new york immigration coalition: Page 1

... Center for Community Change, New York Immigration Coalition, Casa de Maryland, Churches United to Save and Heal, and OneAmerica: On the call they said: "We've marched, called and faxed. We've shown time and again that there's no bigger movement than ours. Still, our elected officials haven't delivered satisfactory progress on immigration reform. We won't be appeased with token gestures. We're...

... the Legal Aid Society and the New York Immigration Coalition. The first hasn't been covered here, but the second has and their advice was probably politicized to say the least; click their link for past coverage. The NYDN's coverage admits that many who called were illegal aliens and were interested in amnesty. UPDATE: Albor Ruiz informs us (link) that Kirsten Gillibrand dropped by their event...

... which was co-produced with the New York Immigration Coalition.

... link). * Chung Wa Hong, of the New York Immigration Coalition finds Gilibrand's positions "deeply troubling" and NYS Assemblyman Peter Rivera says they "border on xenophobia" ("Gillibrand’s immigration backlash" by Rick Karlin of the Times Union, link). * Sam Udani (publisher of the Immigration Daily newspaper) and Deborah Notkin (former president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association...

... 18th Floor ~ New York, NY 10004 New York Immigration Coalition Francis Liu 137-139 25th Street, 12th Floor ~ New York, NY 10001 Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights Raquel Batista, Executive Director 665 West 182nd Street, 1st Floor ~ New York, NY 10033 Queers for Economic Justice Debanuj DasGupta 16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10 H ~ New York, NY 10001 Sihk Coalition Narinder Singh,...

The CIS has released a study called "Homeward Bound: Recent Immigration Enforcement and the Decline in the Illegal Alien Population" (link) which says that due to enforcement "the illegal immigrant population has declined by 11 percent through May 2008 after hitting a peak in August 2007... [t]he implied decline in the illegal population is 1.3 million since last summer, from 12.5 million to 11.2...

It's no suprise that the New York Immigration Coalition - a group that doesn't seem to understand the word "illegal" - would come out in support (link) of Eliot Spitzer's plan to give driver's licenses to illegal aliens. UPDATE: If you're in NY state, there's a petition - including a printable version - here.

... Rights (CA) - Arnoldo Garcia 17. New York Immigration Coalition (NY) - Avideh Moussavian 18. Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (PA) - Regan Cooper 19. South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow (MD) - Deepa Iyer 20. Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TN) - Stephen Fotopulos 21. United Farm Workers Foundation (CA) - Oscar Gonzalez 22. University of New Mexico, School...

Randal Archibold - frequent co-conspirator with Rachel Swarns on New York Times articles about immigration - offers "Democratic Victory Raises Spirits of Those Favoring Citizenship for Illegal Aliens".

Popular Spanish-language radio host El Cucuy (real name: Renan Almendarez Coello) is on a 10 city bus tour trying to register members of his audience as voters. He kicked off the campaign in San Jose (California) on Monday, and joining him on his fun bus were Lt. Gov.

This one was on Long Island and featured on the other side: - Luis Valenzuela, executive director of the Long Island Immigrant Alliance, ("an immigrant advocacy group") - Hempstead Village Deputy Mayor Henry Conyers - Edison Severino of the Manhattan-based Local 78 of the Asbestos, Lead and Hazardous Waste Laborers Reporting was by Bart Jones of Newsday. And, they've got a cute new talking point...

Now that's a twist! As previously discussed, Suffolk County (Long Island New York) executive Steve Levy has begun cracking down on clown houses containing dozens of illegal aliens.