Washington D.C.) On Tuesday, December 15, Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) will introduce new legislation, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (CIR ASAP), to the U.S. House of Representatives. Gutierrez... Read More
Immigration detention lapses detailed
Immigration Detention System Lapses Detailed By By NINA BERNSTEIN New York Times Published: December 2, 2009 Growing numbers of noncitizens, including legal immigrants, are held unnecessarily and transferred heedlessly in an expensive immigration detention system that denies many of them basic fairness, a bipartisan study group and a human rights organization concluded in reports released jointly on Wednesday. Confirmation of some of their critical conclusions came separately... Read More
