The New American Freedom Summer seeks activists who will volunteer a minimum of 4-6 weeks this summer to:

1. Make door to door contacts with immigrants to encourage them to engage in civic life;
2. Participate in community-based education around immigrant rights; and
3. Engage in direct action “Truth Brigades” that expose the problems of our broken immigration system.

(Download the application in Spanish in Creole).

Check out the Immigrant Voting Project website.

• IWFR Coalition Supports The Safe, Orderly, Legal Visas and Enforcement Act of 2004 (SOLVE Act)
• Summary of Kennedy/Gutierrez bill on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
• Comparison of Legislative Proposals

• Urge Congress to Pass the AgJobs Bill
  
  
• Urge President Bush to support
  the DREAM Act!

• Protect Civil Liberties: Oppose the CLEAR Act!

• Read about the Civil Liberties Restoration Act
• Urge your senators to Oppose the Homeland Security Enhancement Act of 2003

• Comparison of Legislative Proposals
• Summary of Kennedy/Gutierrez bill on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
• Immigration Advocacy Groups Find President Bush's Immigration "Reform" Plan Lacking in Meaningful Reform
• AILA: Statement of the American Immigration Lawyers Association on the Introduction of House Democratic Principles to Fix Broken Immigration Laws
• NIF: Comprehensive Immigration Reform This Year? House Democrats Call for Congressional Action and Announce Principles;Bipartisan Senate Bill Introduced Last Week; Momentum Builds for Immigration Reform
• Democratic Statement of Principles on Immigration Policy

For more information, contact the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride at [email protected]

Position Opening: Assistant Program Coordinators

The Safe, Orderly, Legal Visas and Enforcement Act of 2004   5/14/2004

Statement by Eliseo Medina, Executive Vice President of SEIU, on Democratic Comprehensive Immigration Reform   5/4/2004

NCLR APPLAUDS INTRODUCTION OF COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL   5/4/2004

NAPALC Supports Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation   5/4/2004

MALDEF Applauds Introduction Of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation   5/4/2004

AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney at Press Conference on Democratic Immigration Reform   5/4/2004

Sen. Kennedy's Statement on the SOLVE Act of 2004   5/4/2004

Soon to be Introduced Civil Liberties Restoration Act   5/4/2004

GAMALIEL Leaders Voice Support for Immigration Reform Legislation   5/4/2004

Advocates Praise Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation   5/4/2004

State Bill targets contractors who hire illegal workers   4/28/2004

Watsonville council votes to oppose federal bill making local cops act as immigration enforcers   4/28/2004

GOP vote will test immigration issue   4/28/2004

Events commemorate thousands killed, injured on the job   4/27/2004

Immigration fees soar, as requests strain system   4/26/2004

Life in limbo   4/22/2004

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