On the heels of our large mobilization where we took over 260 community members to Washington D.C on April 10th to rally for the passing of a Comprehensive Immigration Reform. We here in Juntos applaud the introduction of the Senate’s bill on comprehensive immigration reform today April 17th and recognize the historic first step it is towards a just and humane policy reform. In particular, we are in support of a
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Please read Juntos’ response below to this Op-Ed article in The Philadelphia Inquirer last week: My name is Miguel Andrade and I am the Youth Organizer from Juntos in South Philadelphia and I’m also representing a network of community-led organizations and allies that are in Support of the PA Dream Act. I am currently 21 years old and came to the United States when I was five. For the past
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We in Juntos are pleased to finally see comprehensive immigration reform be a part of the national dialogue. With Obama making a commitment to address the current broken immigration system, as well as senators from both parties delivering a framework to prioritize it, immigration reform clearly has the potential to become real for our nation this year. We believe this to be a step in the right direction. The show
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