(fotos por Jorge Vila)
(fotos por Jorge Vila)
Mike Corradini Writes
Check out the post Mike Corradini blogged on the Physicians for Human Rights website today. Go to http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/blog/marching-for-immigration-justice-in-cincinati.html
Registration Update
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Human Rights, Immigration and Politics
Mike E. Corradini, the Asylum Advocacy Associate at Physicians for Human Rights will speak at the opening session of the Immigration Justice Conference on March 3, 2012. He will also be on hand at the Immigration & Politics session later in the day.
Based in PHR’s Washington, DC office, Mike works with PHR’s Asylum Program and policy team to develop and advocate for changes to asylum law and the immigration detention system. Prior to joining PHR, Mike worked with immigration detainees as an attorney at the Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project in Los Angeles. At Esperanza, he taught immigration detainees about their legal rights, represented numerous detained immigrants in removal proceedings, and worked closely with the large population of detained East African asylum seekers in Southern California.
March for the Dream Act Rally
On the afternoon of Sunday, March 4, organizers plan a “March for the Dream Act” rally at the Theodore M. Berry International Friendship Park, 1101 Riverside Drive on the Cincinnati Riverfront, east of the Montgomery Inn Boathouse at 3:00 pm.
The “Dream Act” is a proposed federal law that would make it possible for individuals brought to the United States in infancy or childhood to follow a shorter, well-defined path to citizenship. Many “dreamers” have no memory of any home other than the USA and speak English as a native language. 2010 US census figures indicate that most “dreamers” are the oldest children in households that represent one of the fastest growing population groups in the United States. This means that they tend to have younger siblings who, having been born in the states, are US citizens who will be eligible to vote as soon as they turn 18.
Phoenix UU minister Reverend Susan Frederick-Gray will be the keynote speaker at the Immigration Justice Conference on Saturday, March 3, 2012 in Cincinnati. She will be presenting information about developments nationally and especially in Arizona, which has been, at least until recently, at the forefront of the immigration debate. The US Supreme Court has recently announced that it will hear appeals related to the Arizona Immigration law in April.
For more information about the Immigration Justice Conference go to Home.
