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Restrictionist lawmakers and anti-immigrant groups have and will continue to push their enforcement-only agenda in state legislatures. Lawmakers seeking real solutions to our immigration problems have begun pursuing progressive immigration policies--many of which seek to boost economic and job growth on the state level. Join immigration policy experts as they discuss progressive legislative alternatives, the ramifications of pursuing anti-immigrant legislation, the restrictionists behind the laws and the available resources and strategies to help advocates and activists take back their states.

PSN's Suman Raghunathan Disucsses Tuition Equity on the Michael Eric Dyson Show

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PSN's Immigration Reform Policy Specialist, Suman Raghunathan, appeared on the Michael Eric Dyson Show on June 8, 2011 to discuss the recent advancement of state policies that grant in-state college tuition rates to undocumented students, and the reaction to the California Supreme Court's recent refusal to hear a challenge to California's tuition equity law.

PSN's Broadband and Green Jobs Policy Specialist, Fabiola Carrión, appeared on the Jeff Santos Show on AM 1510 Revolution Boston to discuss PSN's work and her presentation at the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston on April 8, 2011.

Maine state representative Diane Russell joined Sarita Gupta of Jobs With Justice to discuss the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in the context of the continuing conservative attacks on workers in the states on GritTV on March 25, 2011:

On March 8, 2011, Tim Judson, Progressive States Network's Workers' Rights Policy Specialist, testified at the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing on the the national assault on worker's rights. The full testimony is available here.


Suman Raghunathan, PSN's Immigration Policy Specialist, joined State Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) and Laura Flanders of GRITtv to discuss how progressive state legislators across the nation are fighting back against draconian right-wing anti-immigrant legislation, and advancing common-sense immigration solutions on both the state and federal level.


Enzo Pastore, PSN's Health Care Policy Specialist, joined a panel discussion with Laura Flanders of GRITtv to discuss the importance of health care legislation in the states as Congress and the Obama Administration begin a final push towards passing federal health care reform.


GRITtv Panel: New York State Senator Eric Schneiderman, New York State Assemblyman Darryl Towns, Nathan Newman Executive Director of Progressive States Network, and Washington State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles on state efforts to raise taxes on those who earn the most.