CONFERENCE CALL: Fighting the Anti-Immigrant Movement in the States
By Progressive States Network
National
and state leaders will join a conference call hosted by the Progressive
States Network this Thursday afternoon to discuss state legislative
strategy around immigration for the upcoming 2008 state legislative
session. As states begin preparing for the 2008 session this conference
call will be a chance for key decision makers and interested parties to
discuss how to make immigration a winning issue for progressives.
From
the Presidential race, to state ballot initiatives, to local
ordinances, immigration has leapt to the forefront of state and
national political debate. In 2006, 570 bills anti-immigrant bills were
introduced in state legislatures; this past session, there were over
1,100. Nevertheless, a number of states have taken positive steps,
cracking down on employers who violate wage and employment laws, and
expanding health coverage to children regardless of immigration status.
Speakers
on the call include California Senator Gilbert Cedillo, Illinois
Representative Cynthia Soto, Flavia Jimenez of the National Council of
La Raza, Stephanie Luongo of Service Employees International Union
(SEIU), and Nathan Newman, Policy Director for Progressive States
Network.
WHAT: Conference call to discuss progressive state legislative strategy on immigration for the 2008 session.
WHO: Key state legislators, advocates, and media.
WHEN: Thursday, November 15th at 4pm EST
WHERE: 1-800-391-1709 – login: 70-94-24
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/3b6tm2
Blog For Iowa 
James 5:4
“Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you
kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cry of the reapers have reached the
ears of the Lord of Sabaoth
LikeLike