Grosso, Norton, and Human Rights Groups Denounce Anti-Immigrant Proposals in Congress Aimed at D.C. and Other Localities (Washington, D.C., July 30, 2015) – D.C. Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large) joins Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and community groups to denounce new anti-immigrant proposals in Congress. Bills in the House and Senate seek to mandate that …
Read More →Norton Announces that Senate D.C. Appropriations Bill is Free of Riders, Exempts D.C. from Shutdowns, Preserves Funding, But Means Tests DCTAG Via the Office of Congresswoman Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton: (Washington, D.C. – July 23, 2015) Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded the Republican-led Senate Appropriations Committee, which today approved a fiscal year 2016 District …
Read More →On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, the University of the District of Columbia’s Board of Trustees unanimously passed a Resolution granting same tuition status to all DC residents, regardless of immigration status. “This is a great accomplishment for us, and very good news for those that will benefit,” said Franklin Garcia, U.S. Representative (Shadow) for DC, …
Read More →Bill would lay groundwork for creating the 51st state, giving residents full voting rights in Congress. June 25, 2015 Via the Office of U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.): WASHINGTON – Today, with Independence Day on the horizon, U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, lead a group …
Read More →See the photo and video gallery of the Protest here. Remarks Franklin Garcia U.S. Representative (Shadow), Washington, D.C. Thursday, July 9, 2015 Protest in front of Donald Trump’s Hotel Construction Site Today we come together as immigrants, Latinos, Blacks, Whites and LGBT, and the young and old, as Americans under one flag – the American …
Read More →U.S. CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND LATINO COMMUNITY LEADERS TO PROTEST IN FRONT OF DONALD TRUMP’S NEW LUXURY HOTEL, AT THE OLD U.S. POST OFFICE, IN D.C. Thursday, July 9, 2015 1:30 p.m. Trump Hotel, Old U.S. Post Office Pavilion 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C., at 12 Street Federal Triangle Metro Station (Blue Line) …
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