Sign on to the Border Coalition Agreement

The agreement forming a border coalition from San Diego to Brownsville has been finalized. The agreement was born out of a strategy session held in San Diego in late June. It was drafted by the Interim Steering Committee appointed at that session and incorporates feedback from session participants and other border stakeholders. The agreement is a vehicle to work across our differences and our distances to collectively advance the interests of border communities. If you are a ... r...

SPLC: The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance

Three Washington, D.C.-based immigration-restriction organizations stand at the nexus of the American nativist movement: the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), and NumbersUSA. Although on the surface they appear quite different — the first, the country's best-known anti-immigrant lobbying group; the second, an "independent" think tank; and the third, a powerful grassroots organizer — they are fruits of the same poisonous tree. F...

Live Video Stream of Press Conference with Family Spokesperson of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas

Family of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas Calls for Justice The San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium will be broadcasting a live video stream of today's press conference with a family representative of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas, who will react to his death, which occurred after border agents beat and shot him with a taser gun last Friday. The family member will be joined by human rights groups to condemn the actions of border agents and share the wishes of the family. The li...

Media Coverage on Press Conference for Arizona

Articles San Diego Union Tribune: In wake of Arizona law, officials reiterate policy 10News.com:  Local Advocates Speak Out Against Arizona Immigration Law KPBS.org: San Diegans React To Arizona Immigration Law Photos SDIRC Flickr: Photos Television 10News.com KUSI CBS 8 CBS News on Sunday, April 25, 2010

SDIRC Releases Immigrant Contributions Report

On Tuesday, January 26th, the SDIRC held a press conference to announce the release of "Looking Forward: Immigrant Contributions to the Golden State 2010" which is a compilation of new and existing data primarily on  the economic contributions of immigrants to California and was put together by the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC). This year, the CIPC has also released sub-sections to this report focusing on six regions in the state where immigrants represent an important and growing ...

What is a Communications Strategy?

What is a communications strategy and what can it do for our goals and objectives? (15) Works with local and national media get our message across Works through our own media – websites, video, social networking Can create a common narrative for our organizations which then can become the common narrative for a broad sector of the public Echo chambers Through established media Through our own media Through sh...