The National Day Laborer Organizing Network, find an organization that works to improve the lives of transient workers, is critical of the White House’s promises to take a progressive stance on reforms. “At this point, his words sound like empty promises stacked against his record,” said Pablo Alvarado, the group’s executive director, in a statement. By…
President Barack Obama faced protests in California on Friday from immigrant rights advocates angry over his administration’s record-setting level of deportations. Friday’s protest came as efforts toward passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress appeared to sputter, find with House Republicans symbolically passing an amendment that wou…
President Barack Obama faced protests in California on Friday from immigrant rights advocates angry over his administration’s record-setting level of deportations. Friday’s protest came as efforts toward passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress appeared to sputter, with House Republicans symbolically passing an amendment that wou…
A group of Napa Valley College students carrying signs that read “Obama Stop All Deportations Now!” and shouting “Not one more!” gathered on the First Street overpass over Highway 29 during rush hour Thursday to demand an end to deportations. The students and residents who gathered late in the afternoon said they came in solidarity with other organ…
A rally calling for Obama to stop deportations of people who have entered the country without legal permission while Congress considers legislation reforming the nation’s immigration laws will also be held outside the fundraiser. The trip is Obama’s 14th to the Los Angeles area since taking office and the first of his second term. He has spoken at…
President Barack Obama arrived at Los Angeles International Airport today to begin a roughly three-hour visit, during which he will speak at a luncheon fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in Santa Monica. The president, after arriving in Los Angeles from San Jose, was greeted on the LAX tarmac by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The two…
By Raúl Alcaraz Ochoa and Daniel Carrillo Jesús crossed the desert two months ago. He almost died. He dreams of re-uniting with his family in New York after being apart for three years. “I asked around how I can get work to save money to get to my family in New York, and…
Gowdy/Goodlatte “Unsafe Act” is Wreckless Arizonification of the US Backwards Bill is Unconstitutional Attempt to Turn Every Law Enforcer into an Arpaio 06.06.2013 – Washington, DC In response to the introduction of the “Safe Act” by Reps. Gowdy and Goodlatte, Pablo Alvarado, executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following…
A group of undocumented Chicagoans were arrested Wednesday morning outside the Hilton Hotel for blocking the morning rush hour to denounce the President’s, health who is in town for a fundraiser event, treat ‘inhumane’ approach to immigration laws. Protestors, representing Undocumented Illinois, Immigrant Youth Justice League, Latino Youth Action League of DuPa…
The group tried to take their fight directly to the US president, ask calling for immediate action after he declined a similar request to halt deportations earlier this year, story saying he is focused on "getting reform passed, and not easing up on enforcement". However more than 400,000 people were deported from the US last year – a…