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The Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform (ILIR) is an organization founded in 2005 by Niall O'Dowd, Ciaran Staunton, and Kelly Fincham that campaigns for reform of United States immigration law and for legalizing an estimated 50,000 undocumented Irish immigrants.
The Irish Times reported he sustained injuries as a result. [98] The attack was condemned by the county council's Cathaoirleach Denis O’Callaghan who described it as an attack on the 40-person council's unanimous vote on solidarity with international protection seekers and also "on democracy". [ 100 ]
It picked up just 12% of the vote as more people seized on immigration as their top concern rather than affordable housing, an issue which Sinn Fein has dominated. Irish opposition Sinn Fein ...
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O'Dowd was one of the founders of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform in 2005, [10] set up to lobby the Congress for immigration reform that would secure working visas for an estimated 25,000 illegal Irish immigrants. He was named among the state's most influential people by New York magazine in their issue of 15 May 2006.
Lest you think America has a monopoly on byzantine immigration systems, “Aisha” is here with an unfortunate reminder that it does not. Following the eponymous young Nigerian woman (Letitia ...
The chairman for the US Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform – which lobby for more permissive rules for immigrants, as well as special arrangements just for Irish people – has stated that "the Irish Lobby will push for any special arrangement it can get – 'as will every other ethnic group in the country. ' " [59] [60]
The Irish government conceded on Saturday that it had likely lost two referenda to change the constitution. Irish government loses public votes to update ‘sexist’ constitution Skip to main content