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BOSTON A ROARING SUCCESS
Hundreds of people squeezed into Freeport Hall in Dorchester to hear
how they could play a part in securing their own future in 2007. More
than 120 signed up for the March 7 Rally Day
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NEW
YORK TIMES ENDORSES ILIR
"The Irish have a just cause"
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SCHUMER'S
V FOR VICTORY!
An overflowing church hall heard Senator Charles Schumer predict victory
for immigration reform in 2007. He also stressed the enormous part
that the Irish would play in that victory.
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HOME
AND HOME AGAIN!
I AM one of those crazy Irish immigrants who came to America, moved
back to Ireland thinking it was “home,” and then realized
home was actually in America. I was lucky. I got back in again. |
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 GOING
THE DISTANCE FOR THE ILIR
Aoife Carney, Eileen Murphy and Carol Keane are in training to run
the 26.2 mile NYC marathon November 5th for ILIR. Irish
Voice
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 ILIR
Chairman meets Irish Taoiseach
The Chairman of the ILIR, Niall O'Dowd, met with Taoiseach
(Prime Minster) Bertie Ahern in Dublin to discuss the Irish undocumented
in the United States. More
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 Fear
of the Irish 9/11 hero
No one asked for his work papers when ILIR volunteer Steve MacSweeney
rushed to Ground Zero on September 11, 2001. But the 32-year-old carpenter
is still a victim of the broken immigration system. More |
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 ILIR
asked to testify at US Senate Hearings
On July 12, ILIR chairman Niall O'Dowd testified at the Senate Immigration
Hearings in Washington, DC. More
Read Niall's personal account of this historic occasion.
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 ILIR
volunteer interviewed in Marie Claire
People don't look at me and think, There's an illegal alien-but
that's what I am, even though I'm white, I speak English, and I'm
working on a master's degree in psychology. More |
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