Judiciary Committee meeting regarding our issues is scheduled on March 2, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 1113.

The Judiciary Committee meeting regarding our issues is scheduled on March 2, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 1113.

Come and join in on the Coalition's actions on March 2nd at the State Capitol in Room 1113.

Below please find the list of bills and resolutions that the Judiciary Committee will hear that day:

LR39 Council - Provide the Nebraska Legislature recommends certain basic principles as a guide for state and federal immigration policy and call upon Congress to enact reforms - SUPPORT

LB48 Janssen - Adopt the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act - OPPOSE

LR28 Fulton - Encourage all municipal, county, and state law enforcement agencies to participate in the Secure Communities program by the year 2012 - OPPOSE

LB569 Coash - Require employers to e-verify the immigration status of new employees - OPPOSE

PLEASE write letters to the committee members of the Judiciary and respectfully request them to kill LB-48, LB-569, & LR-28 and SUPPORT Senator Brenda Council's resolution LR-39.

Equality Nebraska Coalition: Judiciary Committee meeting is Scheduled for March...

Equality Nebraska Coalition: Judiciary Committee meeting is Scheduled for March...: "Dear Coalition Members: IT is time again to push back against social injustice and together we will stand united against ignorance and into..."

Immigration activist is arrested for walking into Senate building, told he's 'not welcome'

Immigration activist is arrested for walking into Senate building, told he's 'not welcome'

Arizona Introduces “Omnibus” Immigration Bill

The Bill, SB-1611 would bar children from K-12 education if they couldn’t produce a U.S.-issued birth certificate or naturalization document and forbid undocumented immigrants from driving in the state or accessing public benefits. Individuals who are caught driving will face a month of jail time and forfeit the car.

SB-1611 also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor if a public employee failed to report violations of national immigration laws—such a violation is currently a Class 2 misdemeanor. Identity theft would result in 180 days of jail time. SB 1611 would also bar undocumented immigrants from enrolling in community colleges, entirely. It also requires Arizona businesses to use E-Verify.

Click on :Arizona Introduces “Omnibus” Immigration Bill - COLORLINES

Judiciary Committee members

Sen. Brad Ashford
District 20
Room #1103
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2622
Email: bashford@leg.ne.gov

Sen. Colby Coash
District 27
Room #2028
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2632
Email: ccoash@leg.ne.gov

Sen. Brenda Council
District 11
Room #1120
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2612
Email: bcouncil@leg.ne.gov

Sen. Burke Harr
District 08
Room #1115
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2722
Email: bharr@leg.ne.gov

Sen. Tyson Larson
District 40
Room #1019
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2801
Email: tlarson@leg.ne.gov

Sen. Steve Lathrop
District 12
Room #2000
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2623
Email: slathrop@leg.ne.gov

Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh
District 18
Room #1021
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2618
Email: slautenbaugh@leg.ne.gov

Sen. Amanda McGill
District 26
Room #1212
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2610
Email: amcgill@leg.ne.gov

Our media response to LB-48

Our media response to Janssen:

http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/Senator_Janssen_Expects_His_Immigration_Bill_To_Die_In_Committee_116579693.html

Judiciary Committee meeting is Scheduled for March 2 at 1:30 p.m.

Dear Coalition Members:

IT is time again to push back against social injustice and together we will stand united against ignorance and intolerance.

The Judiciary Committee meeting regarding our issues is scheduled on March 2, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 1113.

Come and join in on the Coalition's actions on March 2nd at the State Capitol in Room 1113.

Below please find the list of bills and resolutions that the Judiciary Committee will hear that day:

LR39 Council - Provide the Nebraska Legislature recommends certain basic principles as a guide for state and federal immigration policy and call upon Congress to enact reforms - SUPPORT

LB48 Janssen - Adopt the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act - OPPOSE

LR28 Fulton - Encourage all municipal, county, and state law enforcement agencies to participate in the Secure Communities program by the year 2012 - OPPOSE

LB569 Coash - Require employers to e-verify the immigration status of new employees - OPPOSE

PLEASE write letters to the committee members of the Judiciary and respectfully request them to kill LB-48, LB-569, & LR-28 and SUPPORT Senator Brenda Council's resolution LR-39.

Also please, ask your friends and family to do the same.

Together We Stand As Nebraskans,
Shirl for the Coalition

Senator Janssen Expects His Immigration Bill To Die In Committee

Senator Janssen Expects His Immigration Bill To Die In Committee

Our new Allies - Somo Republicans ~ Kudos to Bob!

In-state tuition law does NOT hurts students here illegally!

In-state tuition law does NOT hurts students here illegally!  For example: "Alaide Vilchis and Andrea Pardo-Spalding, both 24, came to the United States as 14-year-olds. Vilchis went on to graduate from the University of Kansas and Pardo-Spalding from Kansas State. They both met and married U.S. citizens while attending college and are now legal residents on a path to citizenship, they said. Vilchis works as a medical assistant and is applying for graduate school. Pardo-Spalding runs a home-based design business.
Vilchis said she got a tax ID number from the Internal Revenue Service and has always paid taxes on her earnings, even though she was ineligible for a refund.

Of Kobach's assertion that there's no path for illegal immigrants to become legal, she said, "That's absolutely not true.... How do you explain me?""

Read more: http://www.kansas.com/2011/02/09/1712349/kobach-law-hurts-students-here.html#ixzz1DaRNGLN8

A Special thanks to those opposing LB-657!

A Big Thanks to all the individuals who opposed LB-657 today at the Education Committee Hearing....A Special Thanks to Rebecca, Darcy, the DREAMERs, Senator DiAnna Schimek, UNL Professor Miguel, Bob from Somos Republicans, UNL MASA Students, Rev. Howard, the Catholics, the Lutherans, civil rights leader Lela Shanks, UNL Administration, UNL ASUN student organization, Appleseed and many others!!!!