LATINO GROUPS TO LAUNCH LOBBYING EFFORT ON IMMIGRATION REFORM DOWN PAYMENT
Jul 26, 2010
Media Advisory / For Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Media contact: Adam Segal, (202) 422-4673 or adam@the2050group.com
LATINO GROUPS TO LAUNCH LOBBYING EFFORT ON IMMIGRATION REFORM DOWN PAYMENT
The Conveners of the National Latino Congreso and the Ad Hoc National Latino Coordinating Committee for Immigrant Justice Holding Strategy Session and Press Conference
WHAT: Press Conference on Immigration Reform Down Payment
Focus on Dream Act and AgJobs bill
(Following a strategy session on the “down payment” on immigration reform. Speakers include Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and others.)
Plus release of new report on Latino vote and new poll of Latino attitudes on immigration
WHEN: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 11:30 am Press Conference
WHERE: US Capitol Visitor Center, Room SVC 209/208
Marking a bold new lobbying campaign heading into the fall, leading Latino organizations and other groups that favor immigration reform will join together this coming Tuesday to announce a new legislative strategy on immigration. Leaders of these organizations will convene on Capitol Hill to hold a private strategy session followed by a press conference to announce their support for a "down payment" strategy on immigration reform.
The bipartisan effort will center on jointly passing the Dream Act and the AgJobs bill. And they will announce a new effort to organize a national grassroots campaign - that will engage the Latino voting-age population, immigrants, college students, and others - to help pass the legislation through Congress ahead of the national midterm elections this November.
A new report on the Latino vote heading into the 2010 midterm election as well as a poll of Latino attitudes on immigration reform will be released at the press event.
The national organizations participating in the forum include:
o American Nursery & Landscape Association - ANLA
o Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities - HACU
o Hispanic Federation
o League of United Latin American Citizens - LULAC
o Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund - MALDEF
o National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities – NALACC
o Southwest Voter Registration Education Project - SVREP
o Trail of Dreams
o United Farm Worker Foundation - UFW Foundation
o William C. Velasquez Institute – WCVI
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) signaled his support for such a down payment approach - specifically announcing his intention to seek passage of the Dream Act - in a recent interview with La Opinion, the leading Spanish-language newspaper in Los Angeles.
Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) are Senate co-sponsors of the Dream Act. Congressmen Howard Berman (D-CA) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) are House co-sponsors of the Dream Act. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Lugar are Senate co-sponsors of the AgJobs bill. Congressmen Howard Berman (D-CA) and Adam Putnam (R-FL) are House co-sponsors of the AgJobs bill.
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