Tag: Immigrants: Page 21

African-American

ACLU, Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Against Arizona Law

The American Civil Liberties Union, along with national and Arizona-based civil rights organizations, filed a legal challenge Monday to Arizona’s tough new immigration law.

May 17, 2010

Students

Undocumented Immigrant Student in Georgia Hopes Case Helps Spur Reform

When Jessica Colotl, an undocumented immigrant college student, got arrested for a minor traffic violation at her suburban Atlanta campus, she became an accidental poster child for immigration reform.

May 16, 2010

Leadership & Policy

Latino and Civil Rights Groups Announce Arizona Boycott

The National Council de la Raza along with other national civil rights and labor organizations announced a boycott against Arizona.

May 6, 2010

Latinx

Professor Behind Controversial Arizona Law Also Works Against In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students

Traveling around the country to undo laws benefiting undocumented immigrants, law professor Kris Kobach is to the in-state tuition for undocumented student movement what Ward Connerly is to affirmative action in college admissions.

May 2, 2010

Home

Opinion: The Census 2010 and the Three-Fifths Compromise

The discourse over participation of undocumented immigrants in the 2010 Census bears a disturbing similarity to the “compromise” to “count” slaves as three-fifths of a human; that is, the simultaneous counting of people for political gain but treating them as if they don’t really count.

May 2, 2010

Latinx

Opinion: Arizona – This is What Apartheid Looks Like

The truth is, a civilizational clash is being played out in the same state in which the state legislature questions the birthplace and legitimacy of President Barack Obama and where Sen. John McCain competes with Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth to see who is the most anti-immigrant.

April 29, 2010

Community Colleges

Board Votes to Allow Undocumented Immigrants Access to N.C. Community Colleges

North Carolina’s community college board has approved allowing illegal immigrants to enroll next year, a move that could drop a contentious issue in the lap of state lawmakers in an election year.

March 22, 2010

Latinx

Students Begin Washington Trek for Immigrant Rights

Four South Florida students celebrated the New Year by setting out by foot on a 1,500 mile journey they are calling the “Trail of Dreams” to raise awareness about national immigration reform.

January 3, 2010

Latinx

Immigration Reform Next for Obama Cabinet

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke took a page from their personal histories in making an economic argument for why immigration reform should be the next domestic agenda item for President Barack Obama’s administration.

December 17, 2009

Latinx

Study Says Toddlers Born to Latina Immigrants Lag Behind Whites in Basic-language Skills

Children born to immigrant Latinas are generally born healthy, but tend to lag behind other groups as toddlers.

December 3, 2009

Latinx

Mass. Immigrant Tuition Bill to Get New Push

The failure of Massachusetts, a left-leaning state that was the first to legalize gay marriage and the only so far to require health insurance for all its residents, to pass a bill allowing in-state tuition for undocumented students is a source of frustration for advocates.

November 15, 2009

Students

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Tribal Nations Conference

Duncan addresses reasons why students struggle and proposes ways to help Native American students, starting at the preschool level.

November 10, 2009