FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 28, 2010Contact:Francisco Lopez, Executive Director: (503) 269-5694Erik Sorensen, Communications Director: (503) 488-0263Oregon Immigrant Rights Coalition Applauds Injunction Against SB1070Key parts p

CAUSA is coming to the Rose City! Come by and check out our new downtown Portland Office. CAUSA's Portland Office Open HouseJuly 28th at 5:00pm - 7:00pm920 SW 3rd (between SW Taylor and Salmon)Portland, Oregon

Portland, Ore.--Today at noon, members of the Portland Faith and Immigrant Communities held a prayer vigil and fast in downtown Portland in response to Arizona's Racial Profiling Law, SB1070. Faith leaders prayed and called for an end to the targeting and separation of immigrant families and for passage of compr

This week students from across the nation are in Washington D.C. to send the message to Congress that  thousands of young immigrants who were brought here at a young age are still waiting for a chance to go to college.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 18, 2010Contact:Francisco Lopez, Executive Director: (503) 269-5694Erik Sorensen, Communications Director: (503) 488-0263CAUSA to join with Faith and Immigrant Communities in Solidarity against Arizonaâ€

"9500 Liberty" set to screen in Portland, Salem and Eugene this weekThis week, the documentary "9500 Liberty" will arrive in Oregon. The film examines what happens to a community in the State of Virginia when an anti-immig

Originally posted at Imagine 2050. Imagine 2050 is a project which includes activists, immigrants, artists and students who are invested in a future nation that embraces multiculturalism and tolerance

For Immediate ReleaseThursday, July 8th, 2010Contact: Martine Apodaca (202) 383-5989Baseball Fans Call on Major League Baseball to Move All-Star Game Out of Arizona at Joint Protests in DC and New YorkTwo Days after the Departme

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 6, 2010Contact:Francisco Lopez, Executive Director: (503) 269-5694Erik Sorensen, Communications Director: (503) 488-0263U.S. Justice Department Files Lawsuit against Arizona over Racial Profiling Law

This morning, President Obama spoke to the nation about immigration. He laid out the ways that our broken system hurts millions of people across this country, and how our nation can’t wait any longer for real reform. The President showed that he understands what this fight is about.As President Obama said, pas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2010Contact:Francisco Lopez, Executive Director: (503) 269-5694Erik Sorensen, Communications Director: (503) 488-0263President Says Immigration Reform being held hostage by politics

On Thursday, United Farm Workers

Originally posted at Imagine 2050.  Imagine 2050 is project which includes activists, immigrants, artists and students who are invested in a future nation that embraces multiculturalism and tolerance.Anti-Immigrant Groups Blame Immigrants for BP Oil SpillJun

Oregonians stop traffic in front of the Portland Office of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and call for an end to deportations, the separation of families and killing of immigrants on the U.S-Mexico Border by U.S. Border Patrol Agents.

Portland, Ore--Over 100 people including union members and immigrant and human rights advocates turned-out today at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Portland to call for a

MEDIA ADVISORYJune 14, 2010Contact: Francisco Lopez, Executive Director, (503) 984-6816Erik Sorensen, Communications Director (503) 488-0263Groups to protest ICE program that divides families and threatens community security

"9500 Liberty" set to screen in Salem and Portland in mid-JulyIn July, the documentary "9500 Liberty" will arrive in Oregon. The film examines what happens to a community in the State of Virginia when an anti-immigrant law

Originally posted at the Reform Immigration For America BlogAmerica’s Voice has released polling numbers on how the country views Ar

By Jackie Mahendra. Originally posted on the America’s Voice blog. It’s like a raging oil spill, but without those fancy underwater cameras.

In honor of those who have served in the past and present, CAUSA Oregon would like to express our deep a

On Saturday, 1000 people from the immigrant, faith, LGBT, labor, ethnic and business communities marched and rallied at the Oregon State Capitol in solidarity with Latino Families in Arizona over S.B. 1070--Arizona's new law that promotes racial profiling and opens the door to civil rights violations.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 28, 2010Contact: Francisco Lopez, Executive Director: (503) 269-5694Erik Sorensen, Communications Director: (503) 488-0263Rallies and Marches in Oregon to Support National Day of Action against Arizona's Racial

By Natalie Patrick-KnoxWhat do faith leaders, unions, educators, youth groups, charities, community organizations and others have in common? They all play an important role in U.S. civil society, and tomorrow these groups will gather together across the country to voice their concerns about Arizona’s SB 1070,

Yesterday, U.S. police chiefs said that Arizona's law will intimidate crime victims and witnesses who are illegal immigrants and divert police from investigating more serious crimes. The statements against the measure came as chiefs of police from Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Tucson, San Jose and Montgomery

Salem, Ore.-- This Saturday, CAUSA, several other organizations and immigrant rights advocates will hold a rally and march at the Oregon State Capitol in solidarity with the National Day of Action against S.B. 1070--Arizona's New Racial Profiling Law. They will send a message to members of the St

Dia de Accion Nacional Contra SB1070Capitolio del Estado de OregonSalem, Oregon Mayo 29, 2010, 11:00am

While President Barack Obama held a press conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and talked about Arizona's Racial Profiling Law,  First Lady Michele Obama and Mexico’s First Lady Margarita Zavala visited an elementary school in Silver Spring, Maryland.  As the First Lady 

Contact: Martine Apodaca (202) 383-5989 Reform Immigration For America to Begin Sustained Campaign of Civil Disobedience Enough Is Enough; President and Congress Must Lead Washington, DC - Today, Reform Immigration FOR America announced its participation in a sustained campaign of civil disobedience in conjunction with i

Join CAUSA and their allies at 11:00am on Saturday, May 29th at the Oregon State Capitol for a Rally and March in observance of the National Day of Action against SB1070--Arizona's New Racial Profiling Law. For more information, call 503.488.0263

On Thursday, CAUSA held it's 1st Annual Reaching the American Dream Gala to honor men and women in our community who have attained the American Dream or who have helped others to reach it. Thank you to the 20 sponsors and the over 320 people who attended and helped make this event a complete success! More photos can be fou