We launched the campaign to Drop the I-Word in September of 2010 with a lot of love and a firm belief that we’re fighting to shift the conversation on immigration from an increasingly dangerous course to one that puts our higher values into practice. Our campaign is comprised of migrants, allies and people who believe that protecting humanity is urgent today, and for our future. This year we were joined by an increasing amount of journalists who believe in professional standards, including respect for the communities they cover, due process guaranteed by the constitution, and accuracy.

New Study from the Warren Institute and PBS' Lost in Detention Further Supports Advocates' Call to Terminate Obama Administration's Secure Communities Program

Reading Guide to Report Available at: http://uncoverthetruth.org/resources/warren-report/

October 19, 2011, New York, NY – The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) welcome the publication of a new report by the Warren Institute at UC Berkeley School of Law that exposes the violations of the rights of both citizens and non-citizens alike by the Secure Communities program.

Cecilia Muñoz used to be known as a fighter for immigrant rights. She worked on NCLR's policy team advocating for better laws in Congress. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2000 for her work on civil rights and immigration.

But then she took a job working for the most anti-immigrant president since Herbert Hoover. Each year he has been in office, President Obama has set a new record for deportations. He is on track to deport more people in one term than George W. Bush did in two. Maybe Muñoz didn't know what she was getting into in January 2009. After all, Candidate Obama sounded like an ally to immigrants back in 2008 when he was courting the Latino electorate:

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