About Voces
Voces de la Frontera is Wisconsin's leading immigrant rights group - a grassroots organization that believes power comes from below and that people can overcome injustice to build a better world.
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Press Releases
January 12, 2012 Press Statement: "Family Unity Waiver" A Step Towards Humane Immigration Reform
December 16, 2011 Voces, NAACP, and Community Members File Lawsuit to Overturn Photo ID
Labor Union Resolution
Resolution for state labor unions to oppose Pridemore's bill!
Statewide organizational sign-on letter
For justice organizations: Join us in the fight against Pridemore's bill!
Main News
A Holiday Appeal from Voces de la Frontera:
Happy Holidays!
As you know, Voces has been at the forefront of the struggle for immigrant and worker justice for ten years.
We would like to thank you for your support in what has turned out to be our most active and eventful year yet. You contributed to the ‘Cheesehead Revolution’ that put Wisconsin on the international map!
It's been an amazing year.
Our May 1 event was a nationally recognized symbol of the unity of labor and the immigrant/low-income community, attracting 100,000 marchers in 2011.
We recently initiated two civil-rights lawsuits: one to challenge the unjust voter ID law, and the other to rescind the discriminatory state re-districting map.
Nationally, the immigrant rights movement had a major victory in 2011, with Department of Homeland Security announcing that it would stop the deportations of persons who had not committed serious crimes.
At the state level, we were successful in marginalizing AB173, Wisconsin’s Arizona copycat bill, so that it did not move out of committee.
At a local level, we won redistricting maps that will provide for the political empowerment of the Latino community.
At our annual meeting, we rolled out our Cien1,000 Movement Investment Campaign for 2011-2012, and we are currently within $5,000 of our kick-off Movement Investment campaign goal to close out 2011.
Your contribution in any amount will have a valuable impact on the fundamental needs of our grassroots efforts.
We ask your help in enabling us to continue to mobilize and protect the vote for our members in this crucial 2012 election year, fight for strong and consistent enforcement of the new Obama policy to end deportations, and continue to assist workers and their families on a day to day basis.
All donations to our c3 organization are fully tax deductible and will apply to your 2011 charitable contributions.
Also, if you have pledged or given financial assistance in the last quarter of 2011, any donation you make now will be added to this amount in order for you to receive credit for the proper giving level.
If you have any questions about the process, Lesley Salas, our new Associate Director, will be available by e-mail at lsalas@vdlf.org or by phone on at (414) 643-1620, x 203.
We wish you a happy holiday season!
In the coming year, we look forward to continuing the fight for immigrant and worker rights, and we hope you will be able to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with us in this crucial effort.
¡Sí se puede!
In Solidarity,
Christine Neumann-Ortiz
Executive Director
video & workshop
Voces is proud to announce a new DVD video and workshop to strengthen ties between union workers and immigrants.
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Myths & Facts
Myth: The U.S. is being overrun with immigrants.
Fact: The number of undocumented migrants coming to the U.S. each year is approximately 300,000 according government figures - equivalent to an increases of one tenth of one percent in the populaton.
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