Little Rock More than forty representatives of unions, community groups, and pro-immigration reform advocates were arrested for civil disobedience in Washington, D.C. for street blocking in traffic. Those arrested included major advocates like Gustavo Torres of Casa de Maryland and Petra Falcon of Arizona, as well as leaders of the AFL-CIO, SEIU, UFW, CWA, Center …
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DREAMs Coming True
Little Rock How about some more good news in these crazy days? It was wonderful to see a woman with a Casa de Maryland t-shirt on the front page of my hometown paper. Having done some work with Casa and their great director, Gustavo Torres, I could just feel their excitement at seeing the crowds …
Anti-Immigrant Attacks on CASA de Maryland Way Off Mark
New Orleans Reading the playbook, we are currently seeing the rightwing equivalent of a “Hail Mary” pass in their desperate attempt to somehow smear CASA de Maryland, one the largest and most effective state-based immigrant rights advocates in the country. Although it is no doubt an expensive distraction for CASA, it important to see that …