This Week in Immigration
Friday, 04. 9. 2010 – Category: Immigration Reform, Recent Activity
IMMIGRATION REFORM. Talks to introduce comprehensive immigration reform legislation in this session of Congress seem to have stalled. The proposed Senate bill that Sens. Schumer (D-NY) and Graham (R-SC) have collaborated on lacks a second Republican backer. Some have already raised concerns regarding the proposed provisions in the bill, including a national ID plan for [...]
This Week in Immigration
Friday, 04. 2. 2010 – Category: Immigration Reform, Recent Activity
IMMIGRATION REFORM. Despite a national rally where over 200,000 people, including APIs, gathered to call for immigration reform, the passage of comprehensive reform legislation this year is in jeopardy. Congress has been resistant to President Obama’s push to use health care reform to create progress on other measures, including immigration reform. Sen. Graham (R-SC) has [...]
This Week in Immigration
Friday, 03. 26. 2010 – Category: Immigration Reform, Recent Activity
IMMIGRATION REFORM. On Sunday, over 200,000 people gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to call for immigration reform, where AAPI, Latino, African American, faith, labor, law enforcement, businesspeople, as well as supportive elected officials all turned out to demand reform this year. At the rally, President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to immigration reform. [...]
APALC DELIVERS OVER 1500 POSTCARDS TO CONGRESS
Tuesday, 03. 23. 2010 – Category: Immigration Reform, Recent Activity
WASHINGTON — Yesterday, on the heels of an unprecedented show of grassroot support for comprehensive immigration reform, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center joined ten other Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) advocacy organizations to deliver over 1,500 postcards to members of the U.S. Senate on behalf of AAPIs from across the country demanding comprehensive [...]
APALC will Join Thousands to Demand Immigration Reform
Friday, 03. 19. 2010 – Category: Immigration Reform, Recent Activity
LOS ANGELES – Yesterday, President Obama released a statement applauding the call for bi-partisan reform of our immigration system by Senators Schumer (D-NY) and Graham (R-SC) in a Washington Post opinion piece. While the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (APALC) is encouraged by these initial steps taken by President Obama and Senators [...]
This Sunday: March for America
Friday, 03. 19. 2010 – Category: Immigration Reform, Recent Activity
March for America, the Reform Immigration FOR America campaign’s rally to demand immigration reform, comes to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. March 21 at 2 p. m. We are at a critical [...]
This Week in Immigration
Thursday, 03. 11. 2010 – Category: Immigration Reform, Recent Activity
IMMIGRATION REFORM President Obama met with Sens. Schumer (D-NY) and Graham (R-SC) to discuss immigration reform, which has been seen as a way to revive the push for comprehensive immigration reform. Schumer and Graham have been the lead senators on the issue. But some believe the timing has more to do with the thousands of immigration [...]