LRT: Ten Year Anniversary of March in support of Driver’s Licenses

In marking the 10 year anniversary of the recall of Davis, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s immediate repeal of the driver’s license bill that Davis had signed, we remember Padre Luis Angel Nieto, the 17 students from my Rural and Urban Social Movements class, and the many day laborers from the PEOC who led a four-day march from Claremont to Los Angeles in 2003 (see the article that appeared in the L. A. Times below). Continue reading

Fixing Immigration From the Ground Up

 

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD of the New York Times

The immigration marches and vigils that took place across the country on Saturday, uniting tens of thousands of people in more than 40 states, were a plaintive reminder that immigration reform — remember immigration reform? — is among the many pieces of business that remain unfinished while Congress is in lockdown. Continue reading

Un dia Para Marchar y Celebrar

Un día de marchar y celebrar. Un día de ver el resultado de marchar, naturalizar, registrar, votar, y sacrificar. Gracias a todas las organizaciones de la comunidad que siempre han cumplido en la lucha por las licensias para conducir, en la lucha para poner alto a la discriminación, en la lucha para poner alto a la deportación, y en la larga lucha que todavía sigue por la legalización.

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Governor Signs TRUST ACT

With the signing of the TRUST ACT, AB-60, and other immigrant supportive bills, California is indeed a leader in advancing immigrant rights.  It is a testament to the community-based organizations, and especially the courageous dreamers, that have sacrificed so much over the years to deportations and all forms of injustice against our immigrant communities. Continue reading