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Progressive bloggers discuss immigration at upcoming Netroots Nation 2010 in Vegas

From Restore Fairness blog

Progressive bloggers like Restore Fairness (www.restorefairness.org) will be presenting panels on immigration at Netroots Nation in the last week of July. Netroots Nation is an annual convention that amplifies progressive voices online and in-person and provides space for discussing ways to improve the use of technology to influence the public debate.


Amid Oil Spill Crisis, U.S. Authorities Search for Undocumented Immigrant Clean Up Workers

From the Restore Fairness blog.

Talk about misplaced priorities. In the midst of a national crisis over the gargantuan BP oil spill that is destroying the water, marine eco-systems, and coastal livelihoods along the Gulf Coast, Federal immigration officials have decided to focus their resources on checking the immigration status of the people that BP has finally employed to begin cleaning up the massive destruction that the oil is causing along the coast.


Doing the right thing can get you deported

From the Restore Fairness blog.

When Abel Moreno made a call to 911 to report a police officer assaulting his girlfriend, he had no idea of the consequences of his actions. He now faces deportation for reporting a crime he witnessed.


Down to the wire: Vote for us in the next 3 hours for fairness in immigration

From the Restore Fairness blog.

We’re down to the wire and need your vote now! In the next three hours, you can vote to Restore Fairness to our broken immigration system on Change.org’s Ideas for Change in America and take us one step closer to an opportunity to have our voice heard in Washington.


Vote now if you think "fairness in immigration" should be an idea for change in America?

(From Restore Fairness blog) We need your vote! Vote to Restore Fairness to our broken immigration system on Change.org's Ideas for Change in America and take us one step closer to to ensure that 2010 is the year for immigration reform.


Meeting America’s Heart of Darkness

It’s hard to begin talking about today’s march against Sheriff Arpaio without sharing more about the pueblo Guadalupe.  In the pueblo, there are only around 5,500 people.  But their small numbers don’t tell the stories about Guadalupe’s unique, close-knit community, or anything of their history.