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Voices of Immigration:
A special public meeting of the New York Civil Liberties Union
Our nation's broken immigration system has led to a civil rights crisis throughout the country and across New York. Year after year, Congress has let the politics of fear stop it from addressing this dire situation. And the window for reform is quickly closing yet again. The stakes are too high to let that happen.
On Tuesday, March 16, 2010, join the NYCLU, the Hudson Valley Community Coalition, WESPAC Foundation, Westchester Hispanic Coalition, El Centro Hispano, Hispanic Resource Center, WestCOP, Organization of Chinese Americans and the Loft as we hear the personal stories of several Lower Hudson Valley community members who are immigrants. Then learn more about the NYCLU’s fight for comprehensive immigration reform that respects fundamental civil rights and civil liberties.
Learn more at www.nyclu.org/immigrationreform and click here for more about the meeting.
Bill of Rights Day 2009
On Dec. 15, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter celebrated the 218th Anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights with an event at St. Paul’s Church, a National Historic Site in Mount Vernon and a shrine to freedom of the press.
The church stands at the edge of what was then the Eastchester Village Green, where a local election was held in 1733. A newspaper editor named John Peter Zenger criticized that election, particularly the manner in which village leaders arranged to have their preferred candidates win. In response to his criticism, Zenger was arrested, jailed and tried for seditious libel. His trial and acquittal by jury formed a cornerstone for the rights embodied in the First Amendment.