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Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Type: Organization

Name: Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Progressive Corporation

Why Congress, not the states, should handle immigration reform

While a panel of U.S. senators debates how to repair the immigration system, a federal appellate court panel seated 109 miles south in Richmond, Va., will be considering whether to allow parts of South Carolina's anti-immigrant law, modeled after Arizona's ... [Published Kansas City Star - May 16 2013]

Entities: Progressive Corporation, Immigration, Immigration Law

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

A call to suspend deportations while Congress debates reform: How realistic is it?

Guatemalan nationals are searched before boarding a deportation flight to Guatemala City, Guatemala at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, June 24, 2011. Some immigrant advocates, joined by Latino and labor groups, are calling on the White House to suspend ... [Published SCPR - May 16 2013]

Entities: Deportation, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Immigration

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

AFL-CIO

Obama should halt deportations: AFL-CIO

President Obama should stop deportations for those who would qualify to stay under proposed immigration reform, immigrant groups and the AFL-CIO said Monday.“It’s a simple matter of justice and fairness,” said Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel ... [Published New York Daily News - May 14 2013]

Entities: AFL-CIO, Deportation, Barack Obama, Immigration, Thomas Saenz

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Advocacy Groups Call for Suspension of Deportations for Potential RPIs

From the NY Times' Julia Preston:Labor, Latino and immigrant advocate groups called on President Obama on Monday to suspend deportations of illegal immigrants who could be eligible for a pathway to citizenship under a bipartisan bill to overhaul the immigration ... [Published ILW.COM - May 14 2013]

Entities: Suspension, Illegal Immigrants, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational ...

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Saul Alinsky and the Gang of Eight

National Review OnlineAt the press conference introducing their bill, the Gang of Eight evoked the spirit of Ted Kennedy. But the 24 pages of the 844-page bill (pages 370–94) dealing with "immigrant integration" stand as a rousing tribute to Saul Alinsky. ... [Published Hudson Institute - May 08 2013]

Entities: Saul Alinsky, Gustavo Torres, Hoyt (United States), Stanley Kurtz, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational ...

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Eric Holder

The unhelpful Eric Holder

Does President Obama want an immigration bill that he can sign into law?We ask because his intentions are not clear. Yesterday, he declared that he was open to an appropriate compromise. But that is also what he said as a senator in 2007, at the same ... [Published New York Post - May 01 2013]

Entities: Eric Holder, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational ..., Republican Party (US)

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

American Civil Liberties Union

SPLC: Supreme Court’s rejection of Alabama appeal further proof states cannot create immigration laws

The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to hear Alabama’s appeal of a court decision that blocked part of its anti-immigrant law is further proof that immigration enforcement is not a duty of the states, but the federal government which must pass comprehensive ... [Published Southern Poverty Law Center - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Supreme Court, American Civil Liberties Union, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational ..., Criminal

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

AG Holder to MALDEF: Amnesty Is a Civil Right

Attorney General Eric Holder recently voiced a belief that many liberals hold — that entering this country illegally is a human right — but mostly refrain from saying. These days, the extreme anti-borders ideology of the anarchist left is becoming mainstream, ... [Published VDare - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Eric Holder, Civil Rights, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational ...

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 2 reports

Holder Calls Amnesty a 'Civil Right'

Holder Calls Amnesty a 'Civil Right' |Amnesty|Fox Nation :"During a April 24th speech to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Attorney General Eric Holder said that creating a "pathway to earned citizenship" was a "civil right.”"Creating ... [Published MuskegonPundit - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Eric Holder, Civil Rights, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational ..., Immigration

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 2 reports

Eric Holder: Citizenship For Illegal Immigrants Is A ‘Matter Of Civil And Human Rights’

During an April 24 address to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), Attorney General Eric Holder told the crowd that creating a pathway to earned citizenship is a critical element of any comprehensive immigration reform plan. ... [Published Newsvine - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Eric Holder, Illegal Immigrants, Human Rights

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Eric Holderâs Reckless Charge

During a speech to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Attorney General Eric Holder said that creating a âpathway to earned citizenshipâ was a âcivil right.â Mr. Holder put it this way: Creating a pathway to earned citizenship for ... [Published Lucianne.com - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Eric Holder, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational ..., Immigration

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Awards Gala 2013

distributed by noodls on 04/24/2013 20:50Print PrintSharing and Personal ToolsPlease select the service you want to use:Public linkPlease use the above public link if you want to share this noodl on another websiteThank you, John, for those kind words ... [Published Noodls - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational ..., Immigration, Civil Rights, Eric Holder

Quotes

Congress should read again what Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, concluded last year in Arizona v. U S : "The national government has significant power to regulate immigration. With power comes responsibility, and the sound exercise of national power over immigration depends on the nation's meeting its responsibility to base its laws on a politicalpolitical will informed by searching, thoughtful, rational civic discourse."

Why Congress, not the states, should handle immigration reform [Published Kansas City Star - May 16 2013]

"We saw from the deferred action announcement that what the president did was not only good for immigrant students," says Newman, "it was good for the process of pushing immigration reform forward, and it was good for him politically. It was sort of a trifecta for him."

A call to suspend deportations while Congress debates reform: How realistic is it? [Published SCPR - May 16 2013]

The State of Illinois established a Governor's Office of New Americans (GONA) in 2006. The director of GONA declared, "Immigrant integration in the State of Illinois is made possible through our Strategic partnerships with community based organizations, local governments" and various state agencies...

Saul Alinsky and the Gang of Eight [Published Hudson Institute - May 08 2013]

"It would be mathematically impossible electorally for Republicans to win the presidency if Texas were to go Democrat" Gambitta said

Texas has much at stake in voting rights ruling [Published Houston Chronicle - May 04 2013]

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Why Congress, not the states, should handle imm... [Published Kansas City Star - May 16 2013]
A call to suspend deportations while Congress d... [Published SCPR - May 16 2013]
Obama should halt deportations: AFL-CIO [Published New York Daily News - May 14 2013]
Advocacy Groups Call for Suspension of Deportat... [Published ILW.COM - May 14 2013]
Latinos Now More Afraid To Call Police [Published Fox News Latino - May 08 2013]
Saul Alinsky and the Gang of Eight [Published Hudson Institute - May 08 2013]
Amnesty price tag? $6.3 trillion [Published WorldNetDaily - May 06 2013]
Texas has much at stake in voting rights ruling [Published Houston Chronicle - May 04 2013]
La Opinión to Co-Host Los Angeles Mayoral Forum [Published Business Wire - May 03 2013]
Amnesty, Alinsky style [Published Power Line - May 03 2013]
US Attorney General Holder: Illegal Alien Amnes... [Published Latin American Herald Tribune - May 01 2013]
Education advocates threaten lawsuit over fundi... [Published US News Las Vegas - May 01 2013]
Education advocates threaten lawsuit over fundi... [Published Las Vegas Sun - May 01 2013]
The unhelpful Eric Holder [Published New York Post - May 01 2013]
David_Halperin: Leon Panetta and Marc Morial Jo... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 30 2013]
SPLC: Supreme Court’s rejection of Alabama appe... [Published Southern Poverty Law Center - Apr 30 2013]
Blogging: Supreme Court Strikes Another Nail in... [Published ILW.COM - Apr 30 2013]
SPLC: Supreme Court's rejection of Alabama appe... [Published Newsvine - Apr 30 2013]
Supreme Court Strikes Another Nail in the Coffi... [Published ILW.COM - Apr 29 2013]
AG Holder to MALDEF: Amnesty Is a Civil Right [Published VDare - Apr 29 2013]
Eric Holder: Citizenship For Illegal Immigrants... [Published Newsvine - Apr 27 2013]
Holder Calls Amnesty a 'Civil Right' [Published MuskegonPundit - Apr 27 2013]
Drudge Returns To Patriotic Side: Terrible News... [Published VDare - Apr 27 2013]
Amnesty as a 'Civil Right' [Published American Thinker - Apr 27 2013]
Kauffman: Rodriguez fought for equal education ... [Published Houston Chronicle - Apr 27 2013]
Eric Holder Ignores Black America And Says Citi... [Published Politik Ditto - Apr 27 2013]
Eric Holderâs Reckless Charge [Published Lucianne.com - Apr 26 2013]
Eric Holder: Citizenship ForIllegal Immigrants ... [Published Lucianne.com - Apr 26 2013]
Mike Burns: Fox Nation Falsely Equates "Amnesty... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - Apr 26 2013]
Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Mexi... [Published Noodls - Apr 25 2013]

Blogs

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Amnesty, Alinsky style [Published Power Line - May 03 2013] (Paul Mirengoff) Please dont’t miss John Fonte’s piece on NRO about provisions in the Gang of Eight bill (see pages 370-94) that will funnel federal dollars to left-wing activists so they can organize illegal aliens who obtain amnesty. The money ...
Holder Calls Amnesty a 'Civil Right' [Published MuskegonPundit - Apr 27 2013] Holder Calls Amnesty a 'Civil Right' \|Amnesty\|Fox Nation :"During a April 24th speech to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Attorney General Eric Holder said that creating a "pathway to earned citizenship" was a "civil right.”"Creating ...
Eric Holder Ignores Black America And Says Citi... [Published Politik Ditto - Apr 27 2013] Illegal immigration hurts Blacks esp. due to the high unemployment rate and minorities being on the lower end of the skill spectrum due to lack of education, the breakdown of the family and poverty. But sadly naive and ignorant black Americans will ...
Mike Burns: Fox Nation Falsely Equates "Amnesty... [Published Media Matters for America - County Fair - Apr 26 2013] Fox Nation falsely equated "amnesty," a term shown to produce negative reactions, with a pathway to earned citizenship for undocumented immigrants. In fact, a pathway to earned citizenship would require immigrants illegally in the U.S. to meet a number ...
Early voting safe for now [Published Off the Kuff - Apr 09 2013] Glad to hear it . A bill that would slash the number of days allowed for early voting is likely to be pulled after scathing testimony Monday from opponents who said the bill was discriminatory and retrogressive. House Bill 2093 , by state ...

Press Releases

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La Opinión to Co-Host Los Angeles Mayoral Forum [Published Business Wire - May 03 2013]
We Decide: Latinos And The 2012 Election Premie... [Published PR Newswire - Aug 13 2012]