The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Immigration Reform

The Leadership Conference is dedicated to seeing the nation's broken immigration system finally repaired.  But we are adamant that it should be a humane, comprehensive fix; one that is realistic about the nation's economic needs and ensures basic civil and human rights and worker protections for all workers - immigrant and native-born alike.

Leadership Conference Reports

• American Justice Through Immigrants' Eyes - 8/5/04

110th Congress

• Piecemeal Legislation, Raids Take Place of Immigration Overhaul - Civil Rights Monitor Winter 2008
• The Immigration Reform Debate Continues - Civil Rights Monitor Winter 2007
• States Respond to Federal Immigration Reform Inaction - Feature Story - 8/15/07
• New Senate Immigration Compromise 'Falls Short' of Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Feature Story - 5/25/07
• Civil Rights Groups Unite around Low-Wage Principles for Immigration Reform - Feature Story - 5/4/07
• Hearing on the U.S. Economy, U.S. Workers, and Immigration Reform (PDF) - Testimony - 5/3/07
• Evangelical Christian Leaders Bring Morality into Immigration Reform Debate - Feature Story - 4/25/07

109th Congress

• The Immigration Debate: H.R. 4437, S. 2454, and S. 2611 - Civil Rights Monitor Fall 2006
• Recent Wave of Immigration Bills Do Little to Reform - Feature Story - 10/23/06
• House Immigration Enforcement Bills - Speech by Wade Henderson - 9/21/06
• What the Public Really Wants on Immigration - Report - Center for American Progress - 6/29/06
• Civil Rights Groups Say Senate Immigration Bill Not Good Enough; Big Fight Expected in Conference - Feature Story - 6/5/06
• Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 Fact Sheet - National Immigration Law Center - 5/30/06
• Civil Rights Coalition Pushes for Real Immigration Reform - Press Release - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights - 5/25/06
• DC Rally for Fair Immigration Policy Draws Diverse Participants  - Feature Story - Feature Story - 4/17/06
• Poll: Immigrants Say Reform Debate Muddied by Racism and Congress' Bad Job - Feature Story - 4/4/06
• Reject the "Secure America's Borders Act" (S. 2454) - Advocacy Letter - 03/31/06
• Multilingual Poll of Legal Immigrants On U.S. Immigration Policy - LCCREF and Center for American Progress - 3/28/06
• Civil Rights Coalition Pushes for Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Decries Frist's Divisive Bill - Feature Story - 3/22/06
• Comprehensive Immigration Reform and National Day of Action - Speech by Wade Henderson - 3/22/06
• LCCR: Frist Immigration Bill Violates Good Faith Senate Bipartisanship - Press Release - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights - 3/17/06
• Civil Rights Coalition Joins Widespread Calls for Comprehensive, Fair Immigration Reform - Press Release - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights - 3/15/06
• Birthright Citizenship Bill Fuels Anti-Immigrant Sentiments - Feature Story - 1/23/06
• LCCR Calls for Rejection of "Harsh and Unfair" Immigration Bill  - Feature Story - 12/14/05
• Principles for an Immigration Policy to Strengthen and Expand the American Middle Class - Report - Drum Major Institute for Public Policy - 12/2/05
• Too Little, Too Late: President Fails to Offer Meaningful Reforms to Secure Nation's Border - Fact Sheet - Center for American Progress - 11/28/05
• Rally Calls for Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Old Policy Is "Out of Step With Reality" - Feature Story - 10/17/05
• Hurricane Katrina-related "Immigration Relief" Bill Passed by House Falls Short (pdf) - Fact Sheet - National Immigration Law Center - 9/22/05
• Beyond the Border Buildup: Towards a New Approach to Mexico-U.S. Migration - Report - Immigration Policy In Focus - 9/6/05
• Immigration Debate: Politics, Ideologies of Anti-Immigration Forces - Report - International Relations Center - 6/17/05
• Support "AgJOBS" 2005 - Advocacy Letter - 04/18/05
• National Survey of Voter Attitudes on Immigration (pdf) - Report - National Immigration Forum - 4/7/05

Immigration Reform Following September 11

• Immigrants, Employers Hurt by New Initiative - Feature Story - 8/13/02
• Family Reunification Act Clears Committee - Feature Story - 8/9/02
• National Leaders Join in Support of Immigration Reform - Feature Story - 4/12/02
• Letter to Judiciary Committee on INS Reorganization - Advocacy Letter - 04/12/02
• Statement by LCCR Exec. Director Wade Henderson at SEIU Press Conference on Immigration - Speech by Wade Henderson - 4/11/02
• Letter to House Judiciary Committee on INS Restructuring - Advocacy Letter - 04/10/02
• Henderson Criticizes Employer Sanctions, Supports Anti-Discrimination Laws in Testimony Before House Immigration Subcommittee - Feature Story - 3/22/02
• 'Restoration of Fairness in Immigration Act of 2002' Announced at Press Conference - Feature Story - 3/13/02

Older Content

• The 1996 Immigration Laws and their Impact on Civil Rights - Civil Rights Monitor Fall 2000
• Immigration Reform Should Address Anti-Discrimination Issues - Civil Rights Monitor October 1985