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Read MoreLeading up to election night we talked to more than 20,000 pro-immigrant voters in Davidson County, including knocking on more than 8,500 doors. Even though TIRRC Votes was founded just last year, we ran one of the biggest Get-Out-The-Vote operations in the election.
Read MoreTwenty TIRRC Votes Endorsed Candidates Win, Advance to Runoff
Read MoreThursday is Election Day and we have the chance to do something big together. We’ve endorsed four incredible candidates who could make history on August 1 as the largest class of immigrant candidates to ever sit on the Metro Council.
Read MoreThis week we had the opportunity to address more than 1,000 people at a rally for presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg as he campaigned in Nashville.
Read MoreImmigration is a central part of the national debate and must be a priority for the next president of the United States. As candidates develop their platforms and vision for our nation’s immigration systems, it is critical to understand the experience of immigrant families in America’s new destination states. That’s why TIRRC Votes held a roundtable with Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke today while he was campaigning in Nashville.
Read MoreWe’re excited to announce our endorsement in 15 district council races for the upcoming elections in Nashville. We chose these Metro Council candidates because they’ve pledged to be champions for immigrant families -- and because immigrant voters and their allies can make the difference in these races.
Read MorePro-immigrant voters will ‘make the difference’ in district races
Read MoreOn August 1, voters in Nashville are going to the polls for the first major Metro election in the Trump era. In this historic moment, we need to elect bold and progressive candidates who reflect our community and our values. That’s why we’re excited to announce our endorsements of Burkley Allen, Fabian Bedne, Gicola Lane, Bob Mendes and Zulfat Suara in the race for Metro Council Members At-Large and Vice Mayor Jim Shulman for re-election.
Read MorePro-immigrant group will support progressive slate of candidates for
Vice Mayor, Council At-Large
HB0662 sought to make it harder for immigrant parents to obtain birth certificates for their newborn citizen children
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HB1238 sought to burden our criminal justice system with civil immigration law
Read MoreBruce Griffey ran for office on an extreme, anti-immigrant platform - promising to bring Trumpism to the state capitol.
Read MoreHB0614 would require landlords to say, "show me your papers"
Read MoreHB0562 sought to tax hardworking Tennesseans
Read More250 immigrants and refugees take over Capitol Hill to combat anti-immigrant legislation
Read MoreDemocratic lawmakers introduce measures to protect local governments from harmful provisions of sweeping 2018 law
Read MoreAs we begin 2019, we want to thank you for helping us dream up, build, and launch TIRRC Votes last year, a powerful new political movement for immigrant rights in Tennessee.
Read MoreJust a few months ago we launched TIRRC Votes, a sister organization to the Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), in order to create a powerful political voice for the immigrant rights movement in our state. We had an incredible first year together and have so much to celebrate. Many of you invested in this new movement, helping stand up a historic, six-figure, grassroots Get Out the Vote campaign. Thank you!
Read MoreTonight, on the eve of the critical mid-term elections, Trump's Justice Department just asked the Supreme Court to hear their case to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This is an extraordinary measure and shows just how far the Trump administration is willing to go to end DACA and deport immigrant youth.
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