Give illegal immigrants licenses, suit asks
11/20/2003. Des Moines Register
Chariton lawyer has filed a lawsuit aimed at obtaining Iowa drivers' licenses for thousands of illegal immigrants whom he contends have been treated unfairly. Curt Daniels, who said he is suing on behalf of both legal and illegal residents, is seeking a court order that would force state officials to grant licenses without requiring applicants to have a Social Security number....

Immigrant Advocates Win Award: In Florida, Workers Cracked Slavery Ring
11/20/2003. The Washington Post
Romeo Ramirez came here from Guatemala, via Mexico, sneaking into the United States when he was 17 to pick tomatoes. Not long after he got here, he joined the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, an advocacy group working to improve the lives of thousands of migrant workers in this swath of swampy South Florida. ...

Vitality and stability
11/20/2003. The Baltimore Sun
NEWARK, N.J., reached about as low an ebb in the 1970s and 1980s as any American city has had to endure. Torn by riots in 1967, it then proceeded to lose nearly half its population. The schools were terrible, politics were corrupt, business nose-dived, and everyone was scrambling to get out of town. ...

From foreign shores
11/19/2003. The Baltimore Sun
TAKE A STROLL down Broadway, and listen to the busy passers-by speaking Spanish. From Lombard Street to Fleet Street, you'll find more than a dozen Central American restaurants - and a lunch truck selling tacos. You'll see Spanish bookstores, music stores, beauty shops and groceries. You'll pass storefronts selling international phone cards and airline tickets; others offering wire money transfers or courier services to Latin America; still others advertising help with taxes and with the law. Pentecostal iglesias line both sides of the street. ...

Immigrant backers split on bills
11/18/2003. The Herald Sun
Advocates for immigrant workers said they support a federal bill that would increase opportunities for immigrants but are adamantly opposed to a bill that would require local police to enforce immigration laws. ...

Police May Join Hunt for Illegal Migrants
11/11/2003. The Los Angeles Times
Alabama Trooper Gary Hetzel patrols the highways of this Deep South state like a hunter, scouting the traffic lanes for speeders and reckless drivers, drunks and outlaws on the run. Now he can chase another kind of quarry: illegal immigrants....

Group Calls Driver's License Law Unconstitutional, Files Lawsuit
11/11/2003. The Los Angeles Times
Opponents of a controversial law that would grant California driver's licenses to some illegal immigrants on Monday expanded their campaign to repeal the measure with a lawsuit alleging that it violates the U.S. Constitution....

Quakers Promote Immigrant Rights
11/11/2003. The Los Angeles Times
American Quakers launched a $2.4-million initiative Monday to document and challenge abuses of immigrant rights, which they argue have escalated during the national war on terrorism....

Legendary labor leader Dolores Huerta to speak at annual awards dinner
11/8/2003. Register-Pajaronian
Legendary labor leader Dolores Huerta, recently appointed by Gov. Gray Davis as a Regent of the University of California, will appear at the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council's annual Labor-Neighbor Awards Dinner Thursday, Nov. 20, from 6-9 p.m. at the Monterey Hyatt Regency. ...

Guest Viewpoint: Immigrant freedom rides a catalyst
11/6/2003. The Register-Guard
The national movement for immigrant rights took a blow after the horror of Sept. 11, 2001. Much of the progress toward developing a legalization program that had been made only days earlier between George Bush and Mexico's Vicente Fox came to a screeching halt. Suddenly, all immigrants were seen as suspicious. ...