GAMALIEL Leaders Voice Support for Immigration Reform Legislation
5/4/2004.
Gamaliel affiliates in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin announce their support for a comprehensive immigration reform bills by Senator Kennedy (D-MA) and Representatives Menendez (D-NJ) and Gutierrez (D-IL) to be introduced May 4th in the U. S. Congress. Gamaliel groups will sponsor a series of media events on May 4th in Chicago, Milwaukee, Hartford, St. Louis, and Newark. ...

Advocates Praise Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation
5/4/2004. National Immigration Forum
The National Immigration Forum joined advocates, labor leaders, and community groups across the country in praising new comprehensive immigration reform legislation unveiled today in Washington. The new bill, the Safe, Orderly, Legal Visas and Enforcement Act of 2004 or SOLVE Act, introduced at a Capitol Hill press conference by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Representatives Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), would go a long way toward fixing our broken immigration system....

State Bill targets contractors who hire illegal workers
4/28/2004. Times-Picayune
Contractors who knowingly hire illegal immigrants for home construction and road projects should lose their state or local licenses and permits, the state Senate said Tuesday...

Watsonville council votes to oppose federal bill making local cops act as immigration enforcers
4/28/2004. Santa Cruz Sentinel
The City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday to oppose federal legislation that would make enforcing immigration laws the responsibility of local police and take away some funding for agencies that refused to cooperate....

GOP vote will test immigration issue
4/28/2004. Arizona Republic
Arizona is about to become a national test market for the potency of immigration as a political issue, particularly in Republican primaries....

Events commemorate thousands killed, injured on the job
4/27/2004. Workday Minnesota
Every year, more than 60,000 workers die from job injuries and illnesses and another 6 million are injured in the workplace. Unions say that despite progress made in working conditions, more must be done to prevent these casualties. ...

Immigration fees soar, as requests strain system
4/26/2004. Providence Journal
The biggest jump in fees since 1998 is being attributed in part to increased background checks and new anti-fraud technologies....

Life in limbo
4/22/2004. Star Tribune
Milagros Jimenez spends her days working as a freelance translator and interpreter, caring for her 15-year-old son, singing in the choir at Incarnation Church in south Minneapolis -- and waiting to hear from her lawyer, with equal measures of hope and dread. After tangling with the INS (now the ICE, or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in the judicial jungle for nearly three years, it's become just another part of her routine....

Unity service promotes strength of minorities
4/21/2004. News Transcript
Solidarity has no color, nor does it have a religion, a specific occupation or a fancy address in an affluent neighborhood. ...

Treatment of Colo. immigrant workers unfair, report says
4/21/2004. Denver Post
Immigrant workers in Colorado are treated unfairly in terms of pay and working conditions, according to a report released late Tuesday by the Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute. ...