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Undocumented Immigrants Down To 10.8 Million
For the third year in a row, the undocumented immigrant population is reportedly on a decline. In 2007, DHS estimated that 11.8 million undocumented immigrants lived in the United States. The estimate fell to 11.6 million in 2008 and now Read More …
Latino Vote Critical in 40 Competitive Races This November
The Field Poll in California recently discovered that Senator Barbara Boxer’s reelection could be in danger if ethnic minorities did not turn out at the voting booths this November. That may come as a surprise for some people, but not Read More …
Nativist Tancredo Dooms Tea Baggers By Proposing "Civics Literacy" Test
Tom Tancredo, the grandson of Italian immigrants and a former Congressional representative, kicked off the much anticipated Tea Party National Convention in Nashville, Tennessee with some typically racist comments, imploring a very white audience to take back their country. Tancredo Read More …
Why Immigrants and the LGBT Community Should Support Each Other
In a show of solidarity between the immigrant rights movement and the LGBT community, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund) President Thomas Saenz, delivered a keynote speech advocating for comprehensive and inclusive immigration reform at the largest conference Read More …
Experts: Secret Detention Amounts to Crime Against Humanity
In a new independent study, UN experts are blasting secret detention of terror suspects, claiming that “if resorted to in a widespread and systematic manner, secret detention might reach the threshold of a crime against humanity.” However, the report fails Read More …