Yahoo News — At least eight Democratic members of the House were among about 200 people arrested Tuesday after they blocked a main street near the Capitol during a massive rally seeking to push Republicans to hold a vote on a stalled immigration reform bill. Police would not identify those arrested. Representatives of the social […]
Speaker: Message isn’t anti-immigrant, ‘it’s pro-American’
Pilot Tribune — Lynch set out to create a documentary about immigration, leading to a second film about the subject. Lynch told the crowd the idea for his first film, “They Come to America,” was spurred by a man who stood on the side of the road every morning for five years holding an anti-immigration […]
Obama OK’s illegals’ march on Mall, still blocks Americans
Daily Caller –The National Park Service is allowing an Oct. 8 pro-immigration rally on the national mall, even as it posts pickets and barriers to bar Americans from visiting their open-air memorials. “They’re going to be allowed to go [ahead] because it is a First Amendment activity,” Shannon Maurer, a spokeswoman for the “March for […]
Jerry Brown: Illegal Immigrant Driver’s Licenses ‘Only the First Step’
Breibart — California joins New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington, among other states, and Gov. Brown made it clear he hopes other states follow California’s footsteps, calling the law “only the first step” and hoping it inspires other states to follow. That all depends on what the new burden on California’s Department of Motor Vehicles will […]
Immigration reform is still alive and well, advocates say
VOXXI — Advocates say the fight to pass a comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship is far from over. They expect the debate over immigration reform in the House will pick on Wednesday. That’s the day House Democrats are planning to unveil a comprehensive immigration reform bill… Democrats are planning to release the […]
Immigration Organizer Asks for 200 Volunteers to Get Arrested at DC Rally
Breitbart — Breitbart News has obtained emails in which an immigration campaign organizer for the Center for Community Change (CCC), a liberal grassroots organizing group working with a Hispanic advocacy group and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), sent an email this week asking for at least 200 people to to volunteer to get arrested […]