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News & Upcoming Events
FLIC now organizing to defeat House Bill 73 and other anti-immigrant bills in Florida statehouse.
Legislators have filed six bills aimed at criminalizing immigrants that would have an enormous impact on the state's undocumented population and the sovereignty of local governments to make policies that are best for all residents.
Florida Families Torn Apart
Families in Florida have been torn apart by our nation's dysfunctional and inhumane immigration laws.
FLIC member organizations have been on the frontlines defending these families and advocating on behalf of the children and parents whose human rights have been violated by a government and Congress that have refused to approve a comprehensive immigration reform that puts families first.
FLIC Members in the News
American Friends Service Committee, We Count!, American Fraternity, SEIU, Community Workers Center, Farmworker Association of Florida and Unite for Dignity banded together to come to the aid of 11 year-old boy left behind as his parents were deported to Mexico
Pesticide exposure battled: Orlando Sentinel
The Farmworker Association of Florida www.thefarmworkerassociationofflorida.org
The Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc. (FWAF) is a membership organization of over 6,330 farmworker families from predominately Mexican, Haitian, Afro-American, Guatemalan and Salvadoran communities, which was begun in 1983. The goal is to build a strong multi-racial economically viable organization of farmworkers in Florida empowering farmworkers to respond to and gain control over the social, political, economic, and workplace issues that affect their lives.
U.S. immigration agency rolls out new naturalization test: Florida's Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (Ft. Pierce): www.fiacfla.org
FIAC is a not-for-profit legal assistance organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the basic human rights of immigrants of all nationalities at the local, state and national levels.
FLIC Annual Congress a success: Immigrant Rights = Worker Rights = Human Rights
Each Fall FLIC's statewide membership comes together to look back on the accomplishments of the previous year, identify the most pressing issues for the year ahead and identify strategies to address those issues, continuing the fight for the fair treatment of immigrants in Florida. From September 21-23, more than 200 immigrants, students, lawyers, social service providers and allies from across the state came together on the campus of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.
You can find more details about the Congress on our website, also you can add your photos to our album by emailing them to:
john52lead@photos.flickr.com
See photos of the congress on FLIC's Flickr page here
Wisconsin Immigrant Group's Reality Tour Shows Challenges Immigrants Face
From July 8 to July 15, Voces de la Frontera an immigrants' rights group in Wisconsin undertook a ten city 'Reality Tour' throughout Wisconsin. The series of town hall style meetings heard personal testimony highlighting the realities that immigrants face and called for fair, national immigration reform. At each venue, questions and comment were invited from all shades of opinion, seeking to move forward through respectful dialogue. Watch the powerful video testimonies they collected along the way on their website.
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