Today, March 11, 2010, a group of 13 leaders from national and grassroots immigrant advocacy organizations, labor unions, and clergy met for 1 hour and 15 minutes with President Barack Obama and top advisors Melody Barnes and Valery Jarrett to discuss immigration reform. Read more…
Chicago, Illinois – On March 11, 2010, Joshua Hoyt, Executive Director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) will join a group of selected leaders from national and gras Read more…
ELGIN -- While health care reform debate roils into its 16th month, a group of area business owners is part of a nationwide effort imploring Washington to tackle another hot button issue ASAP: compreh Read more…
ELGIN -- While health care reform debate roils into its 16th month, a group of area business owners is part of a nationwide effort imploring Washington to tackle another hot button issue ASAP: compreh Read more…
A Chicago man who’s pushing for a federal immigration overhaul says a meeting Thursday afternoon with President Barack Obama encourages him. Read more…
Illinois' immigrant rights activists are keeping the pressure on Congress and the White House to quickly take up comprehensive reforms, and it appears that they're making inroads. Read more…
Several years of social work practice with Latino immigrants in CBO’s. Research related to the impact of migration on families. She developed a migration studies specialization to prepare social work students for practice with immigrant families.