Nevada has one of the speediest eviction processes in the US.  Especially in these hard economic times, tenants should be given a reasonable opportunity to get into compliance to avoid eviction or to find substitute housing if evicted.  AB189 is a good bill that would make the eviction process mor...

On February 20, 2009 the Interfaith community in Nashville, Tennessee came together to pray and urge Congress to pass just and humane immigration reform. The vigil was organized by our partners at the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition. Nearly 500 people of diverse faiths and backgroun...

Last Wednesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided an engine remanufacturing plant in Bellingham, Washington, ignited a quick and fierce outcry from immigration rights advocates and communities across the country. We responded and the administration listened. The day after the Raid, a...

Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director of the Center for Community Change, FIRM’s parent organization, has taken to the Center’s blog today, to discuss the ICE raid in Bellingham, Washington. Last week, I had the honor of representing CCC at a cocktail party for progressive leaders at the W...

There has been so much published recently about the wrong turn taken by the Bush administration’s approach to immigration enforcement. Reports from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Migration Policy Institute have been especially damning. On Sunday, the NY Times ran an editorial reiterating that...

On January 30th, the Petite Jean poultry plant in Danville, Arkansas shut its doors, and left nearly 600 workers without a job. Many of the workers affected by the closing are immigrants, mainly Hispanic and Laotian, though plenty of local folks have also been hit hard. The situation in Danville is ...

Yesterday, in spite of the bone-chilling cold and snow, 250 people turned out to protest the abrupt closing of the  Colibri Company in East Providence, RI. Fuerza Laboral, a FIRM partner, organized the protest after Colibri closed their doors and laid off  280 workers without warning, violating th...

FIRM’s parent organization, the Center for Community Change is bringing the people’s agenda straight to the folks on Capitol Hill. Every week during Obama’s first 100 Days in office, we are bringing community organizers and leaders from across the country to make lobby visits and d...

Recently, I posted on the disappointment many of us were feeling at the appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand as Sen. Hillary Clinton’s replacement in New York. However, it looks as though the new reality of her much more diverse constituency may be sinking in. From the New York Times: Kirsten E. ...

Last week, SCHIP (the State Children’s Health Insurance Program) passed the Senate, ensuring that 11 million children from low-income families will have needed health insurance. This is a HUGE win for immigrant rights and healthcare and FIRM is so proud of the tireless work done by our partner...