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Weekly Immigration Wire: Building up to Change

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

AS WE MOVE CLOSER AND CLOSER to enacting immigration reform, the situation on the ground is evolving as well. Nothing is static for an issue that touches so many people across so many communities. This week’s wire follows up on trends observed last week: holding mainstream media accountable, enforcement tactics, and immigration’s positive effect on the economy.

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Weekly Immigration Wire: A Cry for Change from Coast to Coast

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

ALL OVER THE NATION, communities are clamoring to be heard. In this worsening economic landscape, migrant communities are being terrorized by violent raids, families are destabilized, wage earners are jailed or detained, and xenophobic pundits continue to fuel a rising wave of hate crimes against Latinos. The stakes could not be any higher.