Reform Not Raids! Washington The warm glow of hope and promise had its day and in the dawn we woke to the freezing cold of reality as about five hundred immigrants, journaleros or day laborers, and others assembled at a park in L’Enfant Plaza for a procession to ICE, the old INS to demand …
Month: January 2009
Listening without Hearing
Listening without Hearing Langely Park, Maryland Working with national and local groups seeking to advance the cause of comprehensive immigration reform, one of the ideas was to organize “Obama Watch” parties to allow folks to listen Obama’s Inaugural Address to see if they heard more specifics on his frequent campaign promises to advance immigration …
Dreams Coming True
Dreams Coming True Washington At six in the morning the almost every seat was full on the plane from New Orleans to Washington DC. City Councilwoman Cynthia Willard-Lewis said hello and “Wade, of course you’re going.” Former City Councilman Troy Carter gave a big greeting, and later on the plane was kidding Willard-Lewis about …