Customers streamed out of the Home Depot parking lot, click a fleet of vehicles from shiny four-wheel drive Cadillac Escalades to new Ford pickup trucks laden with cuts of lumber and stacks of drywall, appliances and gardening supplies. A small group of day laborers clustered around the exit. Jose Perez, 22, and about a dozen other men whistled, waved
Obama, whose support for immigration reform earned him about 70 percent of the Hispanic vote in last November’s election, is also facing major pressure from the political left, particularly from immigrant rights groups who note that his administration has deported more illegal immigrants than any other. The president should “order suspending dep…
***Media Availability in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Washington, DC & Other Media Markets Upon Request NDLON Reacts to President Obama’s Speech on Immigration Reform 01.29.2013 – Las Vegas, NV In response to the President’s Speech on Immigration Reform, Pablo Alvarado, Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following statement:…
In anticipation of the President’s speech on immigration reform today, Pablo Alvarado, Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, issued the following statement: “While we hope the President makes the case for political equality today, promises and mere words are no longer satisfactory. To ensure a productive debate in Congress, deportations must be…
NDLON Responds to Senate Announcement of Principles 01.28.2013 – Washington, DC In response to the announcement of principles by the Senate Gang of Eight this afternoon, Pablo Alvarado, Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, issued the following statement: “With the announcement from the Gang of Eight, we see the hopes and…
NDLON Response to Senate Framework on Immigration Reform 01.28.2013 – Los Angeles, CAIn response to the Senate framework for immigration reform being announced later today, Pablo Alvarado, Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following statement: “The Senate debate about 11 million people’s path to citizenship- fundamentally a debate about our pursuit…
President’s Executive Action Can Lead by Example for Congress In response to the news of the President and Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ meeting regarding immigration reform today, Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, issued the following statement: “This nation is in desperate need of modernizing its immigration laws. If…
Many police organizations regretted participation In what was lauded a few years ago as “ . . . future of immigration enforcement, ” local law enforcement agencies are no longer obligated to comply with the Se Communities Program, see a once federally-mandated policy of deporting individuals considered threatening to public safety. California Attorney General Kamala Harris earlier this month released county and municipal law enforcement agencies from detaining and transferring illegal immigrants to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation. Since March 2011, more than 150,000 convicted criminal aliens have been booked into ICE custody resulting in more than 75,000 deportations. It is reported that law enforcement nationwide arrests about 1 million non-citizens accused of crimes. The program was controversial from its start.