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SemaConnect, a national leader in Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and sophisticated software for station owners and EV drivers joins MobileNow!,  a provider of digital permit and mobile payment solutions, in the cell phone payment system, to revolutionize how electric vehicle drivers recharge their vehicles. On Tuesday January 15, 2013, both companies launched a debut…

First Illinois DREAMer to benefit from Obama deportation-relief program now working in Congressman's office helping other immigrant youth Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) announced the hiring of José M. Quintero as an employee in his District Office onNorth AvenueinChicago.  Quintero was the first young immigrant inIllinoisto receive work authorization via Deferred…

Evangelical Leaders Launch “I was a Stranger” Immigration Prayer Challenge and Video National Leaders, Local Pastors Ask Lawmakers to Consider Immigration through Biblical Lens **Listen to a recording from today’s press call at http://tinyurl.com/iwasastranger.** As we prepare for a national debate on immigration policy, the Evangelical Immigration Table launched an effort on Monday to encourage Christians…

This Wednesday, January 16th, the Institute for Policy Studies is hosting an event about the 2012 truce between El Salvador’s largest gangs. People can read more background in the recent issue of El Salvador Watch. There have been lots of questions raised over the past year about the truce – how…

Earlier today, Janet Murguía, President and CEO of NCLR (National Council of La Raza), joined Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ofLos Angelesat the National Press Club, where the mayor stressed the urgent need for Congress and the White House to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year. “The time for half-measures and one-sided…

Creates a Positive Example for Modernizing the UN Drug Conventions The Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, but without being bound by its unjust and unrealistic requirement that “coca leaf…

The Obama Administration’s Record Breaking Deportation Numbers Must be Reversed, Family Separations Must End, Congress Must Change the Law Late Thursday night, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided the home of Arizona DREAM leader Erika Andiola and detained her mother, Maria Arreola, and her brother, Heriberto Andiola Arreola.  After immediate…

Removals Remain the Starkest Measure of Immigration Enforcement  As a new IPC fact sheet explains, the number of removals has risen dramatically over the past decade—from an average of 180,000 in the years immediately preceding the September 11 attacks, to nearly 400,000 during each year of the Obama administration. To…

International Labor Conference report highlights lack of protections for 56.2 million domestic workers world wide More than 56.2 million men and women (80 per cent is women) throughout the world were employed as household workers in 2010, according to a report released recently by the International Labour Conference (ILC).  The…

Washington, DC [CapitalWirePR] - The National Puerto Rican Coalition Inc. (NPRC) congratulated the Puerto Rican community on the Island and the mainland that supported the boycott against WAPA TV/WAPA America's gossip show SuperXclusivo. The show was the target of a community boycott ignited by defamatory comments made by its main…