Virginia Rising

Washington D.C. ( Entravision ) – They plan a welcome for immigrant children who have been displaced from the border to our area. Lilian Mass with details. See Video Also see news coverage on Hola Cuidad! Deliver school supplies to unaccompanied children in Northern Virginia Authorities in northern Virginia are joined together with local organizations to offer a warm welcome …

By Olympia Meola, While health care is the topic of conversation in Washington, advocates of immigration reform are pushing House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on the issue at home. Read more here.

Por Milagros Meléndez-Vela, Cuando faltan unos días para que se reinicie el debate migratorio en el Congreso, activistas a favor de la reforma migratoria integral arremeten con fuerza en Virginia, cuyos legisladores republicanos son clave en el avance del proyecto de ley. Lenka Mendoza y Eva María Torres —dos mujeres que fundaron la agrupación “Dreamer’s Moms” (“Mamás de los Soñadores”)— …

La historia es diferente con el representante Frank Wolf, de Virginia. El lunes por la tarde, el congresista republicano dijo a un grupo de sus constituyentes que apoya la idea de dar ciudadanía a 11 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados. Read more here.

By Trevor Baratko, Brian Rossell doesn’t have to leave. Brian Rossell can stay. For now. Rossell’s world was set for a dramatic shift July 31. That’s the deadline U.S. immigration officials set for the Sterling resident to be deported. They told Rossell to find the money for a plane ticket home and pack his bags. They told him to get …

By Rachel Hatzipanagos and Sherell Williams, As the House of Representatives prepares to review a bill that could enact tighter border security and provide immigrants a better path to citizenship, advocates gathered Wednesday night outside Congressman Frank Wolf’s offices in an interfaith rally to call for change. Read more here.

El miércoles en Virginia se llevó a cabo una vigilia organizada por diversos grupos pro reforma y religiosos para apoyar a Brian Rossell un inmigrante indocumentado que será deportado junto a su hija Kelly de diez años de edad en menos de dos semanas. Las más de 200 personas caminaron luego a las oficinas del congresista Fran Wolff para pedirle …

By Jennifer van der Kleut, More than 200 faith leaders and immigration supporters are expected to gather Wednesday night at the Hilton Washington-Dulles Airport hotel in Herndon to say a prayer, and then march to the offices of Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) Read more here.

By Meghan Lopez, Brian Rossell and his daughter Kelly have been living illegally in the U.S. for almost ten years. They are just two of the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in this country. Brian crossed into the U.S. by sneaking over the Mexican border in order to escape gang violence in his home, El Salvador. He is now …

Por Mitzi Macias, El debate por la reforma migratoria volvió a tomar fuerza en el Congreso, pero esta vez con todas las miradas están puestas en los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes. Read more here.