Dear Friends of SIREN,

Happy Holidays!  I hope that you are having a peaceful and joyous time with your family, friends and loved ones.

I wanted to take this moment to thank you again for investing in SIREN.  Through your support, SIREN has been able to build the political power of multicultural immigrant communities through citizenship, civic participation, leadership development and policy advocacy.    Read More

25 Years is enough: Our Country Needs Comprehensive immigration Reform Now!

Twenty-five years ago President Ronald Reagan signed into law what is known today as the first large-scale immigration legalization program in U.S. history. Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), signed in November 1986, marked a significant shift in immigration policy.
For the first time in history, a Republican President, a Republican Senate and a Democratic House passed a bipartisan law to prevent future waves of undocumented immigrants. Read More

We need Revenues!!!  Keep the American Dream Alive!

On November 16, 2011, the Legislative Analysts Office released their forecast for revenues projected for the June final budget.  Turns out that the state is $3.7 billion below the projected $4 billion in revenues, which will result in a $13 billion budget deficit come January 10, 2012 due to an already projected $10 billion shortfall for Fiscal Year 12-13.   Read More

A Safe and Welcoming Environment for All

In recent years, we have witnessed a strong anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ trend nationwide, statewide, and locally. In an effort to engage both communities in dialogue around what a welcoming and safe environment truly looks like, SIREN brought together members from the Vietnamese, Latino, and Youth immigrant community, as well as the non-immigrant Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer community. Through a three-session dialogue, .Read More

SIREN Successfully Completes “Rebuild the American Dream” Campaign

Over 20,000 immigrant voters were asked if they would support taxing the rich and corporations.
In the past month of November, SIREN successfully completed a campaign in which more than 20,000 immigrant voters were asked whether or not they would support a potential 2012 initiative to tax the rich and corporations. The campaign, . .Read More 

Dream of Citizenship Becomes Reality

Altagracia Morales, a seventy-eight year old Salvadoran woman with terminal cancer had one wish: to become a U.S. Citizen. Morales had previously applied for U.S. citizenship years ago, but was denied due to her inability to speak English. On Nov. 4, 2011 Morales became a U.S. Citizen with the collaboration of Hospice of Valley, Congressman Mike Honda’s office, SIREN and USCIS office. . Read More