Statement by RITA member Douglas Interiano
Douglas Interiano’s speech at the RITA press conference Friday, March 19, in Dallas, before the Texas Caravan for America departed for DC. Good evening, my name is Douglas Interiano and I am the executive director of Proyecto Inmigrante in Fort Worth. I am also a member of Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance, which goes by [...]
Press statement about the Texas Caravan
Contacts: Lori Stafford, Welcoming Immigrants Network, Dallas, Texas, (214) 649.2233, lori.stafford@gulfstream.com Louie Gilot, Border Network for Human Rights, El Paso, Texas, (915) 217-3621, lgilot@bnhr.org **Press Advisory** “TEXAS CARAVAN FOR AMERICA” TO GO TO DC IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRATION REFORM More than 300 people, including 40 El Pasoans, to travel 28 hours by bus to join [...]
Press conference in Dallas, March 19
Contacts: Lori Stafford, Welcoming Immigrants Network, Dallas, Texas, (214) 649.2233, lori.stafford@gulfstream.com; and Louie Gilot, Border Network for Human Rights, El Paso, Texas, (915) 217-3621, lgilot@bnhr.org **Press conference: 6 p.m., Friday March 19, 2010** “TEXAS CARAVAN FOR AMERICA” TO GO TO DC IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRATION REFORM More than 300 people from all parts of Texas [...]
March for America: March 21 in D.C.
The Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance (RITA) will travel to Washington, DC, as the Texas Caravan for America with 4 buses, over 200 people, to participate in the March for America on Sunday, March 21, 2010. We will march on Washington, DC to demand immigration reform and economic justice for all Americans. Our vision of [...]
RITA Member LUPE on the Texas Convention
700+ Texans come together to fight for Immigration Reform February 22, 2010 · People are angry and disappointed that there hasn’t been significant change in immigration policy and this frustration was clear in people’s voices, signs and calls for reform at the convention. But more powerful was the general sense of urgency for the need to [...]
AhoraSi! on the Texas Convention
Inmigrantes de Austin se reúnen para exigir reforma (Jay Janner, ¡ahora sí!) Lizbeth Salazar en el Capitolio el 1 de mayo, 2009. El objetivo de la Convención en Austin es llegar a un mensaje y objetivos comunes para presentarlo en Washington. Tania Lara, ¡ahora sí! Si estás interesado en que el Congreso de Estados Unidos [...]
News 8 Austin on the Texas convention
Group to educate on comprehensive immigration reform 2/17/2010 5:28 PM By: News 8 Austin Staff A group hoping to see comprehensive immigration reform pass this year has asked others to join them in calling on national and state leaders to tackle the issue. Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance leaders said Texas is often overlooked at [...]
The Rio Grande Guardian covered the Texas Convention.
Valley groups to push Hutchison and Cornyn on immigration reform By Steve Taylor Rio Grande Guardian Mike Seifert, the Equal Voice for America’s Families coordinator in the Rio Grande Valley, asked for a moment of silence Saturday for those who have died crossing the U.S.-Mexican border. AUSTIN, Feb. 21 – Rio Grande Valley community groups [...]
En espanol: El Diario de El Paso reports on the Texas Convention
‘Reforma migratoria generaría al país 1.3 trillones de dólares’ Héctor Manuel Castro/Enviado El Diario de El Paso Austin— Con argumentos de orden económico, social y familiar, decenas de activistas texanos exigieron en esta capital el cumplimiento de la promesa de Reforma Migratoria Justa que hiciera Barack Obama en su campaña presidencial. “Si legalizaran justamente a [...]
The Austin Statesman writes about the Texas Convention
Reform Advocates’ Convention to urge federal immigration legislation By Juan Castillo AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Published: 8:55 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 At a time when Congress generates headlines for partisan gridlock and a perceived inability to get things done, and with immigration reform long the third rail of politics, the cards would seem to be stacked against passing laws [...]
