In our first segment, we feature the efforts the New York Civil Liberties Union's Nassau County Chapter, where, this week, Immigrants’ rights and civil rights advocates from the LONG ISLAND WINS Coalition, rallied in front of Oyster Bay Town Hall demanding the repeal of a town ordinance that discriminates against immigrant day laborers and violates everyone’s core constitutional rights.
In late September, the Oyster Bay Town Board enacted a local ordinance making it a crime to stand on a public sidewalk and solicit employment. The law, purportedly a public safety measure, unfairly targets day laborers, who are often Latino immigrants. It violates everyone’s constitutional rights to free speech and equal treatment under the law.
In our second segment, we feature a discussion on Immigration Policy with Homesland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano that was conducted by the Center for American Progress and gives thought provoking insight into the Homeland Security Secretary's perspective on the need for Compreshensive Immigration Reform just a few short weeks prior to Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL), along with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus, introduced late Tuesday HR 4321, The Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 (CIR ASAP).Legislation that takes major strides toward repairing America's broken immigration system. The American Civil Liberties Union and its affilaites like the New York Civil Liberties Union strongly supports responsible reforms to U.S. immigration policy and calls on Congress to ensure that any legislation protects the civil rights, civil liberties and human rights of everyone in the United States, regardless of his or her immigration status. To Find out how you can help: Visit the NYCLU's website to call on NY’s Congressional Delegation to Take Up Fight for Immigration Reform
