Block Party Celebrates Community in the Face of Indignity
What: Block Party for Dignity, a celebration of the power of community and solidarity in the aftermath of three recent incidents involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement, loc ...
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Press Conference at Local Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office for the Deportation of Local Harrisonburg
What: Media conference on deportation case over a piece of firewood When: Monday, May 15, 2017 — 3:30 p.m. Where: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office, 263 Neff Ave., Harris ...
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Undocumented Immigrants Contribution to Va
Published by Public News Service (audio version also available) RICHMOND, Va. -- Undocumented immigrants pay more than $250 million in Virginia state and local taxes a year, accor ...
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ACLU-VA, Other Rights Groups Tell Governor Not to Let Virginia Take on Immigration Enforcement
Published on the ACLU of Virginia website The ACLU of Virginia and 15 other immigrants’ rights and social services organizations [including Virginia Organizing] have joined togeth ...
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Virginia Organizing Responds to Immigration Decision
Richmond, Va.—Virginia Organizing Chairperson Ladelle McWhorter issued the following in response to the U.S. Supreme Court 4-4 tie decision in United States v. Texas: "Virginia Or ...
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Virginia Organizing to Demonstrate in Support of Immigration on the Anniversary of DAPA Executive Order
Media Advisory What: Demonstration in support of immigrants and refugees When: Friday, November 20 at 3 p.m. Where: U.S. Representative Bob Goodlatte’s Harrisonburg office (70 Nor ...
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Virginia Organizing and NewBridges Immigrant Resource Center to Host Workshop for Employers of Immigrants
What: Workshop to assist employers with worker eligibility When: Tuesday, May 26 from 3 to 5 p.m. Where: Massanutten Regional Library Main Branch Meeting Room (174 South Main Stre ...
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Virginia Organizing to Hold Immigration Protest at Rep. Rigell’s Office
What: Demonstration in support of comprehensive immigration reform When: Wednesday, April 1 at noon Where: U.S. Representative Scott Rigell’s Virginia Beach Office (4772 Euclid Ro ...
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Good News for Civil Rights!
We are excited to report that Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring issued an advisory opinion opposing the enforcement of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holds in Virg ...
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Fredericksburg Virginia Organizing Leader Spoke Out on Immigration in Washington, D.C. Today
Fredericksburg, Va.—Fredericksburg Virginia Organizing leader Domingo Bautista attended a media conference in Washington, D.C. today to discuss how he and his family will be dir ...
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