Immigrants Voice Program

E-Verify is bad news for Iowa

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Sandra Sanchez on E-Verify in Iowa

[On February 21, 2012, the Iowa House Judiciary Committee passed House File 2156, a bill penalizing employers in Iowa who hire undocumented workers. The bill requires employers to use a national E-Verify program to screen potential workers. Sandra Sanchez, AFSC Iowa Immigrants Voice Program Director, explains below and via this five-minute audio why this is bad news for Iowa.]

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Sandra Sanchez

Sandra Sanchez leads an “Immigration 101” workshop

Sandra Sanchez leads an “Immigration 101” workshop.

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National and Hemispheric Impact of Mexico’s Drug War

Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 7:00pm

Separating Smoke from Fire: National and Hemispheric Impact of Mexico’s Drug War

Immigration volunteer talks About voluntarism

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Iowa Immigration Volunteer on Voluntarism

In this four-minute interview, Hector describes how he found out about AFSC and why he thinks volunteers should give their time freely. Hector and other volunteers are working with Jody Mashek, legal services director of AFSC's Iowa Immigrant Voice Program, as AFSC assists Salvadorans who are renewing their temporary protected status, or TPS.

The Obstacle Course to Citizenship: The Immigrant Journey

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 12:00pm

Presented by Lori Chesser

Lori Chesser is a Senior Shareholder with the Davis Brown Law Firm, and chair of its Immigration Department. As chair of the Iowa Immigration Education Coalition, she is committed to providing factual information and education regarding immigration law and policies for community members, the press and political leaders.  She is a frequent speaker and contributor on this topic both locally and nationally.

Iowa Catholic Sisters Kick Off Immigration Reform Campaign

Catholic sisters' billboard campaign for immigrant rights

Catholic sisters' billboard campaign for immigrant rights

This billboard on Ingersoll avenue in Des Moines is part of a Catholic sisters' campaign for immigrant rights in Iowa.

(Reprinted from a press release. For more info: http://www.facebook.com/catholicsisters)

Immigration and The Holy Innocents

Blog post from http://ailaleadershipblog.org/2011/12/30/the-holy-innocents/
 
By Lori Chesser, American Immigration Lawyers Association Media Committee
 

Sandra Sanchez Talks with Sheriff Bill McCarthy about Secure Communities

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Sandra Sanchez Talks with Sheriff Bill McCarthy about Secure Communities, Dec. 2011

In this December 15, 2011 interview on La Reina radio, Sandra Sanchez, AFSC Iowa Immmigrants Voice Program Director, talks with Sheriff Bill McCarthy from Polk County Iowa about many of the problems with the so-called "Secure Communities" program.

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Screening of Train to Nowhere

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 6:30pm

The documentary, 'Train to Nowhere; Inside an Immigrant Death Investigation', offers an honest but compassionate look at the deaths of the eleven undocumented immigrants in 2002, found in a rail freight car in Denison, Iowa. The documentary breaks free of the standard immigration story in examining the case from various viewpoints: that of the immigration agent, the brother of a victim from Guatemala, and a one-time train conductor imprisoned for working with the smugglers.

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