Minimum Wage Key Issue for PA Voters

Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-09-06/livable-wages-working-families/minimum-wage-key-issue-for-pa-voters/a53885-1 September 6, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The poll says 62 percent of Pennsylvania voters support raising the federal minimum wage to $15. (Make the Road PA) HARRISBURG, Pa. … Continued

926,189 New Citizens (and Potential Voters)

From the Partnership for New Americans (http://partnershipfornewamericans.org/): CHICAGO—According to USCIS data published recently, 926,189 individuals have applied to become American citizens since this time last year. The data from the third quarter of FY 2016 shows a 32.1 percent spike … Continued

Urge the President to Protect Refugees in Our Own Backyard

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From the Latin America Working Group (http://www.lawg.org/home): Next week, President Obama is convening world leaders in a Leaders’ Summit on Refugees in New York City, following the related UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants. In this private meeting, the administration … Continued

Lancaster School District Lawsuit—Refugee Access to Education

From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): Back in July the ACLU and the Education Law Center filed a lawsuit against the Lancaster school district for diverting older refugee students with limited English proficiency to a privately operated alternative school, … Continued

Diapers in Detention: It’s Time to ShutDownBerks!

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From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): As many of you know, mothers currently being held at the Berks Family Detention Center launched a hunger strike three weeks ago to demand their immediate release. These women have faced threats … Continued

In ‘Tacit Admission’ of Cruelty, DHS Says It Too May End For-Profit Prisons

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Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/29/tacit-admission-cruelty-dhs-says-it-too-may-end-profit-prisons Published on Monday, August 29, 2016 by Common Dreams “Private immigration detention facilities are inconsistent with international human rights standards” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Rights advocates demonstrate outside the GEO Group’s “Immigrant Processing Center” in Aurora, … Continued