Immigration

April 10, 2013

Fourteen years ago, a woman named Arline asked me on a date. She took me to lunch in downtown Seattle, where we ate oysters and watched ferries glide away from the dock. I couldn't have imagined then what it would mean to share my life with an immigrant. It turns out that it means many things, but...

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Allison Green

Immigration Family Economic Security

April 9, 2013

Each year Equal Pay Day highlights the continued disparity in pay between men and women in the United States. In 2011 women who worked full time and year round earned only 77 cents to every dollar earned by men. That wage gap persists and is even more pronounced in the immigrant community: An...

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Ann Garcia

Immigration Family Economic Security

March 29, 2013

(Photo: In a packed Presbyterian church in D.C., the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health brought down the house with chants for dignity and respect of all immigrant women. The event, held on March 18, 2013, brought out 500 people, including NLIRH members, Congressional leaders,...

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Elisa Batista

Immigration

March 28, 2013

Earlier this month, some members of the Senate announced they are considering plans to reduce the family visa program and eliminate the ability for an American citizen to sponsor their sibling and adult children. These latest discussions fall drastically short of what communities want in a...

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Yoo Jane

Immigration

March 25, 2013

This blog post was written in favor of the Bring Rodrigo Home campaign, which is calling for the return of Rodrigo Guzman and his family who, despite their contributions to their community, were detained by ICE and returned to their native Mexico. I am admittedly liberal in many of my political...

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Anne-Marie Praetzel

Immigration

March 22, 2013

My name is Reyna Diaz Mayida and my life changed in Houston, Texas on January 10, 2013. Houston was where my family and I were refused entry back into the US from Mexico. It was where we were turned away from coming home to Berkeley, California. I always returned to Mexico to renew my passport and...

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Reyna Diaz

Immigration

March 21, 2013

Like so many other Americans, I am proud of my immigrant roots. My mother came to this country as a child with her family from Austria. She never finished high school because she had to work to support her family. My dad was the only one of nine children to be born in America, and the only one to...

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Senator Barbara Boxer

Immigration

February 4, 2013

This article first appeared in Crosscut.com . It’s game on for immigration reform in 2013 . Prospects for a real immigration bill this year took a big step forward last week as a bipartisan “Gang of Eight” Senators released its framework for an immigration bill , and President Obama staked out his...

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Pramila Jayapal

Immigration

February 3, 2013

What happens in Vegas shouldn't always stay in Vegas. Earlier this week, in a crammed high school basketball stadium in Las Vegas, I heard President Obama speak about the need to finally, truly fix our broken immigration system so that it's fair and also brings economic strength to our entire...

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Mary Olivella

Immigration

February 2, 2013

A few years ago I saw a video that shocked me : Two young children crying, alone in a car, reaching out for their mother who'd been taken away by armed deputies wearing ski masks after being stopped for a minor traffic violation. The images haven't left me. A nightmare, right? Never in America?...

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