Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014.  Following the grand jury’s decision today not to charge the officer who shot and killed 18-year old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement: “For months, families across our nation have experienced collective grief and outrage over the taking[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014.  Today, Neera Tanden, Center for American Progress President, and former Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH), Center for American Progress Action Fund President, issued the following statements on the grand jury’s decision on whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson: Neera Tanden, Center for American Progress President: While[Read More…]

New York –(ENEWSPF)—November 24, 2014. Today, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Executive Director Vincent Warren released the following statement in response to the news that the Grand Jury in the Michael Brown case failed to indict Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who killed him. It’s difficult to see how[Read More…]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. —(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014.  The grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., has declined to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson on charges in the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown. The following is reaction from Jeffrey Mittman, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri: The[Read More…]

The Crucial Next Step: Access to Health Care for Immigrant Women and Families NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014.  Last night’s executive action on immigration by President Barack Obama will protect up to 5 million  immigrants, many of them women, from deportation and allow them to receive work authorization. But the administrative[Read More…]

WASHINGTON DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2014.  Planned Parenthood Federation of America commends President Obama for taking long overdue executive action addressing key issues in our nation’s broken immigration system, and calling on the administration and Congress to work to extend healthcare coverage to these individuals. Statement from Cecile Richards, president, Planned Parenthood[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014.  Last night, President Obama announced executive action to provide temporary immigration relief to millions of undocumented immigrants. Michael Brune, Sierra Club executive director, issued the following statement in response: “This is what leadership looks like. In the wake of Republican obstruction on immigration reform, President[Read More…]

Immigrants, like many of our nation’s farmworkers who will have put the food on our Thanksgiving tables, play a fundamental role in our country Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014.  The following is a statement by Earthjustice president Trip Van Noppen on President Obama’s immigration announcement on the evening of Thursday,[Read More…]

New York –-(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014.  Today, Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Executive Director Vincent Warren released the following statement in response to reports that a rookie NYPD officer fatally shot an unarmed black man in Brooklyn last night. The man, 28-year-old Akai Gurley, was shot in a stairwell in the[Read More…]

End to Ongoing Abuses Should Follow New York –-(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014.  In response to yesterday’s announcement that, as part of his new immigration policy, President Obama has terminated the Secure Communities deportation program, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: While Obama’s announced immigration reforms have not[Read More…]