New Mexico-
Across the country, people are organizing to celebrate workers and to speak against Arizona's illegal immigration law that Gov. Jan Brewer signed last Friday.
In Santa Fe, several people gathered at Somos un Pueblo Unido after work Wednesday night to make posters, noisemakers and sew outfits, all in preparation for a march scheduled for Saturday afternoon.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Groups-decry-Arizona--law--prepare-to-rally
[posted by Laura Ibarra]
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
AZ's immigration law polarizes NM politics
New Mexico-
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1531170.shtml?cat=513
[posted by Laura Ibarra]
Arizona's immigration law is impacting New Mexico politics, where a new campaign ad for governor is scorching the airwaves.
"Criminals take advantage of weak laws," says the ad endorsing republican candidate for governor, Susana Martinez, "like giving drivers licenses to illegal immigrants-- as governor that will change."
The ad began airing while civil rights activists held big protests in Arizona, denouncing the new law as an unconstitutional attempt to allow police to use racial profiling to target Hispanics.
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1531170.shtml?cat=513
[posted by Laura Ibarra]
Teenagers' Violent 'Sport' Led to Killing on Long island Officials Say
In Riverhead, N.Y. a couple of friends roamed the city playing a sport which they named Mexican-hoping or beaner hoping. They mainly looked for Hispanics to attack but mainly Mexicans because they felt these people were easy targets who would not speak of the attack. The teenagers were charged with attacking or trying to attack six Hispanic men. One of the attackers, Jeffrey Conroy, 19, attacked Ecuadorean immigrant, Marcelo Lucero. The fatal stabbing of Mr. Lucero shocked many on Long Island and focused new attention on assaults and harassment of Latinos in the area.
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Tough Arizona Bill Signed into Law
Hours after Obama called it "misguided", Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill that is considered to be one of the toughest immigration enforcement laws in the country. According to CNN:
"The bill requires immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if there is reason to suspect that they’re in the United States illegally. It also targets those who hire illegal immigrant day laborers or knowingly transport them.
The Republican governor also issued an executive order that requires additional training for local officers on how to implement the law without engaging in racial profiling or discrimination."
Today’s event comes over a week after the bill was first introduced,causing outrage among many immigrants’ rights groups. Many Latino members of Congress are also upset, including Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, and had asked Brewer to veto the measure.
But according to the article, many Arizona natives are in favor of the bill due to what they see as poor existing enforcement measures:
{posted by Victoria Bell}
"The bill requires immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if there is reason to suspect that they’re in the United States illegally. It also targets those who hire illegal immigrant day laborers or knowingly transport them.
The Republican governor also issued an executive order that requires additional training for local officers on how to implement the law without engaging in racial profiling or discrimination."
Today’s event comes over a week after the bill was first introduced,causing outrage among many immigrants’ rights groups. Many Latino members of Congress are also upset, including Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Arizona, and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, and had asked Brewer to veto the measure.
But according to the article, many Arizona natives are in favor of the bill due to what they see as poor existing enforcement measures:
{posted by Victoria Bell}
Farmers Branch legal costs over ordinance on renting to illegal immigrants may go up $1.13 million
07:31 AM CDT on Wednesday, April 28, 2010
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042710dnmetfblegalcosts.208194c.htmlThe potential price tag to the city of Farmers Branch to defend its ordinance banning landlords from renting to illegal immigrants has increased by $1.13 million.
A team of lawyers submitted bills for legal fees and costs to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas shortly before midnight Monday.
The team includes the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, the ACLU Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project and the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF.
Earlier this month, the Bickel & Brewer Storefront law firm submitted a bill of $850,000. The two legal teams are linked by the consolidation of suits, and the combined bill submitted to the court is now nearly $2 million.
Posted by Michael FelixFriday, April 23, 2010
Local immigrant advocates want Arizona boycott
New Mexico-The president of the city of Santa Fe's Immigration Committee is asking families and businesses to boycott Arizona, an action she hopes will help lead to elimination of a law signed Friday by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Local-immigrant-advocates-want-Arizona-boycott
[posted Laura Ibarra]
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Local-immigrant-advocates-want-Arizona-boycott
[posted Laura Ibarra]
Thursday, April 22, 2010
The state GOP is reaching out to Hispanics
All of our current U.S. congressman and senators are Democrats, so if the Democratic Party is indeed the big tent home for Hispanics, why don’t we have more than one U.S. congressional representative from New Mexico? I am sure when the 2010 census is complete Hispanics will remain the majority population of our state, so why the disparity?
[posted by Laura Ibarra]
http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2010/04/the-state-gop-is-reaching-out-to-hispanics/
[posted by Laura Ibarra]
http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2010/04/the-state-gop-is-reaching-out-to-hispanics/
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Chicano Federation exec director ready to retire Ray Uzeta built a multimillion-dollar pillar of community service
Whether it’s helping women get training to become licensed day care operators, finding affordable housing for families, or providing subsidized preschool care, Ray Uzeta has been there.
Posted By Alex Sobieski
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/18/stepping-down-after-stepping-up/
Whether it’s fighting for disabled people’s rights during a history-making sit-in or networking at a black-tie gala, Ray Uzeta has been there.
Posted By Alex Sobieski
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/18/stepping-down-after-stepping-up/
Thursday, April 15, 2010
NCLR - Defending From Profiling
Release: Washington, D.C.
The NCLR made a plea to the Arizona Governor to veto a law passed by the state legislature that allowed its police force to unjustly search Latinos in order to prove their citizenship.
The law in question makes it a misdemeanor to not have proper immigration/citizenship documentation; the police would only require "reasonable doubt" of someone's status. The NCLR president Janet Murguia stresses that this bill, when signed into law, will allow an unconstitutionally easy standard of motivation for police to target the Latino community. This, on top of Latino immigration program 287(g), deals a major blow to Latino legal rights.
“The urgency of fixing this broken system cannot be overstated. The more that time passes, the more families are broken apart, opportunities for education are denied, and our values as Americans are eroded,” Murguía concluded.
Full Article Here
The NCLR made a plea to the Arizona Governor to veto a law passed by the state legislature that allowed its police force to unjustly search Latinos in order to prove their citizenship.
The law in question makes it a misdemeanor to not have proper immigration/citizenship documentation; the police would only require "reasonable doubt" of someone's status. The NCLR president Janet Murguia stresses that this bill, when signed into law, will allow an unconstitutionally easy standard of motivation for police to target the Latino community. This, on top of Latino immigration program 287(g), deals a major blow to Latino legal rights.
“The urgency of fixing this broken system cannot be overstated. The more that time passes, the more families are broken apart, opportunities for education are denied, and our values as Americans are eroded,” Murguía concluded.
Full Article Here
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
NCLR: Immigration Enforcement Policy Failed
Release: Washington, D.C.
The National Council of La Raza is reporting that, on April 2nd, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the latest immigration program, which relied on local and state enforcement of immigration laws, have repeatedly violated the rights of the accused, both of citizenship and those without documentation, and the lack of accountability that goes into these abuses. The NCLR has responded with an added fervor to end the program.
In short, they are calling for a more just kind of policy, one that will not, as Clarissa Martínez De Castro, NCLR Director of Immigration and National Campaigns puts it, "deport our way to a solution to our broken immigration system."
Instead, the hope that the DHS, Congress and the President will find a way to address the immigration policy without violating the rights of all people.
They are now making plans to officially recommend to all local law enforcement agencies who rely on Program 287(g), the program in question, that all actions on this program's account be terminated on the grounds of lack of oversight and failure to achieve its intended goal.
The National Council of La Raza: INSPECTOR GENERAL RELEASES DAMNING REPORT ON IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
Posted by: DAVID KILMARTIN
The National Council of La Raza is reporting that, on April 2nd, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the latest immigration program, which relied on local and state enforcement of immigration laws, have repeatedly violated the rights of the accused, both of citizenship and those without documentation, and the lack of accountability that goes into these abuses. The NCLR has responded with an added fervor to end the program.
In short, they are calling for a more just kind of policy, one that will not, as Clarissa Martínez De Castro, NCLR Director of Immigration and National Campaigns puts it, "deport our way to a solution to our broken immigration system."
Instead, the hope that the DHS, Congress and the President will find a way to address the immigration policy without violating the rights of all people.
They are now making plans to officially recommend to all local law enforcement agencies who rely on Program 287(g), the program in question, that all actions on this program's account be terminated on the grounds of lack of oversight and failure to achieve its intended goal.
The National Council of La Raza: INSPECTOR GENERAL RELEASES DAMNING REPORT ON IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
Posted by: DAVID KILMARTIN
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