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NAHREP Leaders Estimate that Legalized Immigrants Would Create 3 Million New Homeowners and Billions in New Mortgages, Commissions & Consumer Purchases Over Five Years SAN DIEGO, CA [CapitalWirePR] – If current legislation that creates a path to legalization for 11 million undocumented immigrants is passed, the nation’s Hispanic real estate leaders…

De acuerdo con la “Encuesta Nacional de Hogares sin cuentas bancarias (o con poco acceso a estas)”, realizada en el 2011 por la Corporación Federal de Seguro de Depósitos (FDIC, por sus siglas en inglés), 20.1 por ciento de los hogares latinos carece de cuentas bancarias y el 28.6 por ciento…

Last Tuesday night S. 744—Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act—passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 13 to 5. Beginning with the Memorial Day recess and continuing into the summer, Gamaliel clergy and leaders across the country will be holding Congregation Basement Field Hearings. …

The Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) announced its ‘Remember November’ campaign, the coalition’s next steps in achieving comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship that keeps families together. Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director of the Center for Community Change, announced the move saying that “over the Memorial Day recess period…

NCLR (National Council of La Raza) applauded the nomination of Katherine Archuleta to lead the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).  Archuleta has served as both the Chief of Staff for former Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and the National Political Director for President Obama’s reelection campaign. “Once again, the president…

PHOENIX—Alfredo Gutierrez is a former 12-year Arizona state senator and author of “To Sin Against Hope,” a memoir that chronicles his lifelong struggle to advance immigration reform and dissects the systematic racism that has formed a century of border policy, exposing the timidity of today’s immigration advocacy organization and political…

Arpaio And His Deputies Have Engaged in Racial Profiling Against Latinos in Maricopa County.   PHOENIX – Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio relied on racial profiling and illegal detentions to target Latinos, a federal district court said today. The ruling comes following a three-week trial in July and August 2012…

Senator Cruz harms Republican Party with anti-immigrant votes.   (Washington, DC) – This Wednesday at 12:30 pm, faith leaders, human rights activists, and dozens of immigrant families from Texas and around the nation visited Senator Ted Cruz to deliver our demands in support of the immigration reform with a pathway…

(Washington, DC) CASA in Action, the largest membership organization of Latinos and immigrants in Maryland, DC, and Virginia, applauds the Senate Judiciary Committee for approving a pathway to citizenship in a bill sent to the Senate floor this evening and looks forward to further improvements. “This evening’s vote was an…

Mark-Up Characterized by Transparency and Bipartisan Cooperation.   Washington D.C. - Today, on a bipartisan vote of 13 to 5, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to pass Senate Bill 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, out of the committe and on to the Senate floor for…