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Tag: Immigrant

Dare to DREAM: Obama's new policy on undocumented youth

July 16, 2012
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Undocumented youth and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights comment on Obama’s new policy which offers new opportunities to over 800,000 young immigrants across the United States.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged dream act, Immigrant, Obama, President, SB1070, Students, undocumented, youth

Dare to DREAM: Obama’s new policy on undocumented youth

July 16, 2012
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Undocumented youth and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights comment on Obama’s new policy which offers new opportunities to over 800,000 young immigrants across the United States.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged dream act, Immigrant, Obama, President, SB1070, Students, undocumented, youth

CAIR-Chicago Immigration Vlog #2 with Noor Salahuddin

June 30, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago Communications Intern Noor Salahuddin discusses new Georgia ID laws and the impact on undocumented immigrants.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Film Clips, Multimedia, Our News Tagged Arizona, CAIR-Chicago immigration vlog, Georgia, Immigrant, immigration, immigration laws, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, Noor Salahuddin, racial profiling, undocumented immigrants, vlog

CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Kevin Vodak speaks on “Welcome to Shelbyville” panel

June 6, 2011
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The panel sought to engage community members in a discussion regarding the problems some Americans have in adjusting to and interacting with new immigrant populations.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Our News Tagged CAIR, chicago, chicago cultural center, David Lubell, director, discrimination, Executive Director, Hussein Affey, Immigrant, Islam, Kevin Vodak, Kim Snyder, multiculturalism, Muslim, pbs, Somali, Somaliland Communities of Chicago, Welcome To Shelbyville, Welcoming America

CAIR-Chicago Sponsoring FREE Screening of "Welcome to Shelbyville"

May 12, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago is co-sponsoring a free screening of the movie “Welcome to Shelbyville”. Set on the eve of the 2008 Presidential election, the film captures the interaction between Shelbyville’s old and new residents as they search for a way to live together during that tumultuous, history-changing year.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features Tagged film screening, free, Immigrant, movie, screening, Somali, Somalia, Welcome To Shelbyville

CAIR-Chicago Sponsoring FREE Screening of “Welcome to Shelbyville”

May 12, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago is co-sponsoring a free screening of the movie “Welcome to Shelbyville”. Set on the eve of the 2008 Presidential election, the film captures the interaction between Shelbyville’s old and new residents as they search for a way to live together during that tumultuous, history-changing year.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features Tagged film screening, free, Immigrant, movie, screening, Somali, Somalia, Welcome To Shelbyville

CAIR-Chicago Attends Candidate Forum for Illinois Governor and U.S. Senate

October 27, 2010
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October 16th marked Immigration Democracy Day for voters and volunteers. Asian, Latino, Polish, Muslim residents and their supporters learned about political participation, heard from their future leaders, and finally, put knowledge into action by early voting.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features, Our News Tagged Alexi Giannoulias, Bill Brady, Candidates Forum, citizenship, dream act, early voting, election, Get out the vote, GOTV, Gov. Quinn, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition on immigrant and Refugee Rights, Immigrant, Immigrant Democracy Day, immigration, Mark Kirk, One Dream, One Nation, Pat Quinn, refugee, The New American Democracy Project, Vote, Wellstone Action!

El Dia News: ICIRR Rejects Illinois GOP Anti-Muslim Hysteria

November 12, 2009
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CAIR-Chicago has been a member organization of ICIRR since 2005, is widely respected for its work on civil rights, and is unequivocal in its condemnation of anti-Semitism and terrorist violence. The Illinois Republican Party statement preys upon anti-Muslim fears at a time when we are all grieving over the recent tragic events at Fort Hood, Texas.

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Posted in In the Media Tagged anti-Semitism, antisemitism, civil rights, GOP, ICIRR, IL GOP, Illinois, Immigrant, immigration, Islamic, islamophobic, Muslim, Republican, smear
 
 
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