by Emma Buckhout, LAWG Intern, with contributions by Ruth Isabel Robles
on February 26, 2013
President Obama, Congress, and a growing majority of American voters agree that the U.S. immigration system is broken and must be fixed. However, more than a month into the president’s second term and an unending national debate, the question remains: will anything actually happen on immigration reform? Recent events, including a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” held February 13th provided us with an inkling of what we might have in store. Committee Chair Senator Leahy (D-Vt.) echoed President Obama saying “Now is the time” for immigration reform. Meanwhile, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) saw “overconfidence on this (immigration reform) bill” and asserted that he and others will continue to fight it over issues of earned legalization, enforcement, and border security. While Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), one of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” senators working on their own comprehensive immigration framework, indicated support for making reform happen, he also noted that any discussions thus far include “triggers that need to be trippled in terms of border security...”
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by Ruth Isabel Robles
on January 31, 2013
On Monday, February 4th people of faith and people of conscience from all over the country are participating in an Interfaith Call-in to Prevent Gun Violence. Follow the easy steps below or go to www.faithscalling.org. Lend your voice to the many grieving in Mexico and the U.S. due to gun violence by calling your Senator and insist that they act to prevent gun violence on both sides of the border!
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by Ruth Isabel Robles
on February 07, 2013
To read the MPJD's next steps, outlined at the press conference on Monday, January 28, 2013, click here.
Para leer la declaracion del MPJD, haga clic aqui.
To read The Pain Caused by Guns Has No Borders, click here. (In Spanish and English)
To read the salute to the Congreso Nacional Indigena, click here. (In Spanish only)
To read the Platform for Memory and Documentation, click here. (In Spanish only)
To read the Drug Regulation Platform, click here. (In Spanish only)
To read the Solidarity Statement by Asamblea Popular de Familias Migrantes, click here. (In Spanish only)
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by Ruth Isabel Robles
on December 17, 2012
A compilation of articles related to migrants in transit for the week of Dec. 3-Dec. 17.
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by Ruth Isabel Robles
on February 01, 2013
“We embrace the pain of the mothers and fathers in the United States who have lost children to gun violence, because my own son was disappeared in Michoacán with a firearm,” said Araceli Rodríguez, mother  of Luis Ángel León Rodríguez in a statement from Mexico’s Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD). Just like parents who lost children in the horrific Newtown shooting, victims across Mexico who have lost their sons and daughters to gun violence are calling for action to prevent future tragedies.
What can you do? Join us and call your members of Congress on Monday, February 4th!
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by Ruth Isabel Robles
on November 14, 2012
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