Thursday, April 28, 2011

Arizona Legislature now Latino-bashing

By Linda Valdez
TUCSON -- Arizona's habit of immigrant-bashing has morphed into Latino-bashing. It isn't just Latinos who will suffer if it continues.

Consider this: According to 2010 census data, 43 percent of Arizonans under age 18 are Latino.

This is a fact and an opportunity. Arizonans should support schools that will prepare these young people to help lead the state into a bright new dawn.

Posted by Diana Rosendo

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SB 1070 backlash spurs Hispanics to join Democrats

By Daniel Gonzalez
In the seven weeks since Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed Arizona's tough new immigration law, there has been a sharp increase in the number of Latinos registering to vote as Democrats, party officials say, jumping from about 100 a week before to 500 now.

Many of those registering are young Latino citizens whose parents may be undocumented.


Posted By Diana Rosendo

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Arizona's Ban on 'Ethnic Studies' Classes Takes Effect

News report on the fight to keep Ethnic Studies from Tucson School District.

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Arizona Immigration Law: A look at bill's impact one year later

By Daniel Gonzalez

The neighbors pointed at a small green house on the west side of Phoenix and said the man who cut off part of his finger lived inside. Sure enough, a man came out with toilet paper wound around the index finger of his left hand.

He said he had been cutting meat at a restaurant around the corner when he accidently sliced off a hunk of his flesh. More than 24 hours later, blood kept soaking through the toilet paper, and his finger still throbbed. This raised an obvious question: Why didn't he go to the hospital?

"Because I don't have papers," said the man, who would give only his first name, Ramon.

Posted by Diana Rosendo

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MARCHA MIGRANTE VI

MARCHA MIGRANTE VI Friendship Park/Playas de Tijuana to Calexico/Mexicali
(Feb 2-6) 2011 countdown update “Trail of Tears”
We will have a planning meeting tomorrow Saturday 11AM at Angels Haven in Lemon Grove.
As March Migrante VI approaches we will have activities on both sides of the border every day..on the Mexican Side there will be a walk from Playas to Mexicali with vigils along the way.

For full article click here.

posted by Montzerrat Garcia.

Anti-Hispanic assault kicks off the New Year

Editorial:
We have all been through some tough years lately, for some, the years have been very tough. Yet as we start the New Year there are signs of hope and of better things to come with an improving economy. While we hang in there and wait for the good times to come about, we can’t ignore that there is still a knot in the pit of our stomach – there are troubling signs on the horizon.

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Posted by Montzerrat Garcia.

“LIGHT UP THE BRIDGE TO OPPORTUNITY: PASS THE DREAM ACT”

Hundreds of DREAM Act students and supporters are expected to light up San Diego County with colorful banners displaying the word “DREAM” and a candlelight vigil, during rush-hour on Monday, November, 29, from 5:30—7 p.m. They are raising awareness for the DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) bill, which will come to a vote in Congress as early as Tuesday, November 30.

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Posted by Montzerrat Garcia.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Study: Arizona immigration law pushes workers underground

Arizona's 2007 law designed to squeeze illegal immigrants from the workplace has reduced the illegal immigrant population and the number of illegal immigrants in wage and salary jobs. But it has also resulted in many workers simply going underground and receiving money either under the table or as contract workers, according to a new study by the Public Policy Institute of California.

The report warns that the trend could result in negative societal and economic repercussions.

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Posted by Izabel pintor.

Deportation divides Orange County family

As Martha Morales stood before the altar at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Tijuana her thoughts were focused on one thing – her children.

"Make sure that they have everything they need," she prayed. "Make sure that nothing happens to them because they are going to be all alone."

That was May 8, 2008.

A day earlier, Martha had been separated from her six children – then ages 1 to 23 – when she was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At 6 a.m., at the family's Orange County home, she was handcuffed and taken to the ICE facility in Santa Ana.

Her husband, Juan Manuel, a welder, was already at work, but he was also ordered to appear at the facility. By day's end, the couple – in the United States for 19 years – were deported to Tijuana. They left behind their six children, three undocumented and three U.S. citizens, on their own.

Increasingly, as more undocumented parents are deported, such separations are becoming common, leaving families with a painful decision – leave U.S. citizen children behind, or pull them out of the only country they've ever known.

In the past decade, the number of U.S. citizens born to undocumented immigrants more than doubled, to 4.5 million, according to data released last month by the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization.

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Posted by Izabel Pintor.

SB 1070: What To Do If Police Pull You Over

Although many of the most offensive sections of the proposed new SB 1070 legislation were blocked from going into effect last Thursday, July 29th, some local Arizona authorities are taking the law into their own hands. We spoke to MALDEF lawyer Nina Perales—who was instrumental in winning the injunction against the laws—and asked her how to handle the situation if you do get pulled over by the police in Arizona.

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[posted by; Blanca Chavez - Herrera]

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Area survey highlights need for education More critical than it ever was, sociologist says

Latino immigrants have moved out of poverty and into mainstream American culture at least as quickly as earlier generations of immigrants, he said. About 55 percent of Latino immigrants who have been here 20 years or more speak English. That rises to 92 percent of second-generation Latino residents.

For full article, clicke here

Posted by J.A.Zzenith

Minorities gain ground in Texas suburban counties

RICHMOND, Texas — When Hilmar Moore became mayor in 1949, this Southeast Texas town was surrounded by fertile farmland and inhabited mostly by white people.

More than 60 years later, Moore is still mayor, but almost everything else around here has changed.

Richmond now sits in the center of one of the fastest growing counties in the nation's fastest growing mega-state.

The Houston suburb is also one of the most racially diverse — minorities account for almost two-thirds of its population. In 1950, about three-fourths were white.

Fort Bend County is a convenient microcosm for what's happening across America, where 85 percent of the population growth has come from minorities over the last decade. Rather than take over neighborhoods abandoned by whites, minorities are increasingly the first-time home buyers in neighborhoods drawing multiple ethnicities.

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Posted by J.A.Zzenith

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Comprehensive immigration reform probably doomed

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama revisited a key campaign promise when he hosted a White House meeting of elected officials and experts on immigration. But if a major overhaul of the nation's immigration policy is his goal, Republicans in Congress say he shouldn't hold his breath.

They say any bill that even hints at amnesty or legalization for millions of illegal immigrants already living and working in the United States is dead before it ever makes an appearance in a congressional committee.

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[Posted by Perla Parra]

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Obama, advocates discuss immigration law overhaul

Under pressure from advocates and the 2012 re-election calendar, President Barack Obama on Tuesday enlisted a diverse group of elected officials and religious, business, labor, civil rights leaders and law enforcers to help build support for a long-stalled overhaul of the nation's immigration laws.

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posted by Flor Parra

A Battle Is Won, but the Fight Goes On

April 13 2011

The fight for fair and just immigration policies was bolstered Monday when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the state of Arizona and upheld a lower court’s temporary injunction of the harsh anti-immigrant law known as SB 1070.

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[posted by: Blanca Chavez - Herrera]

A partial defeat SB1070

Court reaffirms: four provisions shall not be applied

The already very famous Arizona Act (SB 1070) will not be applied in most of its provisions by the reaffirmation that a panel of the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals made ​​the decision yesterday of a lower federal court.

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Posted By: Mariana Verdin

Undocumented students demand changes

Undocumented college students have opted for a new political strategy and is now shown publicly.

New York (Notimex) .- undocumented college students have opted for a new political strategy and now publicly shown to bring about changes in U.S. immigration policy, revealed the Los Angeles Times.


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Posted by: Mariana Verdin

Monday, April 18, 2011

Texas Immigration Law Makes Room For House-Mexicans

The worst part about Texas House Bill 1202 is that the authors don’t see how it’s insulting and hypocritical, on the other hand the bill paints a realistic picture of what some folks not only don’t get, they don’t see it at all. So in a house-Mexican and field-Mexican kind of way, it makes perfect sense.
TX HB1202, sponsored by Rep. Debbie Riddle, is, at its core, a very tough immigration bill. CNN.com says:
As proposed, House Bill 1202 would create tough state punishments for those who “intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly” hire an unauthorized immigrant. Violators could face up to two years in jail and a fine of up to $10,000.

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Posted by Sylvia Lopez

Kansas Rep: Shoot Undocumented From Helicopters Like Hogs

Republican Kansas state Rep. Virgil Peck suggested yesterday that undocumented immigrants be shot from a helicopter, like they do to feral hogs. What is it with Republicans shooting their mouths about shooting things from helicopters?
Peck made his remark at a hearing concerning feral hogs and a plan to rid the state of these pests by flying helicopters with sharpshooters to pick them off from above.


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Posted by Sylvia Lopez

5 Things To Know About Utah's Immigration Law Model

News last week that the Arizona state senate had rejected five stringent anti-immigrant bills seemed to signal a turning point in the fear-the-immigrant narrative that has been spreading across the country from the SB1070 epicenter. It seemed as if anti-immigrant mongers in all the other states in the union were fanning the flames started in Arizona. But an economic reality has doused the embers. The Arizona Chamber of Commerce issued a terse letter warning of the effects of a continued anti-immigrant rampage: Arizona is looking like a nativist, restrictive and intolerant place, and that’s bad for business.

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Posted by Sylvia Lopez

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Meg Whitman: GOP Must Change on Immigration

The GOP immigration rhetoric is political quicksand. It rouses the extreme partisans, who are angry and vote, and it looks like it can sustain a political movement. But many GOP insiders see the talk for what it is: a very precarious line to walk. When she ran for Governor of California Whitman spent many millions of dollars to attract Latino voters; she ran commercials during the Soccer world Cup. But then, to establish her immigration bona fides among the party faithful, leaned on the support of Pete Wilson. It didn’t work for her.

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Posted by Sylvia Lopez

"Show Me Your Papers," When Your papers are Pesos

The United States has become awfully hostile to immigrants crossing its southern border in recent years—unless you have money.
Wealthy Mexicans fleeing the security crisis there have helped make the Texas border economy the strongest in the nation. The Brookings Institute reported recently that the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan area ranked first in job creation among the nation’s 100 largest metro areas.

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Posted by Sylvia Lopez

Obama's Political Calculus on Immigration

Just a week before announcing the launch of his reelection campaign President Barack Obama sent a message to selected Immigration activists in congress: cool it.
The purposely quiet campaign launch made big noise across the country. Obama’s campaign sent an email, en masse, to the millions of people on the campaign mailing list along with a two minute video designed to rouse the partisans.

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Posted by Sylvia Lopez

Congress to Review Border Patrol Disparity

Take this from a certified border brat, you’re not going to gain traction in a fight against undocumented migration or drug smuggling by putting more bodies along the border, especially when you send the majority of the bodies to survey cacti and guard jack rabbit crossings.

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Posted by Sylvia Lopez

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Both Parties AWOL on Immigration Debate

With President Obama and the Democrats stuck in reactive mode, Republicans are driving most of the serious discussions in Washington.

This includes the debate over the budget, more spending cuts, and whether to raise the federal debt limit. But it also includes the recurring discussion about how to enforce the nation's immigration laws and what to do with those who break them.

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Posted by Jessica Damian

Democratic Senators Want Help for Young Immigrants

Twenty-two Senate Democrats are pressuring President Barack Obama to delay deportations of certain young immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

The senators ask in a letter for deferrals of any deportations of the young immigrants brought to the U.S. by parents who arrived or stayed illegally.

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Posted by Jessica Damian

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Democrats emulate GOP on immigration enforcement

With President Obama and the Democrats stuck in reactive mode, Republicans are driving most of the serious discussions in Washington.

This includes the debate over the budget, more spending cuts, and whether to raise the federal debt limit. But it also includes the recurring discussion about how to enforce the nation's immigration laws and what to do with those who break them.

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posted by Flor Parra

Monday, April 11, 2011

Viewpoints: Redistricting Commisions Should Respect Immigrants

Drawing lines on a map may strike some Californians as an academic exercise. But for immigrant families – often divided by national borders and the different opportunities they shape – boundaries hold huge significance. The importance extends to line-drawing within California, as the new Citizens Redistricting Commission holds the fate of our communities in its hands. Read more: The politically balanced 14-member panel held its first public hearing Saturday in Redding. It has begun the once-a-decade task of carving up our vast state into districts of equal population. Immigrant neighborhoods, whether newly created or long-standing, should be sustained, not split up, as the commission sets district boundaries. Read More Posted by Jessica Damian

Appeals court blocks Arizona immigration law

A federal appeals court in San Francisco refused Monday to let Arizona require its police to demand documentation from suspected illegal immigrants, saying the state is intruding into federal authority and harming U.S. foreign policy.

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posted by Flor Parra

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Hotze's immigration surprise

When it comes to immigration reform, some of you Republicans are a stubborn lot.

You won't listen to the professors who document the economic benefits of immigrant labor and the low crime rates in immigrant communities. You won't listen to business leaders calling for comprehensive reform of a broken system.

You won't listen to the pope, or any of those do-gooder interfaith ministers' alliances calling for tolerance and compassion. You won't listen to history, or the voices of your immigrant ancestors, who have more in common with today's Mexican day laborers than you'd ever admit.

And you sure as hell won't listen to me.


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Posted by J.A.Zzenith

ON THE ISSUES : IMMIGRATION

President Barack Obama reiterated his call Tuesday for lawmakers to debate and pass comprehensive immigration reform, but his brief remarks amounted to a concession that the issue remains an uphill battle in Congress.

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Posted by J.A.Zzenith

McCaul emerges from the GOP's trenches

As House Republicans queue up legislation to repeal the Obama administration's health care overhaul, a newly empowered Texas lawmaker plans to use his perch to add pressure on the White House's flank by launching investigations into an issue of great importance to Texans: border security.

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Posted by J.A.Zzenith

A border fence that never was

The invisible fence once envisioned along the U.S.-Mexico border was born in an era of political opportunity and optimism when then-President George W. Bush and congressional Democrats thought they could strike a deal on immigration reform.

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Posted by J.A.Zzenith

Son of migrants carrying water on immigration Congressman from South Texas is chosen as the face of reform bill

Born into South Texas poverty as the son of migrant workers, a man who rose from shoeshine boy to sheriff to U.S. congressman is the face of the immigration reform bill set to slog its way through the House of Representatives this year.

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Posted by J.A.Zzenith

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

California immigration bills die in committee

A legislative committee on Tuesday rejected twin bills by a Republican lawmaker who sought to crack down on illegal immigration in California, in part by requiring citizenship verification for anyone applying for a job or public benefits.

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posted by Flor Parra

Monday, April 4, 2011

Tea Party rallies for Arizona-style immigration law at the Capitol

An Arizona-like law to combat illegal immigration has a snowball's chance in the desert of passing the California Legislature, but freshman Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks (San Bernardino County) is giving it a shot.

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posted by Flor Parra

Students against the law in Florida 2040

Authorize the police to investigate suspects'immigration status


Orlando/EFE- Members of the NGO Youth & Young Adult Network (YAYA, for its acronym in English) from Orlando rallied on Friday April 1 outside the office of Florida Senator David Simmons, who asked him to vote against Bill 2040.

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Posted by: Mariana Verdin

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Peck’s Remarks on Immigrants and Feral Hogs Offensive to Kansas, Offensive to America

Kansas State Representative Virgil Peck might think he was being funny yesterday, but to Hispanics everywhere his comments are no joke.


According to today’s Lawrence World Journal, Peck told his state’s House Appropriations Committee, “It might be a good idea to control illegal immigration the way the feral hog population has been controlled—with hunters shooting from helicopters.”

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[posted by: Blanca Chavez - Herrera]