Latino Voters Personal Connections to Immigration Reform

Latino Voters Personal Connections to Immigration Reform

Mary Mata March 19, 2013

By Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions Latino Decisions released new polling data today highlighting why immigration reform has become the number one political issue for Latino voters, and the answer is close personal connections […]

Share Your DREAMer Story, be Selected for DC Rally

Mary Mata March 18, 2013

PRESS RELEASE NEA DREAMer STUDENT CONTEST RULES The Inspiring DREAMer Student Voice: One Dream ·     Write a story that describes your pursuit of the American dream, the role an educator has […]

Bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill Takes Shape in House

Mary Mata

By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan, Reuters A bipartisan group in the House of Representatives is close to completing work on a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would include a […]

Lack of Cow Milkers for Yogurt Drives Immigration Debate

Mary Mata March 13, 2013

By Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg The Alpina Foods Inc. plant that just opened in Batavia, New York, to feed the nation’s growing appetite for Greek-style yogurt should have nearby dairy farmers […]

Senate Immigration Group: National ID Too Costly

Mary Mata

By Erica Werner, Associated Press/U.S. News & World Report WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators working on a sweeping immigration bill will likely abandon the idea of a new high-tech ID card […]

Latino Voters Support Gay Families in Immigration Reform

Mary Mata March 11, 2013

By Steve Ralls, Latino Decisions Originally posted at Immigration Equality A new Immigration Equality/Latino Decisions poll of Latino voters shows strong support for immigration reform legislation that includes lesbian and gay […]

Senators Agree on Path to Legal Status for Illegal Immigrants

Mary Mata

By Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Eight senators who have spent weeks trying to write a bipartisan bill to overhaul immigration laws have privately agreed on the most […]

Faith Leaders to Obama: “Time Is Now” for Immigration Reform

Mary Mata

By Jordan Fabian, ABC/Univision President Obama on Friday met with over a dozen faith leaders at the White House who urged quick action to pass immigration reform. After speaking with […]

New York Prepares to Open Office Devoted to Immigrants

Mary Mata March 8, 2013

By Elisabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino New York State will soon become the latest place to open an agency focused on immigrants, according to El Diario La Prensa. In the coming […]

Living in Dual Shadows – LGBT Undoc Immigrants

Mary Mata

By Crosby Burns, Ann Garcia, and Phillip E. Wolgin, Center for American Progress In a first of its kind analysis, the Williams Institute at UCLA today estimates that there are at least 267,000 […]