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SEIU and Civil Rights Leaders Tell Hyundai Shareholders in Korea SEOUL, Korea – Service Employees International Union, The Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights, and National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC) on Friday urged Hyundai Motor Company shareholders on Friday to live up to their moral and corporate responsibilities and call for repeal of…

Is Mississippi About to Make a Costly Mistake on Immigration? Either Mississippi lawmakers aren’t aware of the hefty fiscal and legal burdens of extreme immigration legislation on state residents, or they just don’t care. This week, the Mississippi House passed HB 488, an immigration enforcement bill that allows local law…

Normal 0 0 1 569 3246 27 6 3986 11.1287 0 0 0 Grassroots #JSA Movement Continues to Battle Deportation of Germantown Family and Others in Their Shoes. Rockville, MD- Earlier this Tuesday, the Acuña family – the Germantown couple and son who have attracted the attention of the region…

  After months of negotiations, impreMedia today announced an agreement with US Hispanic Media Inc. (USHM) that will open editorial bridges between Latin American and North American markets.Under the new arrangement, USHM, a subsidiary of S.A. La Nación, will become a majority shareholder of U.S. Spanish-language media giant impreMedia. The…

The NAACP, alongside National Action Network, AFL-CIO, SEIU and several other civil, human  and labor rights groups from across the nation completed the march from Selma to Montgomery today in protest of the modern day attacks on voting rights and Alabama’s racial profiling  law, HB56.  The march concluded with a…

Appeals Court Blocks Two More Provisions of Alabama’s Extreme Immigration Law The U.S  Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit temporarily enjoined two more controversial provisions of Alabama’s extreme immigration law (HB 56), adding to the list of  enjoined provisions. Yesterday, the 11th Circuit blocked Section 27, which bars Alabama…

Fox News Latino Polling Confirms GOP’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Are Destroying Party’s Chances with the Fastest-Growing Group of New Voters Leading news outlets, political pundits, and commentators have come to a consensus: the Republican Party is in big trouble with Latino voters, largely because of its mishandling of the immigration issue. …

On Friday, March 2, 2012, Dr. Warren H. Stewart Sr. was elected the new chairman of the National Immigration Forum Board of Directors. Serving on the Forum’s board since 2010, Dr. Stewart is senior pastor of First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix, Ariz., and has been a leading advocate against…

While speaking about the promise of America and the need to fix the economy at his Massachusetts victory rally, Mitt Romney’s speech was interrupted. Undocumented youth, who managed to enter the event, held up “VETO ROMNEY, NOT THE DREAM ACT” posters. As he finished his sentence, one of the protesters shouted…

During Historic Selma-to-Montgomery March, National Figures Note Parallels to Segregation Days and Call on Automakers to Help Repeal HB56   National labor leaders have come out in strong opposition to Alabama’s “show me your papers” anti-immigration law, noting the disturbing parallels with Alabama’s civil rights history and calling on the…