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Immigrant Priorities for the Benefit of All of Illinois: 2009

  • Move Illinois’ Congressional delegation to support comprehensive immigration reform.
  • Stop immigration raids and deportations.
  • Make US citizenship affordable again.
  • Support refugees and the organizations that work with them.
  • Assist Illinois immigrants in learning English (We Want to Learn English Initiative)
  • Assist Illinois immigrants in fully integrating through the New Americans Initiative and Immigrant Family Resource Program.

New Americans Democracy Day

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Last Saturday, July 17th, more than 200 leaders of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights joined to celebrate New Americans Democracy Day by launching the “One Nation, One Dream: Standing for Families” campaign. Read more…

Identifying Human Trafficking Victims in Illinois

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The International Organization for Adolescents has partnered with Illinois Rescue and Restore to identify more victims by creating multiple outreach materials (i.e. matchbooks, bookmarks, and magnets) with the National Human Trafficking Hotline number) in several different languages to be distributed to at risk ethnic groups/communities. Read more…

Legal Theft? How Western Union Customers Lost $17 Million

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On Thursday, February 11th, the Attorney General of Arizona Terry Goddard announced a $94 million settlement with Western Union. Western Union has agreed to pay that sum to “resolve all outstanding issues between Western Union and the State of Arizona.”

This is sad news for many of Western Union's past and future customers. Read more…

Stand with the People of Haiti

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We call upon President Barack Obama to provide Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians as a humanitarian relief so they can support reconstruction efforts in Haiti. TPS would allow Haitian nationals in the US to not only avoid being deported to devastated communities but also aid in the recovery by working and sharing their earnings with loved ones in Haiti. Read more…

ICIRR Rejects Illinois GOP Anti-Muslim Hysteria

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The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights joins our nation in grieving for the victims of the tragic events at Fort Hood, Texas. But the acts of a lone deranged gunman should not give permission for a descent into anti-Muslim hysteria by the Illinois GOP. Read more…

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