Activistas hispanos que ayudan a jornaleros en Nueva York y Nueva Jersey lanzaron el martes una campaña para distribuir máscaras, guantes, cascos y otros materiales de protección para inmigrantes que limpian y reconstruyen la región tras el paso del huracán Sandy. Los organizadores de la iniciativa esperan ayudar
NDLON Calls for Suspension of Deportations to Start Reform in Earnest 02.06.2013 – Washington, DC In response to today’s House Judiciary Committee Hearing on immigration, Pablo Alvarado, Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following statement: “As Republicans debate whether or not to allow their party to be run by xenophobes, the Democrats…
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
(America never was America to me.)
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.
(It never was America to me.)
María Marroquín, health Executive Director of the Day Worker Center of Mountain View, said she hopes lawmakers are realizing the need for humane immigration reform. But she said she was less enthusiastic about one of the ideas – a new agricultural worker program. “The previous experience that we had didn’t really work well,” she said. “It’s really easy t…
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…