Women Need Immigration Reform: What You Can Do About It
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Women immigrants in the United States are a positive force in their communities. Rather than criminalizing them, argues the author, we must let them take care of their families. More »
Surprise! Immigration Is A Woman’s Issue!
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In the wake of the recent passing of the harsh anti-immigrant law in Arizona, Gloria Steinem, writer, feminist organizer and cofounder of the Women’s Media Center, and Pramila Jayapal, an immigrant herself, and founder and executive director of OneAmerica, a national organization that works for civil and human rights for immigrants, consider the unique impact of immigration on women. More »
Women’s Stake in Fighting Arizona’s New Law
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The author, a Women’s Media Center Progressive Women’s Voices alumna, reports back from a Mother’s Day delegation in Phoenix to protest the state’s treatment of immigrant women. More »
On a Border Near Arizona: How Police Can Protect Immigrant Women
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As the Arizona governor tries to push back criticism of the new immigration law, other Southwest communities concentrate on fighting actual criminal behavior. The author describes a case in point in Brownsville, Texas. More »
Will Healthcare Reform Be Fair to Immigrants?
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For reform to work, argues the author, it must fully include immigrant communities, whose members already struggle to afford decent medical care in the United States. More »
A Challenge to New York’s New Senator—and to Her Supporters
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By Erica Gonzalez Senator Gillibrand’s troublesome record on immigration policy was ignored by a number of social justice organizations quick to congratulate her. Now the senator and those who support her must embrace an agenda that protects the human rights of immigrants. More »
