The message was clear: fix our broken immigration system, stop the deportations that split up families, and allow immigrants to come to the US legally and to earn legal status.
Douglas Rivlin, NewsJunkiePost.com. March 20, 2010.
The complicated relationship between the forces fighting for immigration reform and the labor movement have been on display this week and will be on display this weekend.
Marcelo Ballve, New America Media. March 19, 2010.
Tens of thousands of immigrants and their allies from around the country - an estimated 10,000 from the New York area - will converge this Sunday on the National Mall in DC.
There is “Nothing like 100,000 angry, frustrated, impatient marchers, representing millions of voters, to focus the Congressional and presidential mind…”
As grassroots support for the pro-immigration reform March for America grows, anti-immigration groups and their allies are trying to use racial tension to stop the momentum.
Democrats are served better by picking a fight with the GOP over immigration rather than running from one. Latinos nationwide are young, growing and increasingly ready to vote.