This article was originally published on the Huffington Post Blog. How did we build an immigrant rights movement? As undocumented queer immigrants, we learned from our own experiences. Frank Sharry’s latest opinion piece in The Washington Post extols the gay rights movement for teaching the immigrant rights movement how to fight, and in doing so, he places himself [...]
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Undocumented immigrant youth from Chicago and suburbs speak about the need for people in deportation proceedings to make their case public as a way to fight individual deportation and detention cases, and to bring attention to the stories of the families being affected by federal enforcement policies in Illinois. WHAT: Press conference with undocumented youth, [...]
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In the last few days there have been a number of important announcements on immigration policy and the upcoming conversation on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR). Amongst the responses to these developments, undocumented immigrant students, workers, and organizers have weighed in on the conversation on CIR, the proposal from the ‘Gang of 8,’ and president Obama’s [...]
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Speech from IYJL mom Rosi Carrasco, who introduced Senator Durbin at the February 4th Uniting America Immigrant Integration Summit, hosted by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). Rosi’s family, Ireri, Tania, and Martin have all been arrested as part of civil disobediences organized by the Immigrant Youth Justice League (IYJL) and the [...]
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You don’t really know what coming out is about if you haven’t heard it. For your listening pleasure, find all of Chicago’s coming out stories told at our second National Coming Out of the Shadows Rally: Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic. March 10th, 2011. Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic by ilehlainat2 The stories were recorded by Stephanie Manriquez, and [...]
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Dear DREAMers, Family, Friends, I have a confession to make. After the initial disappointment that came with the vote in December, I awoke from my stupor to realize that the act we were fighting for was an insult. I will confess dear friends that, lately, I have been relieved and happy. Upon rereading that thing [...]
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In October of this year, the Immigrant Youth Justice League turned 1 year old. We recently took a look back at the last year. This is part one of the reflection. Enjoy! Part 1: Beginnings: Fighting Youth Deportations October 2009, After running out of legal options, Rigo realized he would need more than a lawyer [...]
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"La organización Chicago Community and Workers Rights esta invitando a una reunión informativa en nuestra organización a cerca de “la reforma..
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New York coming out!
Houston - " Jovenes indocumentados en Texas salen de las sombras y declaran su estatus migratorio publicamente! Un abrazote a Alicia Torres quien..
