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CHARTS: Border Enforcement Spending Already Through the Roof
Spending on immigration enforcement has steadily climbed since 2002. It continues to skyrocket. Our new chart shows that spending for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) increased from $7.5 billion in 2002 to $17 billion in 2010.
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- 05-26-10 By Mahwish Khan
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Bipartisan Poll: Public Demands Immigration Reform
A new bi-partisan poll of registered voters across the country shows that Americans overwhelmingly want national action on comprehensive immigration reform. In fact, even supporters of the harsh Arizona immigration law strongly favor a federal, comprehensive approach.
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- 05-25-10 By Mahwish Khan
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Letter to Major League Baseball Commissioner, Bud Selig
Read the letter from dozens of Latino, Progressive, Labor, and Civil Rights organizations: "We are writing you today to ask that you denounce the new state law, cancel the 2011 Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in Phoenix, and to pressure teams to relocate all Arizona winter and spring training games while this state law is in effect."
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- 05-11-10 By Jacquelyn Mahendra
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Majority Supports Immigration Reform (Even Under Fire)
Hart Research Partners and America’s Voice polled four moderate-conservative states and found clear majority support for immigration reform -- even faced with tough odds. Click "more" to see the results as a powerpoint.
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- 05-10-10 By Mahwish Khan
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Watch and Share: How Will Arizona Profile People? Shoes!
Watch our hilarious video about Arizona’s outrageous new immigration law. The state is forcing cops to interrogate, fine, or even jail anyone who "looks" undocumented and leaves their wallet at home. Tell President Obama to stop this law and move real immigration reform right away.
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- 04-28-10 By Mahwish Khan
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Tell Gov. Brewer: Veto SB 1070, Now!
Yesterday, we delivered over 50,000 petitions to Gov. Brewer's office, thanks to you and our partners. The Governor has until Saturday to decide whether to sign this un-American bill into law.
Please send a fax directly to the Governor today, asking her to veto racial profiling!
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- 04-21-10 By Mahwish Khan
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Veto Racial Profiling!
A new measure in Arizona, SB 1070, would force cops to interrogate and even jail people based on whether or not they "look" undocumented. It would make every undocumented worker in Arizona guilty of a criminal offense, and require state and local police to go after them. We have a chance to stop it, but only if we raise our voices now.
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- 04-14-10 By Mahwish Khan
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WATCH: More Rogue than Right?
Our nation’s immigration enforcement agency is out of control. Immigration agents should not have quotas to round up “easy targets”— moms and dads working to feed their families — they should be going after serious criminals. Watch our shocking new video, and raise your voice.
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- 04-06-10 By Mahwish Khan
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ICE Under Heat: Calls to Rein in Rogue Agency
A group of grassroots leaders are demanding that the Obama Administration fire John Morton, the head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security. According to Deepak Bhargava,"This agency has gone rogue and is operating in clear opposition to the direction President Obama has set."
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- 03-31-10 By Jacquelyn Mahendra
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Tell Congress: 200,000 Good Reasons
Wow, what a week! It's time to tell Congress that now that health care reform has passed, they have 200,000 good reasons to move immigration reform next:
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- 03-24-10 By Jacquelyn Mahendra
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