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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Thursday, April 28, 2011
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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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 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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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.
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posted by Montzerrat Garcia.
(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.
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.
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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.
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.
"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]
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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.
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Posted by J.A.Zzenith
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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
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]
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
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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]
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
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
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
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
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
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Posted by Sylvia Lopez
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