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DOJ suit against Arpaio prompts swift reaction
It is very clear a dispute has broken out between the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, and it’s forcing a dilemma for the White House. The DOJ is arriving late to a civil rights crime scene caused in large part by the Department of Homeland Security. Janet Napolitano got Arpaio his immigration badge when she was governor, and rather than correct her mistake as Secretary of DHS, she chose to create more Arpaios by expanding the dangerous ‘Secure Communities’ (SCOMM) program throughout the country. The case of Joe Arpaio demonstrates Secretary Napolitano’s decision to make police ‘force multipliers’ in the immigration context has multiplied the force of civil rights violations. The DOJ action today will heighten demands on the White House to intervene and suspend Secure Communities. Continue reading
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Tagged arpaio, DOJ, Lawsuit, MCSO, NDLON, racial profiling, Sheriff Joe
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Six Men in Michigan Face Deportation Proceedings After Placing 911 Call In Huron County
In the farming community of Huron County, Mich., six immigrants were taken into custody to await deportation proceedings Wednesday after reportedly calling 911 to request an ambulance. According to local police and local media, one of the six Mexican citizens requested an ambulance following a dispute with a supervisor — but not for an emergency. The Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) was then called in, and the men were transported away from the construction site to commence deportation proceedings.
But Al Steiner who works for Hoffman Inc., a concrete company based in Iowa, said he was involved in the construction project where the six men were taken into custody and that he’s not sure the men in CBP custody in Michigan are, in fact, undocumented. “Unfortunately, these men were documented but didn’t have documents on them. And they were not employed by us, but by a concrete sub-contractor out of Iowa,” Steiner told The Huffington Post. “I wish the facts were really being reported. The story seems to have spun all out of control.” Continue reading
The ‘Arizonification’ of the US immigration debate
While many focused on the US supreme court’s consideration of Arizona’s SB1070 on Wednesday, events on the streets of Phoenix and not in the court, foreshadow the future of the country’s immigration debate. Within the supreme court, a very narrow legal principle was discussed – as to whether Arizona was infringing on the federal government’s right to set immigration policy. In Phoenix, hundreds of demonstrators were clear about what was really at stake in the high court: a negative decision would clearly worsen Arizona’s human rights crisis, but even a positive ruling would not solve it. Continue reading
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Tagged Arizonafication, Civil Disobedience, Joe Arpaio, racial profiling, SB1070
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FORBES Magazine: Why Arizona’s Controversial Immigration Law Is Bad For Business
There are good reasons business leaders and other community leaders in Arizona and across the country should be concerned about SB 1070, and whether it will be upheld by the Supreme Court. “[M]y industry and others need legal access to labor pools that are seasonal, short- and long-term. These pools will not be sourced from this country. This is an essential fact,” said Kevin Rogers of the Arizona Farm Bureau. “You can tell me to pay more, to use convicts, to hire more students and you can tell me technology will solve my problems.” Bill Hammond, president of the Texas Association of Businesses and a member of Texas Employers for Immigration Reform cautioned lawmakers in his state that the “business community opposes Arizona-style legislation and other copycat measures in Texas. We are concerned such laws would increase the deficit, cost Texas jobs and impose an unfunded mandate on local law enforcement while diverting anti-crime resources.” Continue reading
Carlos Garcia: Civil-rights wins at stake in SB 1070 hearing
Arizona’s decision to pass SB 1070 is the result of a failed experiment by the Department of Homeland Security to use people like Arpaio as “force multipliers.” Across the country where Homeland Security has entangled local police in immigration affairs, they have set a fire that the Department of Justice has repeatedly been called in to put out.
Today, the Supreme Court may deliberate, but for the people of Arizona, the verdict is already in. We will be marching because we are ready for a new day. Former Senate President Russell Pearce, Arpaio, Gov. Jan Brewer and those behind them will be shamed by history, either through the Supreme Court decision or through our mobilizations. We will bring dignity back to the state. Continue reading
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Tagged arizona, Brewer, Carlos Garcia, march, Phoenix, protest, Puente, SB1070, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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Marco Rubio’s “Belly-Flop” on the DREAM Act: A Modern 3/5 Compromise?
Rubio’s plan to gut the dream from the DREAM Act wouldn’t lead to a peaceful night’s sleep for these kids. It would cause the nightmare of what would amount to a modern day version of the “3/5 Clause” where part of our population would be seen as only “three-fifths” of human beings who were counted for the purposes of taxes and allocating members of Congress to the districts where they lived, but who were not allowed to vote or have a say in the laws that govern them. If Rubio–the “Crown Prince” of the Tea Party–gets his way, undocumented youth would continue to contribute their talents, skills, and labor to our nation, but remain deportable and endure a life of taxation without representation. Unfortunately for Republicans, Latinos know the difference between a dream and a nightmare. Most of us also know that Rubio’s “alternative” DREAM Act and his selection as a vice presidential candidate would be the latter. Continue reading
Dias Historicos Para el Movimiento Migrante – Marzo 24 y 25, 2012, Atlanta, Georgia
Llegaron de diferentes ciudades del Estado de Georgia la gente del pueblo, la gente trabajadora, niños, niñas y jóvenes estudiantes que sufre en carne propia, la división de la familia, el acoso laboral, la exclusión a la educación universitaria, el perfil racial y la persecución sistemática de las políticas anti-inmigrante del estado de Georgia como es la HB 87, 287 (g) y Comunidades in-Seguras, programas del Gobierno Federal.
Participaron familias, varias generaciones y delegaciones hermanas donde están construyendo los Comités Populares o Comités de Defensa del Barrio como son TIRRC de Tennesse, NAHCER de Alabama, MIRA de Missisipi, Carolina del Norte, El Congreso de Jornaleros de New Orleáns, La Red Nacional de Jornaleras y Jornaleros, por supuestos los grandes anfitriones los y las compañeras de GLAHR. Todos y todas llegaron cargados con la mejor energía de solidaridad a intercambiar las diferentes y ricas experiencias de sus comunidades. Continue reading
Participants Speak from the Popular Committees State Assembly in Georgia
On March 24th-25th, 2012, dozens of community leaders and organizers from the Comités Populares from across the state of Georgia gathered to attend a two-day assembly where they engaged in trainings, dialogues and story sharing about how anti-immigrant laws such as HB87 are affecting undocumented families and workers and how to strategize and mobilize to fight against racism and Nativism in their home state. Below are some examples of participants sharing their experience of attending the assembly. Continue reading
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Tagged georgia, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, glahr, HB87, somos georgia
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Primera Asamblea Estatal de Comites Populares en Georgia – 24 y 25 de Marzo, 2012
Entre Juegos, Cantos, Música, Arte, Cultura se llevó a cabo la primera Asamblea Estatal de Comités Populares en el estado de Georgia, compartiendo las experiencias en la búsqueda de soluciones colectivas ante los desafíos que impactan la vida cotidiana de la comunidad inmigrante. Con miradas tímidas, y expectantes, desde muy temprano familias de inmigrantes provenientes de las diferentes zonas del Estado dijeron PRESENTE al esfuerzo organizativo, así, comités populares, organizaciones locales, y organizaciones hermanas unieron sus esfuerzos para el trabajo de lucha por la defensa de los derechos humanos. Continue reading
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“OOPS”: DHS’ Secure Communities Arrests 3,600 U.S. Citizens
A recent report by the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Society describes in great detail what DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano forgot to mention in her defense of her Secure Communities program at American University in early October. Secretary Napolitano forgot to tell us in her speech that 3,600 U.S. citizens were rounded up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for possible deportation.
In spite of the political rhetoric, DHS and ICE have done very little to make the Secure Communities program, regardless of its good intentions, transparent to the public. In fact, it took a lawsuit against DHS brought by immigrant rights groups, NDLON v. ICE., before DHS and ICE released these data to professional, independent researchers. Continue reading