CONTENTS (by section)
1. Immigrant workers and labor unions
2. African-Americans and immigration
3. Immigration and racism
4. reporting on the movement
5. national coalitions working for direct action and/or legal reform
6. *** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!*** Articles from New American Media

1. Immigrant workers, and labor unions

Workers' Centers affiliated with IWJ are issuing a call for religious leaders to sign onto a letter to Michael Chertoff calling for an immediate end to work place raids by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement. On Wednesday of this week, more than 1,100 immigrant workers and seven managers were arrested by ICE officers at a pallet supply company in Houston, TX. I know that this is very short notice, but please share the attached letter and talking points with religious leaders on your board and ask them to endorse the letter. Please email endorsements to me as soon as possible. Thank you, Jose L. Oliva, Coordinator, Workers' Centers Network, Interfaith Worker Justice

Congress Must Face Reality - Immigrants Want Equality, By David Bacon
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040706A.shtml

Survival of the Fittest: Workers in the Aftermath of Katrina, By MARK BRENNER, April 5, 2006
http://www.counterpunch.org/brenner04052006.html

Read a letter from the Change to Win Coalition Chair Anna Burger to Senators Arlen Specter and Patrick Leahy
http://changetowin.org/pdf/Immigration%20Letter%20-%20PDF.pdf

http://workingfamilies.com/issues/civilrights/immigration/
AFL-CIO immigration webpage

http://www.iwfr.org/facts.asp
" Immigrants and the Economy", from the Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride website

http://www.prospect.org/print/V14/7/wucker-m.html
What happens to the working-class political voice when many of its speakers aren't citizens? By Michele Wucker

http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/thisistheaflcio/convention/2005/upload/res_26.pdf
resolution on immigration submitted by UNITE HERE to AFL-CIO 2005 convention

http://www.coshnetwork.org/Immigr%20Workers%20and%20Unions.pdf
AFL-CIO on "What Union Members Should Know About . . . Unions and Immigrant Workers"

http://workingfamilies.com/issues/civilrights/immigration/upload/IMMIG.pdf
AFL-CIO on "What Union Members Should Know About . . . Immigration in the United States"

http://www.aflcio.org/issues/civilrights/immigration/upload/MOVE.pdf
AFL-CIO on "What Union Members Should Know About . . . Why People Move Between Countries"

2. African-Americans and immigration

http://www.sacobserver.com/news/commentary/062503/black_embrace_immigrants.shtml
Blacks Should Embrace Immigrant Workers, By Bill Fletcher Jr.

http://www.blackcommentator.com/175/175_cover_blacks_and_browns_dixon.html
Blacks and Browns: the need to make common cause, by Bruce Dixon

http://www.blackcommentator.com/176/176_bruces_beat.html
Are some human beings illegal? Did immigrants shut down U.S. manufacturing jobs?

http://www.blackcommentator.com/177/177_radio_bc/177_radio_bc_black_anti_immigrant_politics_pf.html
The insanity of black anti-immigrant politics

http://www.blackcommentator.com/177/177_bruces_beat.html
Anti-immigrant hysteria versus common sense, by Bruce Dixon

A sea of people as far as the eye could see: Blacks and immigrants call for unity!
by Nunu Kidane
http://www.sfbayview.com/032906/aseaofpeople032906.shtml

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Immigration is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time
Democracy Now! - April 4, 2006
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/04/1419254

Discrimination, Not Illegal Immigration, Fuels Black Job Crisis
New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Apr 24, 2006
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=620a7a4dc8b8f2319c0f74fa1f746a0c

Why So Many Blacks Fear Illegal Immigrants
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Part 1 - http://www.blacknews.com/pr/immigrants101.html
Part 2 -http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=ce8d7355b31c2912cb3b3c6854726a44

Old Civil Rights Groups Missing-in-Action As Immigrants Hit the Streets
New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Mar 27, 2006
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=b3543d592890b6a801a6c4a84d0f6d5f

3. Immigration and racism

The Intriguing and Inspiring Face of Immigration: stralia and the Rural Southeast in the U.S.
By Heather Gray
http://www.counterpunch.org/gray04012006.html

A Nation of Colonists ... and Race Laws: The Politics of Immigration
By JUAN SANTOS, April 5, 2006
http://www.counterpunch.org/santos04052006.html

4. reporting on the movement

A Day Without Organizers: Youths Honor Their Parents in a Movement of Families
New America Media, Commentary, Raj Jayadev, Apr 17, 2006
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=accc8f16b63de498155c529514833fea

America's Divide
The lawmakers see legals and illegals. But many immigrant clans are a mixture of citizens and relatives at risk. A portrait of a different kind of family.
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=0621ee3549a94499f776917cb230aec0
Newsweek, News Report, Arian Campo-Flores, Apr 10, 2006

Immigrants, Finding Their Voice
The Washington Post, Editorial, David S. Broder, Mar 30, 2006
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=a2cb1d0c06e8323dee0e007bdb91b591
Subject: poll shows "legal" immigrants do not resent "illegal" immigrants

Where Are Latino Elected Leaders in Reform Fight?
Eastern Group Publications, News Report, Mindy Farabee, Mar 25, 2006
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=5a9b864d7f5af0ba89208bbe29625108

Where Are the Immigrants in the Immigration Debate?
New America Media, News Feature, Eduardo Stanley, translated by Elena Shore, Dec 22, 2005
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=d8c88a17a14926ff9fb5c738cfd8ae03

5. national coalitions working for direct action and/or legal reform

http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/

http://www.immigrationforum.org/
Established in 1982, the National Immigration Forum is the nation's premier immigrant rights organization. The Forum is dedicated to embracing and upholding America's tradition as a nation of immigrants. The Forum advocates and builds public support for public policies that welcome immigrants and refugees and are fair to and supportive of newcomers to our country. We are unique in that we do not have a specific constituency­we speak for immigration in the national interest. The Forum serves as the lead convener of hundreds of associate organizations and other national groups on a range of immigration policy issues, and has been the driving force behind many immigration policy victories. The Forum also works closely with local advocates and service providers across the country.

http://www.cirnow.org/content/en/support_cir_bill.htm
The Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CCIR) is a new collaborative developed by national and local community, immigrant, labor and policy leaders in 2004. Based in Washington, DC, the mission and central purpose of the CCIR is to pass progressive comprehensive immigration reform. The New American Opportunity Campaign (NAOC) is the legislative campaign for comprehensive immigration reform powered by strategic, coordinated activities provided by immigrant advocacy, grassroots, religious and labor organizations across the United States and on Capitol Hill. The NAOC will organize and mobilize the voices and power of the pro-immigrant movement in support of national legislation that incorporates key principles for immigration reform:
Reform Must Be Comprehensive
Provide a Path to Citizenship
Protect Workers
Reunite Families
Restore the Rule of Law and Enhance Security
Promote Citizenship and Civic Participation and Help Local Communities

6. *** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!*** Articles from New American Media, http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/
New America Media is the country's first and largest national collaboration of ethnic news organizations. Founded by the nonprofit Pacific News Service in 1996, NAM is headquartered in California, where ethnic media are the primary source of news and information for over half of the state's new ethnic majority. NAM's goal is to promote the editorial visibility and economic viability of this critical sector of American journalism as a way to build inclusive public discourse in our increasingly diverse, global society. NAM produces and aggregates editorial content from and for the ethnic media sector and develops pioneering marketing services on behalf of corporations, foundations, and non-profits who are targeting ethnic media and ethnic communities. NAM also distributes multilingual polling to bring the voices of ethnic audiences into national focus and organizes events to give ethnic media direct access to decision makers in government, business, academic and foundation/non profit worlds. New America Media's news wire streams the work of its own writers and editors, its multiple youth media publications and broadcasts, and aggregated content from more than 700 ethnic media partners into one subscription-based service. This unique news service provides content, analysis, opinions, and voices from the most diverse pool of writers and media makers in journalism today.

A tough border bill, with a heart
Los Angeles Times, News Report, Tamar Jacoby, Apr 13, 2006
A recent survey of illegal immigrants conducted by pollster Sergio Bendixen suggests that they would do almost anything to earn legal status. And according to Bendixen, many told him in interviews that they would go back briefly to their home countries if their return to the U.S. was guaranteed. As for the logistics of processing, would the naysayers object to any other law enforcement initiative or security measure for reasons of administrative difficulty? Surely not.

Immigrants speak out on immigrants
Herald News (NJ), News Report, Maria Elena Salinas, Apr 11, 2006
One of the strongest arguments we hear against a guest-worker program is that undocumented workers take jobs away from Americans and legal residents. But the Bendixen poll showed that 81 percent believe that statement is not true. What's more, 73 percent believe that undocumented immigrants actually help the economy by providing low-cost labor.

America's Divide
Newsweek, News Report, Arian Campo-Flores, Apr 10, 2006
In states like Arizona, significant numbers of Latinos have backed measures that curbed illegals' access to social services. But now, some of the more ambivalent Latinos may be rallying behind the undocumented in the face of what they consider excessive--and possibly racist--immigrant-bashing. A more recent poll of legal immigrants by Bendixen & Associates found that 76 percent of Latin American respondents believed that anti-immigrant sentiment was growing and 62 percent said it affected them and their families.

'Transnational citizens' show power
Miami Herald, Editorial, Andres Oppenheimer, Apr 05, 2006
A new nationwide poll of legal immigrants released last week by Bendixen and Associates for New American Media confirms the changing profile of U.S. Hispanics.

Illegal immigrants crave US citizenship, poll shows
Agence France Presse, News Brief, Staff Writer, Apr 04, 2006
Ninety-eight percent of the 12 million undocumented workers in the United States would apply for legal residency if Congress passed a law allowing it, according to a poll out Tuesday.

Immigration fight unites Latinos
The International Herald Tribune, News Report, Brian Knowlton, Apr 03, 2006
A new survey by Bendixen Associates of Miami found that on immigration issues, ''there seems to be a consensus position among all Latin American ethnicities,'' said Fernand Amandi, Bendixen's executive vice president.

Poll Rebuffs 'Cutting In Line' Argument
Eastern Group Publications, News Report, Gloria Alvarez, Apr 01, 2006
With the recent national protests against measures to criminalize undocumented immigrants in the country as the backdrop for their announcement, an ethnic media group this week released results from a national poll examining attitudes of legal immigrants to their illegal counterparts.

Poll: Legal Immigrants Don't Back Crackdown
NPR, Radio Report, Apr 01, 2006
NPR Weekend Edition Saturday: A first-ever poll of legal immigrants in the United States finds little support for a crackdown on illegal immigrants. Sergio Bendixen tells Scott Simon about his poll, sponsored by an association of ethnic news organizations.

Inmigrantes legales tambien afectados por el debate migratorio
Enlace, News Report, Hiram Soto, Mar 31, 2006
Gran parte de la comunidad inmigrante legal considera que la intensidad y el tono en torno a la inmigración ilegal ha afectado sus vidas negativamente. Ésa fue una las conclusiones de un estudio que se dio a conocer esta semana y que coincidió con el avance del debate migratorio en Washington y las protestas sin precedentes de cientos de miles de latinos a lo largo del país.

Mainstream and ethnic media cover NAM's multilingual poll of Legal Immigrants on the Immigration Debate
NAM in the News, Mar 31, 2006
NAM's national multilingual poll of legal immigrants garnered coverage in major ethnic and mainstream news outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Philadelphia Enquirer, New York Newsday, and many more.

Immigrants, Finding Their Voice
The Washington Post, Editorial, David S. Broder, Mar 30, 2006
This week Sergio Bendixen, a respected professional pollster, briefed me on the survey his firm had just completed of 800 legal immigrants, from 43 different countries, living in 47 states -- a cross section carefully designed to mirror the makeup of the 26 million legal immigrants the Census counts. To ensure accuracy, Bendixen arranged to interview subjects in their native languages whenever they requested.

Will countries compete for immigrants?
Sacramento Bee, Margaret Talev, Mar 30, 2006
Pollster Sergio Bendixen was surveying legal immigrants this month about their attitudes on illegal immigration when he came across a man from India now working in Massachusetts as a demographer for a financial investment firm.

G.O.P. Risking Hispanic Votes On Immigration
The New York Times, News Report, David D. Kirpatrick, Mar 30, 2006
Last week, Sergio Bendixen, a pollster for [New America Media], released a rare multilingual poll in which 76 percent of legal Latin American immigrants said they believed anti-immigrant sentiment was on the rise. A majority of immigrants said they believed the immigration debate was unfair and misinformed.

Immigration's race card
Salon.com, Editorial, Andrew Leonard, Mar 30, 2006
George Bush and legal immigrants agree: Undocumented workers do jobs that native-born Americans don't want to do. So say poll results released today by New America Media, a coalition of ethnic news organizations founded by Pacific News Service. An overwhelming majority of the 800 legal immigrants polled "think that the undocumented 'take jobs that legal residents and citizens do not want to do.' These legal immigrants also feel that the undocumented have a positive impact on the quality of life of Americans and 'help the economy by providing low cost labor.'"

Poll shows growing Fear Among Immigrants
Saudi Press Agency, News Report, Mar 29, 2006
The poll's findings come as the senate considers immigration reform proposals, including legislation approved by the senate judiciary committee on Monday that would allow 11 million illegal aliens to seek U.S. citizenship.

Moment of truth on immigration reform in U.S. Senate
Agencia EFE, News Report, Staff Writer, Mar 29, 2006
Two out of every three legal immigrants think that racism and hostility toward immigrants has increased in the United States - a fear that is greater among Latin Americans - according to a survey published Tuesday by research firm Bendixen & Associates.

Legals side with illegals in survey
Arizona Daily Star, News Report, Lourdes Medrano, Mar 29, 2006
Legal immigrants in the United States oppose federal legislative proposals to crack down on people living in the country illegally. The New America Media poll, released Tuesday, found that legal immigrants are against criminalizing and deporting illegal entrants, building walls along the U.S.-Mexican border and prosecuting those who aid illegal border-crossers.