This week's Wall Street Journal shows how ICIRR became a leader in the movement to press for innovative policies that help to integrate immigrants into their new communities. "The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, a nonprofit advocacy group that worked with Gov. Blagojevich to craft the executive order, has played a lead role in fostering integration initiatives in other states." We have indeed worked with leaders in states like New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Washington, where new, proactive approaches in the Illinois model will help to transform many nationalities into one nation. It’s exciting to see the movement take root! Read more…

Today the New Americans Policy Council sent a final set of recommendations to the State of Illinois aimed at assisting immigrants and refugees to fully integrate into the social and economic fabric of the state. These recommendations cap off a two-year process launched by Governor Blagojevich's landmark New Americans Executive Order. Read more…

State and Local Officials, Advocacy Organizations, and Funders from around the nation gather to compare and forge strategies, reframe national debate. Read more…

New Jersey’s Governor signs executive order to establish Blue Ribbon Panel on Immigrant Policy. Read more…

Ribbon-cutting ceremony to open State’s first one-stop, multi-agency center for immigrants and refugees. Read more…