Today, the Milwaukee-based immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera continued their campaign for citizenship for all and driver’s licenses for all. Organizers and supporters gathered at Olbrich Park and marched to the state’s Capitol. Christine Neumann-Ortiz is executive director of Voces de la Frontera, which organized today’s action. She’s honored to have marched with […]
Join in The Grand March for citizenship!
On day four of a nine-day march from Milwaukee to Madison to pressure Democrats to move forward with a plan for licensing and citizenship for 11 million people in the reconciliation budget, Armando Ibarra, author of the “The Latino Question” and Director of the U.W. School for Workers, talks about what this march means and […]
Amid protests, budget committee shreds Evers’ proposals
As the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee was poised to strip hundreds of Governor Evers’ proposals from the next state budget today, folks from across the state crowded inside the Capitol in protest. During today’s action, organized by Voces de la Frontera, roughly 200 activists crowded into a narrow hallway outside a committee room where the […]
Immigration support tour comes to Wisconsin
Mark your calendar for April 16 and be at the Library Mall at 3:00 to support the National March to Victory, Relay Across America caravan, a 40-state tour organized in Wisconsin by Voces de la Frontera. Organizer Luis Velasquez and Ricardo talk about the demands for legalization for all 11 million undocumented people in the […]
Outside Biden’s Milwaukee Town Hall
WORT 89.9FM Madison · As Biden addressed nation, protesters gathered in Milwaukee (MILWAUKEE) — On Tuesday night, President Biden delivered a town hall from Milwaukee’s Pabst Theatre. There, he took questions on pressing issues facing the nation, making the case for a nearly two trillion dollar COVID-19 relief package and promising to make COVID-19 […]
As Supreme Court Reinstates DACA, Advocates Push For More Action
Photo by McBeth on Flickr. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, allows undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States before they were fifteen years old to stay in the country. Recipients are given a permit, which must be renewed every two years, that allows them to work in the United States. […]
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