February 1, 2012
2011 was an unprecedented year for state anti-immigrant legislative proposals. In 2012, states are likely to be the primary, if not exclusive, site for immigrant rights battles, with little chance for federal immigration reform in a presidential election year.
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Leila McDowell is an innovative strategic communications professional with a proven track record of success in developing campaigns to impact the national debate, advance new social change narratives, affect policy change and achieve legislative and legal victories.
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February 10, 2011
Advancement Project, in partnership with Virginia New Majority and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), helped secure a big victory for immigrant rights in Herndon, Virginia.
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October 25, 2010
Washington, DC—Today, Advancement Project and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) requested a meeting with the Herndon Town Council to discuss a recently-revised ordinance which they say threatens the constitutional rights of day laborers. In a joint letter to the council, the groups questioned the legality of Chapter 66, Article IV of the Herndon Town Code which prohibits “street distributions, solicitations, or sales,” making it unlawful for day laborers to stand on public roadways to communicate to potential employers that they are looking for work.
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July 13, 2010
From Advancement Project Regarding
CB-36-2010
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July 8, 2010
By David Eubanks
"I'm writing about your article during July about the abuse of Indian People. Well, I'm here to state the other side. I hate them, if you had to live near them you would also. We are an organization called dot busters. We have been around for 2 years. We will go to any extreme to get Indians to move out of Jersey City. If I'm walking down the street and I see a Hindu and the setting is right, I will hit him or her. We plan some of our most extreme attacks such as breaking windows, breaking car windows, and crashing family parties. We use the phone books and look up the name Patel. Have you seen how many of them there are? Do you even live in Jersey City? Do you walk down Central Avenue and experience what its like to be near them: we have and we just don't want it anymore. You said that they will have to start protecting themselves because the police cannot always be there. They will never do anything. They are a weak race physically and mentally. We are going to continue our way. We will never be stopped."
This quote was published in a newspaper by the Dot Busters, a New Jersey street gang, whose objective was to drive South Asian Indians out of New Jersey. The Dot Busters were responsible for numerous violent attacks including the brutal beating and murder of Navroze Mody in August of 1987; a month after this Dot Busters' letter was written.
July 6, 2010
After more than three years of struggle, the taxicab industry in Prince George’s County might finally be getting a much needed overhaul. Proposed legislation from the more than 500 members of the Prince George’s County Taxi Workers Alliance (CB-36-2010) was voted out of the Council’s Transportation, Housing and Environment Committee on June 10th and was introduced on June 15th to the City Council. The bill is scheduled for a public hearing on Tuesday July 13th with a final vote immediately following.
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July 6, 2010
policies, and practices that allowed taxicab companies to control and dominate them. Since that time, there has been a steady increase in driver-led initiatives to challenge what have become the industry’s most common harmful hallmarks: exorbitant company-imposed operating fees, long working hours, lack of job security, a negative public perception of drivers and the industry, and barriers to economic opportunity for drivers – many of whom aspire to own their own taxicab operating credentials.
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June 16, 2010
By David Eubanks
On July 30, 2010 you leave work a few minutes early in an attempt to beat traffic. Anxious to get home, you leave your company shirt on; complete with paint stains from a hard days effort. Incredibly thirsty, you reluctantly decide to stop at a convenience store before you begin the 30 minute commute home. Back in the car, satisfied and finally on your way home, you notice the police lights flashing in your rearview mirror. As you pull over you wonder what you did wrong. Unbeknownst to you, as you walked out of the convenience store, a police officer identified you as a potential “illegal immigrant” living in the United States. Perhaps it was your tarnished work cloths, your brown skin, or maybe the clunker of a car that you happen to be driving; nevertheless, this is an example of the racial profiling that could occur as a result of Arizona’s new immigration law.
April 19, 2010
Testimony of M. Aurora Vásquez, Senior Attorney, Advancement Project
Hearing before the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary Council of the District of Columbia
Neighborhood and Victims Rights Amendment Act of 2009
[Bill 18-595]
April 19, 2010
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