{"id":731,"date":"2013-05-16T00:02:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T00:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/km\/?p=731"},"modified":"2013-05-16T00:02:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T00:02:22","slug":"margaret-cho-alice-walker-and-100-more-artists-call-for-humane-immigration-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/km\/2013\/05\/16\/margaret-cho-alice-walker-and-100-more-artists-call-for-humane-immigration-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Cho, Alice Walker and 100 More Artists Call for Humane Immigration Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archives\/2013\/05\/margaret_cho_alice_walker_and_100_more_artists_call_for_humane_immigration_reform.html\">colorlines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archives\/author\/julianne-hing\">Julianne Hing<\/a><\/strong>, Wednesday, May 8 2013, 1:05 PM EST<\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/assets_c\/2013\/05\/migrationisbeautiful_lead-thumb-640xauto-8169.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Artwork by Ray Hernandez<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714;font-size: 1rem\">On Tuesday more than 100 artists, comedians, writers and musicians issued a statement calling on Congress and President Obama to pass humane, inclusive and just immigration reform.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The signers, whose statement is available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/migrationisbeautiful.com\/\">MigrationIsBeautiful.com<\/a>, say immigration reform must include\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/migrationisbeautiful.com\/\">five basics<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>End the detentions and deportations that cause separation and suffering for families; Preserve families by expediting the visa process and retaining longstanding policies that reunite and stabilize families; Ensure all immigrants have basic workers\u2019 rights; Provide equal immigration rights to LGBTQ individuals and families; and Create a clear roadmap to citizenship that includes all 11 million undocumented immigrants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Because, they contend, \u201cMigration is natural and beautiful. The human truth is that all people move, and all people have rights. Creating a just and humane immigration process is a moral and cultural imperative that secures the future of a vibrant nation.\u201d Their calls come just as the Senate is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archives\/2013\/05\/senates_ammendments_draw_battle_lines_on_immigrations.html\">taking up<\/a>\u00a0its immigration bill.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the list of supporters\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/migrationisbeautiful.com\/\">in full<\/a>; it\u2019s a who\u2019s who of smart artists. Novelists Ha Jin and Teju Cole support humane immigration policy. As do filmmakers Mira Nair and Robert Redford, along with comedians Negin Farsad and Margaret Cho, and actors Rosario Dawson, Blythe Danner and Alfre Woodard. Who wouldn\u2019t want to be in such good company?<\/p>\n<p>To kick off the campaign, which is a collaboration between The Culture Group, Air Traffic Control, and CultureStrike, artists Favianna Rodriguez, Ray Hernandez, Julio Salgado and Jason Carne created images with the campaign\u2019s signature butterfly attached to it. Check out their work below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archival_images\/MigrationIsBeautiful_FaviannaRodriguez.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>by Favianna Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archival_images\/MigrationIsBeautiful_JasonCarne_Small.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>by Jason Carne<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archival_images\/MigrationIsBeautiful_JulioSalgado.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>by Julio Salgado<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archival_images\/MigrationIsBeautiful_RayHernandez.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>by Ray Hernandez<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From colorlines by\u00a0Julianne Hing, Wednesday, May 8 2013, 1:05 PM EST Artwork by Ray Hernandez On Tuesday more than 100 artists, comedians, writers and musicians issued a statement calling on Congress and President Obama to pass humane, inclusive and just immigration reform. The signers, whose statement is available at\u00a0MigrationIsBeautiful.com, say immigration reform must include\u00a0five basics: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-scholar","category-migration-headlines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Margaret Cho, Alice Walker and 100 More Artists Call for Humane Immigration Reform - Knowledge Migration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/refugeeresearch.net\/ms\/km\/2013\/05\/16\/margaret-cho-alice-walker-and-100-more-artists-call-for-humane-immigration-reform\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Margaret Cho, Alice Walker and 100 More Artists Call for Humane Immigration Reform - Knowledge Migration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From colorlines by\u00a0Julianne Hing, Wednesday, May 8 2013, 1:05 PM EST Artwork by Ray Hernandez On Tuesday more than 100 artists, comedians, writers and musicians issued a statement calling on Congress and President Obama to pass humane, inclusive and just immigration reform. 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