The Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) is a

grassroots movement A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or economic movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from the local level to effect change at t ...

that supports

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and the civil rights of immigrants in the United States. It was started in 2004 by the Community Change, formerly The Center for Community Change. It includes a coalition of 30 immigration rights movement organizations across the United States. FIRM's goals are to help grassroots organizations form a collective voice around

and to address issues facing immigrants. Since its inception in 2004, FIRM has served as a hub of "comprehensive immigration reform and the civil rights of immigration" in the United States. This social movement has encouraged hundreds of immigrant and non-immigrant organizations to collectively call for the improvement of the lives of marginalized communities of color, gender, race, and ethnicity.

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