On January 27, the National Network of Immigrant and Refugee Rights will be releasing an “Open Letter to President Barack Obama” to establish a new framework for addressing immigration policy. You can help by circulating it to your friends and by signing the petition According to NNIRR, “We believe we have an opportunity — indeed a mandate — to demand no less than an end to the cycle of punishment and abuse against immigrant communities: stopping raids and suspending detentions and deportations is not only a part of our agenda for immigration reform, it is a pre-requisite for a genuine, rights-based immigation policy.” The letter is well worth a read, listing many needed reforms that would go a long ways torwards advancing human rights and racial justice for the millions of immigrants who live among us. I’ve signed on. How about you?