Become a Citizen Today and Vote in 2012!

FREE CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE February 25th: 9 am, 11 am, or 1 pm San Diego City College, Learning Resource Center Register in advance at www.youareamerica.org or call 760-239-7959 to reserve your spot to receive assistance from expert attorneys and legal service providers. Be sure to bring these documents and information to complete an N-400 application: Money Order for N-400 Application Fee: $680 (made out to U.S.C.I.S.) OR fee waiver documents (see box). Lawful Pe...

SDIRC Member Updates and Information

FIND OUT WHAT SDIRC MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS ARE UP TO AND GET INVOLVED! The San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium is comprised of almost 30 organizations that are dedicated to defending immigrant rights. In this post you can find news and updates from four of our member organizations, the California Immigrant Policy Center, the ACLU, the San Diego LGBT Community Center and the San Diego Foundation for Change. Find out what’s going on in San Diego and get involved! California Immigr...

When Marriage Equality & Immigration Policy Intersect

Editors' Note: Guest blogger Ruben Gonzales is the Deputy Vice President of Resource Development for the National Council of La Raza. I asked my fiancé to marry me on an Alaskan cruise with my family, at sunset on one of the ship's decks. We had already been together for seven years, but we had resolved not to get married until we could marry legally. It was a long time coming and something that, when we started dating twelve years ago, we thought might never happen. In two weeks, Jo...

OUTLAW: My Life As an Undocumented Immigrant

by Jose Antonio Vargas for DefineAmerican.com This article was originally published in the New York Times Magazine. One August morning nearly two decades ago, my mother woke me and put me in a cab. She handed me a jacket. "Baka malamig doon" were among the few words she said. ("It might be cold there.") When I arrived at the Philippines' Ninoy Aquino International Airport with her, my aunt and a family friend, I was introduced to a man I'd never seen. They told me he was my uncle. He h...

Colbert Report: Jose Antonio Vargas

Jose Antonio Vargas explains which is more difficult: coming out of the closet as a gay man or as a border gay. The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive

Free Immigration Info Session & Case Assessment!

Download: English Flyer | Spanish Flyer Get your immigration questions answered by licensed attorneys for FREE! Stop by Thomas Jefferson School of Law on Wednesday, June 15 for information sessions and case assessments by lawyers of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). There will be no cost to participants for this event. Information sessions will cover naturalization and the basics of family immigration. The first session will begin at 5:00 and individual case assessments ...