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Race is at the Root of the Divide Over Immigration Reform
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2013-05-24 10:47Almost all the talk around immigration reform skirts the real issues: race and your vision of America. There are now nearly 51 million Latinos living in the United States and their population has grown astronomically. As their population has grown, so has their political strength.
Rights Working Group Welcomes Senate Gang's Immigration Reform Effort, Urges Strengthening of Racial Profiling Prohibition in the Bill
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Wed, 2013-04-17 15:08FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Keith Rushing, Communications Director, krushing@rightsworkinggroup, (p) 202.591.3305, (c) 202.557.4291
April 17, 2013, Washington, D.C. -- The introduction of the bipartisan Gang of Eight’s bill that would establish a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants is a welcome first step in achieving much needed reforms of the immigration system.
Catfish for Lunch
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Tue, 2012-08-14 16:07Rights Working Group is pleased to launch the Catfish for Lunch blog, which it is currently sponsoring and co-hosting. The blog, written by researcher and consultant Kung Li, is a continuation of the final workshop at the Securing Our Rights in the Information-Sharing Era: A Convening on National Security, Surveillance and Immigration Enforcement conference in December 2011.
Cardin Introduces the End Racial Profiling Act of 2013
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2013-05-24 11:39FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Keith Rushing, Communications Director, krushing@rightsworkinggroup, (p) 202.591.3305, (c) 202.557.4291
May 24, 2012, Washington, D.C.- This week, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced the End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) of 2013, a bill that if passed would prohibit the use of profiling on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin or religion by law enforcement agencies.
Advocacy Efforts Defeat Racial Profiling Amendments in Mark up; Problematic Graham Amendment Passes
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Tue, 2013-05-21 16:05Image:
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 21, 2013 – A number of amendments that would have caused increased forms of racial profiling, if they were passed into law, were defeated earlier this week when the Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) marked up Title III of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act. (S. 744)
Please Call the Senate Judiciary Committee now! Amendments that Will Lead to Racial Profiling Will Likely Be Voted on Today
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Mon, 2013-05-20 09:33Rights Working Group Urges NYC Council Speaker to Reverse Course and Support a Strong Ban of Racial Profiling
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2013-05-03 11:26FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Keith Rushing, Communications Director, krushing@rightsworkinggroup, (p) 202.591.3305, (c) 202.557.4291
Victory in Colorado: SB 90 Repealed!
Submitted by sian ofaolain on Wed, 2013-05-01 14:15Image:
Passed in 2006, SB 90 required police to report people suspected to be undocumented to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the time of arrest. On April 26th, the Community and Law Enforcement Trust Act was signed into law in Colorado, repealing SB 90.
RWG Expresses Sympathy for Victims and Families of Killings in Boston; Makes Call for Unity
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2013-04-19 14:24FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Keith Rushing, Communications Director, krushing@rightsworkinggroup, (p) 202.591.3305, (c) 202.557.4291
April 19, 2013, Washington, D.C. -- Rights Working Group stands united with all those across the nation who are shocked and saddened by this week’s attacks that took lives and injured hundreds.
“We express deep sympathy for the victims of the bombings and their families,” said Margaret Huang, executive director of Rights Working Group. “The bombings were a deplorable act.”
Campaign Launched to Fight for Human Rights and Constitutional Rights in Immigration Reform
Submitted by Keith Rushing on Fri, 2013-04-19 14:02Image:
April 19, 2013, Washington, D.C. --- Earlier this week, Rights Working Group joined with a number of national and regional social justice organizations to launch the CAMBIO campaign, an effort to fight for provisions in immigration reform legislation that would protect human rights, constitutional rights in immigration reform, including just border security and enforcement policies, workers rights, and alternatives to dentention.
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