It is clear that the "March for America" is forcing the President and the political leaders to focus on immigration reform. We encourage everyone to come to Washington D.C. on March 21st to keep the pressure up--and we will judge the President by whether his actions follow his words. Read more…
“We want President Obama to know that current enforcement-only tactics are destroying families and will cost him a high political price among the Latino and immigrant communities,” said Joshua Hoyt. “We need his leadership to move immigration reform forward this year.” Read more…
“Coming Out” of the Shadows, eight youth told their stories as undocumented immigrants. They shared stories of hope, frustration, and fear, putting their own experiences and lives at the forefront of the immigrant rights debate to bring attention to the issue and to show the urgency for solutions Read more…
Making our community count! Our census fellows have been hard at work knocking on doors and informing people about the importance of filling out the census form. Read more…
Yesterday, young people were in high spirits as they planned for their Coming Out of the Shadows event on March 10th at Federal Plaza. Citing the Senator's long-time commitment to immigration reform, students wanted to create a visual representation of who the Senator was fighting for, and why reform should happen now. Read more…
A van with five leaders with Central Illinois Organizing Project, on their way from Bloomington to work in Peoria got pulled over late Wednesday afternoon (around 3:30) on Interstate 74 outside Goodfield. We do not yet know why the Illinois State Police pulled over the van but the driver and passengers were all taken into custody. Read more…
A group of more than 50 constituents of the 13th Congressional District gathered outside of the building in the parking lot today to hold a vigil and pray for the Congresswoman to have the courage to evolve her stance on immigration issues and begin work to fix our country’s broken immigration system. Read more…
Today the Washington Post published an op-ed by ICIRR Executive Director Joshua Hoyt. The article calls out president for failing to yet deliver on his promise to Latino voters and calls on President Obama to lead the charge for fair and compassionate immigration reform for America’s economy and national security Read more…
