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Tag: Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)

ICIRR Hosts Planning Meeting for Deportations 101 Conference

December 8, 2010
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The Illinois Coalition on Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) is hosting a planning meeting for the upcoming Deportations 101 Conference. At this meeting, the ICIRR will provide logistical details, offer a forum for feedback on strategies and the conference curriculum, discuss the latest government policies and issues facing affected families, as well as a discussion of strategies to use the conference as an advocacy and organizing tool.

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Sun-Times: Muslim Americans rally to get out vote

October 22, 2010
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“American Muslims are not a threat to this nation,” said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “The threat to this nation is those who would divide us based on race, faith or ethnicity because those are the ones who undermine our values.”

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Progress Illinois: Kirk puts border security before comprehensive immigration reform

April 16, 2009
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In a definite first for the City Club of Chicago, condoms lays scattered across the white linen tableclothes at their luncheon yesterday feature GOP Rep. Mark Kirk, thanks to a protest organized by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

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