Reminder: Next Immigrant Solidarity Network Phone Conference
Hi everyone:
So far, people had send me e-mail to suggest to have the phone confernce on
Wednesday February 18, at noon or 4:30 PM Pacific Standard Time.
Please reply me soon if you would agrees the conference call time and able to
participate.
Sinceerly;
Lee Siu Hin
National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Tel: (626)695-3405
P.S. Also, if you have time, please also join the AgJOBS Conference Call by
United Farm Workers and Farm Labor Organizing Committee this Friday!
You are invited to participate in a conference call with Arturo Rodriguez,
President of the United Farm Workers (UFW) and Baldemar Velasquez, President of
the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), to discuss the AgJOBS bill (S.
1645/H.R. 3142) on Friday, February 13th at 2pm EST. This legislation would
provide a path to citizenship for thousands of undocumented farmworkers and
further worker protections in the fields. While this legislation enjoys broad
bipartisan support, we must mount an aggressive campaign to get this
legislation passed. We have set the anniversary of Cesar Chavez’s birthday
March 31,
2004 as the deadline. Please join us on a conference call to discuss our plans
to pressure Congress to enact AgJOBS legislation. The conference call number
is: 1.800.565.7630 and Conference ID is 391357. Please contact Irene Bueno if
you have any questions at irene_bueno@... or 202.530.0175.
Thank you.
Save the Date: Next Forum Strategy Session on March 11th
The Forum will hold its next day-long strategy session in Washington, DC on
March 11th, 2004. Topics are still being decided, but the session will cover a
range of issues, from post-9/11 due process to the CLEAR Act to comprehensive
immigration reform. The strategy session precedes our annual meeting for
Forum Associates on March 12th. More information on both meetings will be sent
out very soon.
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Dear Friend,
I responded to this campaign asking Trader Joe's not to sell
McCahon flowers for Valentine's Day!
Dozens of Central Coast flower workers were fired on Feb. 6,
four days after the state of California certified the
secret-ballot election where they voted for the United Farm
Workers.
The workers believe they were fired for trying to improve
working conditions at the nursery.
Please get involved too. One of McCahon Floral biggest customers
is Trader Joes. Please e-mail Trader Joe's Chairman & CEO Daniel
T. Bane today.
Take action by going to:
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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:55:47 -0500
From: burke@...
Reply-To: burke@...
Subject: LASC: CISPES Action Alert: Blatent US Intervention in Salvadoran
Elections
CISPES ACTION ALERT
February 10, 2004
Blatant U.S. Intervention in Salvadoran Presidential Elections
Top State Department Official for Latin America Makes Threats about
U.S. Relations with Future Government
Last Friday the U.S. government made its most brazen intervention in El
Salvadorąs presidential campaign to date, first canceling a meeting with
the FMLNąs presidential candidate and then calling on Salvadorans to
vote for someone who "shares our vision and values." The statements
came from the Assistant Secretary of Western Hemispheric Affairs for the
U.S. State Department, Roger Noriega, who was in El Salvador promoting
CAFTA. Noriega had scheduled meetings with all of the candidates, but
then canceled his meeting with Schafik at the last minute. In his
statements regarding the U.S. position on the Salvadoran elections,
Noriega said, "the FMLN campaign has emphasized its differences with us
around the issue of CAFTA. Salvadorans should imagine what [El
Salvadorąs] relationship would be like with us" if the FMLN wins.
This type of comment is not new, and the U.S. State Department is fully
aware of the weight the threat carries in a country so economically
dependent on its relationship with the U.S. Such insinuations from the
State Department began in May last year, when former U.S. Ambassador
Rose Likins first referred to the FMLNąs proposals as "worrisome" and
later announced that U.S. relations with El Salvador will be "rethought"
if the FMLN wins. The most recent unabashed bullying from the U.S.
comes following a paid ad the FMLN ran last week. The ad cited the U.S.
Ambassadorąs promise that the U.S. would respect the results of the
elections a promise that the right-wing press had otherwise barely
mentioned. However, the State Department came out with these latest
threats just a week later.
The FMLN has called Noriegaąs statements an attempt to openly intervene
in the domestic politics of El Salvador. It is urgent that these
comments be stopped and that the U.S. State Department publicly retract
its anti-FMLN statements. The U.S. must now publicly recommit to
respecting the electoral process in El Salvador and to working with
whoever wins the elections.
TAKE ACTION!
1. Call Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary of Western Hemisphere
Affairs, at (202) 647-5780 or 647-5881, and demand:
* An end to US intervention in the Salvadoran electoral
process
* Respect for the right of Salvadoran sovereignty,
self-determination and a peaceful, democratic process
* A retraction of his partisan statements and a public
promise that the US will respect the results of the
elections and work with whatever party emerges as the
winner
2. Fax Noriega at (202) 647-0791 (see sample fax below.)
3. Donate to CISPES material aid for the defense of the vote in the
upcoming Salvadoran elections: go to
https://secure.people-link.com/~cissecure/ or send a check to CISPES
Material Aid, 130 W. 29th St. NY, NY 10001.
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Sample fax to Roger Noriega
Roger Noriega
Assistant Secretary of Western Hemisphere Affairs
US Department of State
Dear Roger Noriega,
I am writing you in regards to the public statements you made recently
during your visit to El Salvador. Your comments about differing with
the FMLN party over issues like CAFTA, and about the need for
Salvadorans to vote for someone who "shares our vision and values"
constitutes a direct interference in the democratic electoral process of
El Salvador. This blatant attempt by the US government to intervene
threatens Salvadorans right to self-determination and to fair, open
presidential elections. The US embassy had previously pledged not to
interfere in the Salvadoran elections; your statements represent a
dangerous return to an era in El Salvador in which US political and
diplomatic influence had disastrous consequences.
It is inappropriate for US government officials to make partisan
statements about the political situation in another country, and even
worse to make threats about the nature of US relations should an
"unfavorable" political force emerge victorious. For this reason, I
demand that the US government stop using its power and influence to
undermine the democratic process in El Salvador. Peace and democracy
will only come to El Salvador once the United States makes a genuine
commitment to not intervene and to respect the right of
self-determination in this country. I also demand that you retract your
recent statements and make a public pledge to respect the outcome of the
elections and to work with whatever party wins. I will continue to
monitor this situation, and I hope that in the future US officials will
be more astute in their treatment of the delicate political situation in
El Salvador.
Sincerely,
(Your Name)
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www.lasolidarity.org
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The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign is proud and excited to announce the
RELEASE OF PUERTO RICAN POLITICAL PRISONER JUAN SEGARRA PALMER ON JANUARY
23RD, 2004!!
Juan Segarra Palmer's release was the end product of decades of organizing,
educating and mobilzing all communities to support the freedom of the Puerto
Rican Political Prisoners!!
ProLibertad is trying to raise money to support Juan on the outside. We are
asking folks to help us in an emergency fund-raising drive for Juan Segarra
Palmer.
WE ARE TRYING TO RAISE $1000 FOR JUAN!! Please send your tax deductible
donation to:
IFCO/ProLibertad
402 w145th St
New York, NY 10031
ENDORSE the check to IFCO/ProLibertad and write "FOR JUAN SEGARRA PALMER" in
the memo Section!!
Below is an artilce on the unitary support being organized in Puerto Rico
for Juan's Arrival!!
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SUPPORT ANTONIO CAMACHO NEGRON!!
Antonio has asked that we not send any commissary donations to him directly
because the officials are using our money to pay for an unjust fine that
Antonio refuses to pay.
Instead, he has asked ProLibertad to create a fund, that he will use on his
release, which is in August 2004. He is currenly surviving on a pathetic
amount of money; he has asked us to build this fund for him so that he can
use it upon his release.
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In Honor of International Women's Week
A special report,
"Rich World; Poor Women"
on NOW with Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers investigates the landscape of female poverty in the
developing world. Award-winning producer Sherry Jones examines how women
have experienced globalization -- from international financial programs
to international trade agreements to the unfettered power of
multinational corporations.
Followed by
Alianza Fronteriza de Obreros
(Border Workers' Alliance)
Labor organizers working in Agua Prieta and Nogales, Sonora share with us
their work organizing maquiladora workers
AFO helps workers gain legal skills, build solidarity networks, and
improve their working conditions and living standards. AFO's mission is
to empower workers through education to protect their health and
well-being and ensure a safe workplace, free from environmental
contamination and occupational risk.
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
7 pm
Friends Meeting House
931 N. 5th Ave.
Call 623-9141 for more information.
SPONSORED BY:
American Friends Service Committee
<http://www.womensedge.org/index.jsp>
Thank you to Pan Left for their support
Margot Veranes
American Friends Service Committee
931 N. 5th Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85705
520-623-9141
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Que todos se levanten, May all rise up,
que ni uno ni otro May all be called
se quede atras de los demas. May no one be left behind.
--Popol Vuh the others.
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In Honor of International Women's Week
A special report,
"Rich World; Poor Women"
on NOW with Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers investigates the landscape of female poverty in the
developing world. Award-winning producer Sherry Jones examines how women
have experienced globalization -- from international financial programs
to international trade agreements to the unfettered power of
multinational corporations.
Followed by
Alianza Fronteriza de Obreros
(Border Workers' Alliance)
Labor organizers working in Agua Prieta and Nogales, Sonora
share with us their work organizing maquiladora workers
AFO helps workers gain legal skills, build solidarity networks, and
improve their working conditions and living standards. AFO's mission is
to empower workers through education to protect their health and
well-being and ensure a safe workplace, free from environmental
contamination and occupational risk.
Tuesday, March 9, 2004
7 pm
Friends Meeting House
931 N. 5th Ave.
Call 623-9141 for more information.
SPONSORED BY:
American Friends Service Committee
<http://www.womensedge.org/index.jsp>
Thank you to Pan Left for their support
Margot Veranes
American Friends Service Committee
931 N. 5th Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85705
520-623-9141
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What's New at the Americas Program
"A New World of Ideas, Analysis and Policy Options"
http://www.americaspolicy.org/
February 16, 2004
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New from the IRC's Americas Program:
NAFTA, Corn, and Mexico's Agricultural Trade Liberalization
By Gisele Henriques and Raj Patel
The architects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) knew that
in the short run there would be winners and losers under the agreement. The
potential losses for Mexico were mainly concentrated in the agricultural
sector--particularly for import-competing farmers. Although agriculture
accounts for less than 5% of the gross domestic product, one-quarter of the
Mexican workforce still lives off the land. The geographical and social
distribution of the "losers" was also predictable--small farmers and people
who were already poor, primarily in the south.
Indicators of rural poverty show a larger incidence of poverty, and deeper
poverty in 1998 than in 1989. The most recent numbers provided by the
Mexican Agricultural Ministry, SAGARPA, state that as of 2001, 81.5% of
people in rural areas were living in poverty. A study by Mexico's center
for Economic Research and Teaching found that since 1992, the proportion of
workers employed in agriculture has shrunk by 10% and that rural wages are
30% lower than other sectors of the economy. While a few large farmers and
transnational food conglomerates have done well under liberalized
agriculture in Mexico, their success masks, in aggregate, the plight of
smaller subsistence farmers. Subsistence producers are among the poorest
segment of the population, and their deprivation has resulted in increased
environmental degradation, increased poverty, and migration.
Gisele Henriques and Raj Patel are researchers at Food First/The Institute
for Food and Development Policy.
See full article online at
http://www.americaspolicy.org/reports/2004/0402nafta.html
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KPFK COMMUNITY INVITED TO HISTORIC FIRST MEETING OF
NEWLY ELECTED LOCAL STATION BOARD THIS WEDNESDAY
The first meeting of your Local Station Board is
Wednesday, February 18th, from 7:30-9:30 PM, at the
Burns Building Student Lounge, Loyola Law School, 1441
West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles. The school is just a
few blocks east of Olympic and Union.
Parking is $3 and you can enter at So. Albany St.
Some street parking available. Street parking is also
available in the area.
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CISPES
Committee In Solidarity With The People of El Salvador
8124 West 3rd Street L.A. Ca. 90048
323-852-0721
Founded: 1980 - 23 Years of Solidarity
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~~~~ Attend "An Evening of Solidarity"~~~~~
Award-winning film! Update on El Salvador!
Dancing! Comedy! Film clips! Music!
Come and meet the most fantastic people!
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A Benefit for ACTION-LA, Change-Links and the
CISPES election monitors delegation leaving for
El Salvador March 13th.
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When? Saturday, February 28, 2004
7:00 p.m.
Where? Echo Park United Methodist Church
1226 North Alvarado in Echo Park
[just one long block north of Sunset
and Alvarado] $5 - no one turned away
Remember, it's a fun-raiser though!
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At 7:20 p.m. a showing of PLAN COLOMBIA, followed
by a question-and-answer session with the filmmakers,
Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohy.
The most current and powerful film on Colombia now
out! Narrated by Ed Asner. Exclusive interviews with
the late Senator Paul Wellstone, Noam Chomsky,
Colombian Presidential Candidate Ingrid Betancourt and
many key players including guerrilla leaders.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
~~~The evening continues with short film clips on El
Salvador and Colombia, brief update on El Salvadoran
elections March 21st and then DANCING, DANCING,
DANCING... refreshments, fun, surprises!
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Info: 323-852-0721 <cispeslosangeles@...>
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Committee In Solidarity With The People of El Salvador
8124 West 3rd Street L.A. Ca. 90048
323-852-0721
Founded: 1980 - 23 Years of Solidarity
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Is this another anti-Latino election year – or just an immigration issue?--
By Patrick Osio, Jr./HispanicVista.com
http://www.hispanicvista.com/html4/020704osio.htm
This Time They Have Gone Too Far
By Dave Rodriguez
LULAC National Vice President, Far West Region
Many years ago, former President Harry Truman referred to the Ku Klux Klan as
“a bunch of cowards hiding behind sheets”. California Hispanics should take
note that many extremist elected officials now practice the type of racism
practiced by the KKK openly. Take the case of California State Senator Edward
Oller who recently sent a flyer to voters in his district associating immigrants
with terrorists and placing an image of them in the headband of a turban
wearing, gun toting man. This California State Senator, someone who acts on
legislation that affects millions of the states’ Hispanics, has refused to
budge on
the issue. He plans to continue sending out this flyer regardless of the
hateful message it sends. Perhaps we have reached a new lower level in society
when
we don’t speak up to this type of hate. This is no time for that type of hat
in hands approach.
Imagine Latino children seeing a flyer like this on the doorstep when they
get home from school. Let’s not forget the thousands of Hispanics who gave
life
and limb to defend freedom in several wars and the fieldworkers who toil to
make America a bountiful nation.
As a national officer of League of United Latin American Citizens, I was so
incensed at Oller’s actions that I wrote Senate Minority Leader James Brulte
asking that Oller be suspended as co-chair of two standing legislative
committees. I have also asked that Brulte conduct an inquiry to determine
whether Oller
violated Senate rules of conduct.
The Republican Party has this new program to encourage Hispanics and other
minorities to join their ranks. Condoning some bigoted loose cannon that uses
hate to garner votes will no doubt harm their efforts. Let us all stand together
and let them know we won’t tolerate this treatment. I urge you to contact
Brulte at 916-445-3688 or by e-mail at Senator.Brulte@....
Dave Rodriguez, National Vice President
League of United Latin American Citizens
(Contact information: daverodriguez80@... or (805) 650-9215.
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(Letter sent to Senator Brulte by Dave Rodriguez):
February 9, 2004
State Senator James L. Brulte
Senate Minority Leader
California State Capitol, Room 305
Sacramento, CA 95814
Re: Sen. Oller
Dear Senator Brulte:
Greetings from the League of United Latin American Citizens, this nation’s
oldest and largest Hispanic organization. Our mission is to advance the economic
condition, educational attainment, political influence, civil rights, and
health of the Hispanic population in the United States. There are presently over
600 membership chapters of our organization throughout the U.S. and Puerto
Rico. I represent Arizona, California, Nevada, Hawaii, and Utah.
I am writing to request that you immediately suspend Senator Rico Oller from
his duties as Vice Chair of two legislative committees, the Labor and
Industrial Relations Committee and the Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee.
Senator Oller has disgraced the California Republican Senate Caucus, and the
entire
State of California by his racist views concerning immigrants as evidenced in
a campaign flyer he recently distributed to voters in his district. This
extremely offensive flyer makes a comparison between Hispanics and terrorists
and,
in fact, has the image of Latino men placed within an drawing of a turban
worn by a gun toting masked man, thus giving that exact impression.
As a 5th generation American whose father fought during World War II and
whose uncles served this great nation on the beaches of Normandy, I find Senator
Oller’s conduct to be incredibly insensitive to the endless contributions by
Hispanics to the protection of freedom in this country. To compare our people to
those who would bring terror to our borders is unconscionable and
reprehensible conduct that must bear consequences.
As Senate Minority Leader you represent the leadership of your party.
Therefore, I also request that you conduct an investigation to determine whether
Sen.
Oller should be censured for his open display of bigotry toward Hispanics. If
this is the manner in which the Republican Party conducts it’s business then
Hispanic Americans must be vigilant and do whatever we can to educate our
communities about how we are perceived by Republican elected officials.
I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
David M. Rodriguez, National Vice President
Far West Region
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Patrick Osio, Jr.’s: The Mexican Perspective
Dear Mr. Osio,
A few days ago I purchased the booklet The Mexican Perspective. You are a
brilliant writer and well versed in what you present.
I would like to find something that I can disagree with just to have an
excuse to fire-off one of my long winded letters to you.
You just have not given me a chance (but don't relax yet) I have not finished
all of it because I am reading it slowly and carefully and sharing your
comments with my family.
My experiences in the USA have been wonderful, so much that it is very hard
for me not to call myself and American. Only because I was born in Guadalajara,
Mexico before coming here in my youth and living a normal life like any other
boy of 12.
Occasionally, when I am deep in Mexico, but not in Guadalajara, some people
show discomfort to my calling myself one of them. You also explained this in
your book, thanks.
Bert Acosta
I recently purchased and read your book, The Mexican Perspective. It was
excellent and something I think we could use in our organization for training
and
orientation.
By way of introduction, my position is the Director of Education and Training
& Business Administration for Amor Ministries (http://www.amor.org). We are
a 24-year-old non-profit working in the border communities of greater Tijuana
and Cd. Juarez (and beyond) providing homes for those who cannot afford one. I
invite you to visit our website at www.comebuildhope.com to find out more.
Last year we built over a thousand single-family homes, public school
classrooms, and church buildings directly impacting over 800 families utilizing
the
labor of nearly 22,000 volunteers from all over the United States, Canada and
Australia.
In addition to staff training, I supervise a summer intern program and
year-long fellowship that immerses individuals into the Mexican culture and
life.
Your book was fascinating and answered a lot of questions that our participants
ask about Mexico. I would like to know if you are available to speak to our
staff and interns about your book and its conclusions.
Thank you in advance.
Wendy Johnson
Amor Ministries
The Mexican Perspective is available to purchase as an E-Book – for more
information visits: http://www.hispanicvista.com/sales/book_sale.htm or for
further information write to Patrick Osio, Jr. at POsioJr@...
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2/18: Important National Immigrant Solidarity Network Phone Conference
Hi everyone:
based on the feedbacks, we'd decided to have our National Immigrant
Solidarity Network Phone Conference on Wednesday Feb 19, 7:30 PM Esatern Time
(4:30 PM
Pacific Time or 6:30 PM Central Time).
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Time: 7:30:00 PM EST
Dial-in Number: 1-413-200-7060 (Plainfield, MA)
Participant Access Code: 48455
If you have some agendas please send to us, the initial agenda will be:
1) Feb 20:National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian
Immigrants
2) Proposed Immigrant Unity Conference on July at Washington DC. Call and
organzied by National Immigrant Soldiarity Network, this is be our first
important national meeting to talk about immigrant soldiarity
projects.
3) Structure of National Immigrant Soldiarity Network
If you have questions or agenda proposals please contact me: (626)695-3405
e-mail: siuhin@...
In Solidarity!
Lee Siu Hin
National Immigrant Soliadrity Network
No Immigrant Bashing! Support Immigrant Rights!
webpage: http://www.actionla.org/ISN/ (For latest immigrant issues/news)
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US-Mexico Border Actions
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*List of Events for** National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and
South Asian Immigrants February 20, 2004*
*
_CALIFORNIA_
*
***Fresno, CA:*
*Friday, February 20th, 6pm:
*Join us for a Candlelight Vigil.
Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno
2111 E Nees Ave.
Co-Sponsors:
Fresno Center for Nonviolence, Peace Fresno, Women's International
League for Peace & Freedom and others.
Contact: Vickie Fouts
(559) 658-8260
vmfout1@... <mailto:vmfout1@...>
*
Los Angeles, CA area:*
*Thursday, February 19th, evening*
Poetry of Solidarity on USC Campus. (details to come)
*Friday, February 20th, during the day*
Muslim, Arab, South Asian Cultural event on the Campus of the University
of Southern California. (details to come)
*Monday, February 23rd, 6:30pm*
/(Please note this was previously scheduled for the 20th.)/
Interfaith worship service beginning at St Mark's Lutheran Church, 3651
S. Vermont with Muslim Christian and Jewish participants.
* Candlelight Procession to the Mosque at the Corner of Exposition
Blvd and Vermont.
* Enter the Mosque and continue the interfaith service with a ritual
of Friendship.
For info call: 805-907-2162
*San Diego, CA area events:*
*Friday, February 20th:
*
1) A delegation of people from the San Diego community, including people
of various faiths, will visit the *Islamic Center, or Mosque, on Balboa
Avenue at 1:30pm*. We will have a banner in three languages (Urdu,
Arabic & English) expressing our indignation at the "disappearing" of
people from our communities, and expressing our solidarity with our
Muslim, Arab and South Asian brothers and sisters, who have become the
most villified under the Ashcroft "justice department and homeland
security". We're going to have tables with blue triangles and flowers
to give out, paper, enevelopes and stamps for people to write supportive
letters on the spot to some of the detainees, including some detained
right here in SD, who are America's disappeared. Amnesty International
does it for people around the world . The idea is to help the detainees
stay strong and bring attention to the fact that people are being
disappeared right here into America's dungeons. Racial profiling is not
acceptable to us and must be stopped. We won't accept it being done in
the name of making us feel safer.
2) From *7:00 to 9:00pm*, there will be a *Night of Solidarity with
Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants* at the *Joyce Beers Community
Center*, north of University Avenue on Vermont Street (between Terra and
Aladdin restaurants). This will be a cultural event bringing together
artists and individuals from the communities under attack as well as
those who stand and defend them. *(See the attached flyer!)*
**
** The February 20th Planning Committee in San Diego is comprised of:
COSA (the Coalition of Student Advocates), La Resistencia, The ORGANIC
(Opposing Repression Globally and Nurturing Independent Communities)
Collective and PAN (the Progressive Activists' Network) at Cal State San
Marcos.
*
La Resistencia - San Diego Chapter
6161 El Cajon Blvd. #106, San Diego, CA 92115
(619) 497-1035 || laressandiego@... <mailto:laressandiego@...>
http://www.laresistencia.org || http://www.bluetriangle.orghttp://www.stopsevis.org
*San Francisco, CA area:*
Also see http://www.bluetrianglesf.org/
*Thursday, February 19th:*
San Francisco State University
Day of Remembrance/Day of Solidarity forum put on by the Muslim Student
Alliance of SFSU. 12:30 to 3 PM--Rosa Parks Room, Cesar Chavez Student
Union. Speakers & film drawing the connections between the Japanese
American experience and the repression today. (More info:
msasfsu@... <mailto:msasfsu@...>)
*Friday, February 20th:*
San Francisco:
Truck/car caravan thru S.F. neighborhoods--with banners, leaflets,
bullhorns and blue triangles we will raise the call of solidarity and
resistance.
Chinatown (Portsmouth Sq.) 11 AM to 12:30 PM There will be emphasis on
the case of Capt. James Yee among the broader issues.
Tenderloin (Golden Gate and Jones) 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM With a rally in
front of the Jones St. Masjid (mosque).
16th & Valencia 2:15 PM to 2:45 PM Drawing the similarities and links to
the repression of the broader immigrant community.
24th & Mission 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Join us at any of these places to bring out the word of resistance to
these communities. We will have leaflets in English, Chinese, Spanish
and Arabic.
*ALSO: You can help us prepare for the 20th by joining us on Friday,
Feb. 13 for a day of preparation. For more info e-mail
bluetrianglesf@... <mailto:bluetrianglesf@...> *
*Friday, February 20th:*
UC Berkeley
Join students tabling and leafletting at Sproul Plaza (For more info:
imad@... <mailto:imad@...>)
*Friday, February 20th*:
UC Davis
Join students and teachers in leafletting and tabling at the Quad on
campus. (For more info: smaira@... <mailto:smaira@...>)
*Sunday, February 22th*:
Newark
Solidarity dinner 6 PM to 9 PM Mehran Restaurant, 5774 Mowry School Road
$10 per person. Dinner and short presentations by speakers from
different communities reflecting on the issues of solidarity and
building resistance. Valiant voices such as Father Louie Vitale,
Reverend John Oda and Reverend Michael Yoshii, among others, will be
honored.
*_*Hawai'i*_
*
*Friday, February 20th, noon:*
Refuse & Resist! activists will join members of UH-NION to leaflet the
Call and distribute blue triangles at the University of Hawai`i-Manoa
campus.
*Friday, February 20th, 4-6pm:*
Refuse & Resist! will do a street performance of the "First they Came
for..." Niemoeller quote at Fort Street Mall, a major downtown bus
terminus. They will also distribute the Call and the Blue Triangles.
Contact:
Honolulu R&R!
P.O. Box 521
Honolulu, HI 96809
phone: 808-598-4653
rnrHawaii@... <mailto:rnrHawaii@...>
_*ILLINOIS*_
*Chicago, IL area:*
Saturday, February 21:
STOP the Disappearances! JOIN THE CAR CARAVAN which will travel through
north side neighborhoods en route to a solidarity rally on Devon Ave. -
the center of Chicago's Pakistani community which has been devastated by
deportations.
Gather at 10:00 a.m. in the parking lot of Our Lady of Mercy Church,
4432 N. Troy St. (1 block north of Montrose, 1 block east of Kedzie)
2 p.m. - Solidarity Rally on Devon Ave.
For more information, to endorse or donate:
e-mail chicago@... <mailtto:chicago@...>
or call 312-683-5194 or 773-216-5464 (Urdu)
CO-SPONSORED BY: Afghan News Network; Albany Park, NorthPark, Mayfair
Neighbors for Peace and Justice; American Muslim Alliance; Arab American
Action Network; Chicago Chapter of Refuse & Resist!; Chicago Coalition
Against War & Racism; Chicago Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights;
Coalition of Pakistani Organizations; Democratic Socialists of America,
Chicago Chapter; Logan Square Neighbors for Justice and Peace; Loyola
Anti-War Network; Muslim Civil Rights Center; National Lawyers Guild,
Chicago Chapter; Not In Our Name Project; Chicago; Pakistani-American
Democratic Forum; Palestine Solidarity Group
Chicago Car Caravan is being held in conjunction with the 3rd National
Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants
Download the Chicago Car Caravan flyer (PDF format) at:
http://www.righttodissent.org/downloads/feb21caravan_flyer.pdf
_
_
_*MICHIGAN*
_
*Dearborn/Detroit, MI area:*
*Friday, February 20, 6:30pm*
ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services)
6451 Schaefer Rd., Dearborn
Between Warren Ave. and Ford Rd.
Hightlights of the evening include:
* Nabih Ayad, local attorney in several detention cases, staff
attorney for Detroit Chapter of American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee
* Noel Saleh, President ACCESS Board of Directors and Post 9/11
Staff Attorney ACLU MI
* Leroy Soles, Federal Defender Office, attorney for Karim Koubriti,
one of the four accused in the Detroit "terror" show trial.
* Motoko Huthwaite, Japanese American who suffered from the WWII era
security hysteria
* The Raging Grannies Without Borders
* The Blue Triangle Network - The extent of repression, the stakes
for all of us and what we can do to stop it.
For more information, call (248) 808-1782 or email:
NationalOffice@... <mailto:NationalOffice@...>
_*NEW JERSEY*_
*New Brunswick, NJ - Rutgers University:*
*Friday, February 20th, 7:30pm:*
Performance and Community Forum!
Featuring "We've Come Undone" performance by Kayhan Irani
and Community Forum.
MPR
Rutgers Student Center
126 College Ave
For more information: info@...
<mailto:info@...> or visit http://www.njsolidarity.org/
Endorsement and co-sponsorship list in formation! To endorse/cosponsor,
email info@... <mailto:info@...>.
_**New York*
*_
*New York City, NY area:*
*Saturday, February 21, 2:00pm-5:00pm*
Co-sponsored by Blue Triangle Network-NYC, 3rd I and Queens Museum of Art
Film screening and panel discussion
Queens Museum of Art -
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
www.queensmuseum.org <http://www.queensmuseum.org/>
Directions: Take 7 train to Willets Point/Shea Stadium, follow yellow
signs on a ten-minute walk through the park to the museum, which is
located next to the Unisphere.
*Saturday, February 21, doors open at 8:00pm*
Live performances by:
Outernational
DJ Siraiki (Mutiny, NYC)
Beneifit for Blue Triangle Network, $10 suggested donation.
Galapagos Art and Performance Space <http://www.galapagosartspace.com/>
70 North 6th Street, between Kent and Wythe in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Directions: Take the L to Bedford (1st Stop in Brooklyn).
For more information call: (917) 733-1121
email: btnnyc@... <mailto:btnnyc@...>
_*OHIO*_
*Cleveland, OH area:*
*Friday, February 20th, 7:00pm*
Solidarity Program & Dinner
The Pyramid Restaurant
12501 Lorain Ave, Cleveland
For more information email clevelandbluetriangle@...
<mailto:clevelandbluetriangle@...>
_*PENNSYLVANIA*_
*Philadelphia, PA:*
*Friday, February 20th, 7pm:*
Robins Bookstore
108 S.13th St. Phila
DISAPPEARED IN THE USA
The event at Robins is one of many nationwide on the third National Day
of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants. We are
asking people to bring their stories, favorite books, poems, artwork and
statements - it will have the form of an open mic event.
Robins will have books available on immigrants and related objects.
Event is sponsored by Refuse and Resist and Not In Our Name.
*_TEXAS_*
*Houston, TX
**FEBRUARY 20**, 2004
Friday, 7 P.M.
The Station
1502 Alabama at La Branch
You are invited to a Special Preview Screening:
Lest We Forget
by Jason DaSilva, In Face Films *
The documentary follows the events post-9/11 - giving attention to the
roundups and racial attacks that continue to occur against Muslim, Arab
and South Asian immigrants. The film contains stories told by
individuals who have felt the severity of wartime racism in America.
Through first person account, individuals whose lives were/are thrown
into suffering will verbally recreate a montage of their similar
experiences. Pulling from the past and looking to the future, members of
the Japanese internments of WWII will be paralleled to what is going on
today to Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities.
*11.09.01 *
*by Mira Nair, director of Mississippi Massala*
A retelling of real events in the life of the Hamdani family in Queens,
whose eldest son was missing after September 11, and was then accused by
the FBI of being a terrorist.
Presented locally by La Resistencia Houston; October 22 Coalition to
Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a
Generation; and participants in the Blue Triangle Network
For more information: LaResistenciaHouston@... or
O22houston@... or
(713) 521-3099
*
San Antonio, TX area events:*
*Friday, February 20th:*
WHAT: A community open mic. night on the targeting of Arabs, Muslims and
South Asians in the post 9-11 United States.
There is no charge for this event.
WHEN: Friday, February 20, 2004
Doors Open at 6:00 p.m.
Open Mic. at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Cafe Revolucion, San Antonio, TX
527 El Paso off S. Frio (723-1623)
Creative expressions are encouraged including speeches, poetry, music,
dance, and spoken word. Please limit all presentations to five minutes.
Email Alyssa Burgin for more information at aburgin4peace@...
<mailtto:aburgin4peace@...>
*_
WASHINGTON_
*
*Seattle, WA area:*
*Friday, February 20th, 7-9pm:*
Candlelight Vigil outside of the Immigration Services and Detention Center
815 Airport Way South (Corner of Dearborn and Airport Way in the
International District)
Co-Sponsored by Not In Our Name-Seattle and Hate Free Zone Campaign of
Washington
HFZ Campaign of Washington
4860 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98118
Office Phone: 206.723.2203
Fax: 206.723.2261
Email: info@... <mailto:info@...>
Not In Our Name
4509 Interlake Ave N #190
Seattle, WA 98103
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AALDEF MEDIA RELEASE: IMMIGRATION JUDGE GRANTS LAST MINUTE EMERGENCY STAYÂ
Date: 2/17/2004 12:27:08 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: info@...
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASES:Â February 16, 2004
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Sin Yen Ling, Esq.   917-533-0903
Sam Quiah    646-526-4159
IMMIGRATION JUDGE GRANTS LAST MINUTE EMERGENCY STAY ON FEBRUARY 12
SPECIAL REGISTRANT RECEIVES LABOR CERTIFICATION DAYS BEFORE HIS SCHEDULED
DEPARTURE ON FEBRUARY 19
New York, NY- A New York Immigration Judge grants an emergency stay of
removal, on February 12 for Mohammad Belayet Hossain with days left before
his scheduled departure to Bangladesh when his labor certification was
approved by the Department of Labor on January 28, 2004 – months after his
deportation case ended.
Due to severe immigration backlogs and anti-immigrant policies post 9.11,
Mr. Hossain, father of a 10 year-old daughter, believed that February 19th
would indeed be his last day in the United States. Like 13,153 others
placed in deportation proceedings after registering with an anti-terrorist
program called special registration, Mr. Hossain was placed in removal
proceedings after complying last April. Mr. Hossain cited harsh and
religiously insensitive treatment from immigration agents while registering
at immigration offices in New York City. He stated that Homeland Security
agents interrogated him about whether “he knew Osama Bin Laden and Saddam
Hussain.”
Mr. Hossain applied for a labor certification in April 2001, and was
awaiting a decision from the Department of Labor when he registered with the
government on April 17, 2003.
New Immigrant Community Empowerment Organizer, Partha Banerjee stated “This
is a small but significant victory for those who're fighting for justice for
the new underclass immigrants. This victory brings together all of us --
rights- and justice-minded activists, lawyers, mainstream and ethnic media
and supporters of our cause. Mr. Hossain's case in particular highlights the
post-9/11 wrongs done on peaceful immigrants; it is now time we fix the
enormous problem."
Attorneys from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund filed a
motion to reopen and an emergency stay of removal on February 11, 2004.
AALDEF attorney
Sin Yen Ling stated: “Faced with questions about Saddam Hussain and Bin
Laden, Mr. Hossain’s case exemplifies a failed and discriminatory policy
that exceeded the government’s purpose of visa compliance. The special
registration program should be permanently terminated to prevent forced
separation of family members with individuals who had a valid path to a
green card.”
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The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a New
York-based organization founded in 1974, protects civil rights of Asian
Americans through litigation, advocacy, and community education. Since
September 11, 2001, AALDEF has provided free legal consultations and
representation to 9-11 detainees, hate crime victims, Special Registrants,
and others affected by the anti-immigrant backlash.
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Thursday, March 25, 2004
30th ANNIVERSARY GALA
PIER SIXTY, Chelsea Piers, New York City
Justice in Action Award Recipients:
*Mira Nair, Filmmaker
*Alice Young, Kaye Scholer LLP
*Open Society Institute
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99 Hudson Street, 12/F New York, NY 10013-2815
Defending the civil rights of Asian Americans since 1974
t: 212.966.5932 f: 212.966.4303 website: www.aaldef.org
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FNS: Most Recent Mexicali NewsÂ
Date: 2/17/2004 1:34:05 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: gbloom@...
February 17, 2004
Employment up in Baja California & California Governors to Meet
Employment in Baja California was up 1.47% in the last quarter of 2003
compared to the preceding quarter of July-September 2003. A survey
conducted by the Mexican statistical institute INEGI found that 40% of BC’s
population is employed.  INEGI also reported that of the state’s 2.9 million
residents, nearly 1.2 million are currently working.
Thirty percent of employed people in BC earn between three and five minimum
wages per day (this would be the US$ equivalent of approximately
$15-$25/day), according to INEGI. Among the statistical institute’s
categories for salary levels, this one has the largest number of employed
people in Baja California, nearly 355,000.Â
Approximately 3% of BC’s workers earn less than one minimum wage per day.
This represents about 40,000 workers.
BC has an economically active population of over 1.1 million people. Of
these people that are working outside the home or are looking for work,
nearly 771,000 are men and over 406,000 are women.
Nationally, when compared to the last quarter of 2002, employment is up
2.6%. During that time Mexico added a little more than one million jobs.
Mexico has 26.9 million economically-active men and 14.5 million
economically-active women.
Elorduy and Schwarzenegger to Meet
Eugenio Elorduy Walther, the governor of Baja California, and Arnold
Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, will meet for the first time on
Wednesday, February 18, 2004 in Sacramento, California.Â
Elorduy said that he is going to Sacramento because Schwarzenegger has so
much pressure on him given California’s financial situation. The BC
governor also stated that he wants to listen to what Schwarzenegger has to
say about the relationship between their two states. Later, he will take
the opportunity to invite the California governor to visit him in BC.
According to Elorduy, the transfer of power from the administration of the
previous California governor, Gray Davis, to the Schwarzenegger
administration has not interrupted any of the ongoing programs between the
states. These joint projects are in the areas of education, agriculture and
health, Elorduy stated.
Source: La Crónica (Mexicali), February 17, 2004. Articles by Alejandro
DomĂnguez. Â
February 9, 2004
Alleged Mexican Pedophile Sex-Party Organizer Arrested in Arizona
Since the late January 2004 publication of "The Girls Next Door", a New York
Times Magazine article about sex trafficking, the Mexican border press has
been publishing an increased number of stories that look at Mexico's
relationship to the international sex trade.Â
On February 7, 2004, El Norte and El Diario, both Ciudad Juárez newspapers,
ran brief stories about the Arizona arrest of Jean Succar Kuri, an alleged
organizer of sex parties for pedophiles. According to El Diario, Kuri is
wanted by Mexico's Attorney General's Office in CancĂşn, Quintana Roo for
charges made by five minor and one adult. The charges include the
corruption of minors, rape and abuse.Â
Leslie Hednricks Rubio, the head of Desarrollo Integral de la Familia
(Family Development, DIF) in Quintana Roo, said that 13 female minors have
received psychological counseling for the abuse they experienced with Kuri.Â
The PGR is seeking to extradite Kuri to Mexico. He is also wanted in that
country for money laundering in addition to the sex-related crimes.Â
While Mexico's portrayal of Kuri's alleged crimes shows him as a pedophile
himself, a February 7 article in the Arizona Republic emphasized that
Mexican and US authorities were anxious to apprehend Kuri because he was
organizing sex parties for pedophiles that would fly in from around the
globe. Some of Kuri's alleged victims were as young as six years old, the
Republic noted.Â
Although Kuri is referred to in the Arizona press as a Mexican national, he
is described in both El Norte and El Diario as a businessman of "Lebanese
origin". No mention of his actual citizenship is given in El Norte or El
Diario.Â
Underscoring the international ties of the sex trade that were raised by
"The Girls Next Door", the Arizona Republic noted that Kuri lives in
California but was visiting a friend in Arizona. However, the parties that
he organized in a second country, Mexico, were allegedly attended by people
from a number of nations.Â
Sources: El Norte (Ciudad Juárez), February 7, 2004.
El Diario (Cd. Juárez), February 7, 2004.Â
Arizona Republic, February 7, 2004. Article by Robert Anglen.Â
Greg Bloom, Outreach Coordinator
Center for Latin American and Border Studies
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Email address: gbloom@...
Phone: (505) 646-6817
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Civil Liberties UpdateÂ
Date: 2/17/2004 12:33:54 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: ssivaprasad@...
This e-mail contains the following information:
1) Civil Liberties Restoration Act (CLRA)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
2) National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants
February 20, 2004
3) Resources and Articles
1) Civil Liberties Restoration Act (CLRA)
When Will CLRA Be Introduced? We continue to work on getting confirmations
from our co-sponsors on the CLRA. As you know, the CLRA will be first introduced
in the Senate. Â Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) has agreed to co-sponsor the
CLRA. We are also reaching out to Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Russell
Feingold (D-WI) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) to serve as original co-sponsors. We
expect
the House version of the CLRA to be introduced by Reps. Howard Berman (D-CA)
and Bill Delahunt (D-MA). We will keep you posted on our progress.Â
Putting CLRA on the Agenda! Hats off to allies across the country who are
putting CLRA on their agenda! Most recently, CLRA has received support by:
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Coalition (www.iwfr.org)Â
American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee (ADC)-Michigan   Â
Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC) (www.bordc.org)
National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) (www.ncapaonline.org)
Hate Free Zone Campaign: (http://www.hatefreezone.org) Â
CLRA Advocacy: CLRA is a cutting edge bill that was produced by a broad array
of sectors (immigrant rights, civil rights, human rights, security, etc). In
addition, CLRA serves as an organizing tool for local advocates across the
country. To effectively build advocacy around CLRA that is both broad (across
sectors) and deep (building local power), there are separate contacts. If you
are
a national group interested in advocacy around the CLRA, please contact
Katherine Newell Bierman of the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium
(NAPALC) at knewell@.... If you are a local group interested in advocacy
around the CLRA, please contact Shoba Sivaprasad of the National Immigration
Forum at ssivaprasad@....Â
CLRA Materials: Check out the Forum's website for materials on the CLRA:
http://www.immigrationforum.org/index.htm. In the coming weeks, we will post
advocacy materials on CLRA, including a model action alert, quotes page, and
stories page. If you have local stories (written or oral) about individuals who
would be protected under the CLRA, please contact me!Â
________________________________________________________________
2) National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants
February 20, 2004
On Friday, February 20, 2004 at 6:30 PM, the Blue Triangle Network will host
a National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants at
ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services), 6451 Schaefer
Rd., in Dearborn. Highlights of the evening will include:
Nabih Ayad (ADC Michigan Advisory Board Chairman), courageous local attorney
and leader in the struggle for justice Noel Saleh, President ACCESS Board of
Directors and Post 9/11 Staff Attorney ACLU MI Leroy Soles, Federal Defender
Office, attorney for Karim Koubriti, one of the four accused in the Detroit “
terror” show trial.
Motoko Huthwaite, Japanese American who suffered from the WWII era security
hysteria
The Raging Grannies Without Borders
The Blue Triangle Network – update on current concerns and activities For
more information, call (248) 808-1782 or email: NationalOffice@...
_____________________________________________________________
3) Resources and Articles:
Special Registration: Iranian American Bar Association Report on NSEERS
Special Registration Program: The Iranian American Bar Association issued a
comprehensive report titled, “A Review of the Treatment of Iranian Nationals
by the
INS in Connection with the Implementation of NSEERS Special Registration
Program.”  http://www.iaba.us/Documents/Final%20Docs/NSEERSReport.pdf
Summary of Recent Court Rulings on Terrorism-Related Matters with Civil
Liberties Implications: Nancy Chang, Senior Litigation Attorney for the Center
for
Constitutional Rights, and Alan Kabat, an associate for the firm of Bernabei &
Katz issued an updated summary of terrorism-related cases that impact civil
rights and civil liberties.
http://www.ccr-ny.org/v2/reports/report.asp?ObjID=n7yKoAObvc&Content=324
Inspector General’s Semi-Annual Report on Patriot Act Abuses- Common Dreams,
What the Justice Department Inspector General's Report Doesn't Tell Us, By
Nancy Talanian, February 4, 2004 Bill of Rights Defense Committee (BORDC)
Director Nancy Talanian responds to the recent finding by the Justice Department
that
none of the charges of misconduct were related to its employees' use of the
Patriot Act. http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0204-11.htm
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FNS: Thousands March Through Juárez to Demand Justice for Slain Women, and
more news from Juarez, Mexico
Date: 2/19/2004 3:10:48 PM Pacific Standard Time
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1) Thousands March Through Juárez to Demand Justice for Slain Women
February 19, 2004
Approximately 3,000 people marched through the streets of Ciudad Juárez on
Saturday, February 14, Valentine's Day, to demand the end of violence
against women and insist on justice for the victims of serial sexual killers
in Cd. Juárez and Chihuahua City. The day's events began with separate
protests in Cd. Juárez and El Paso. Later, the two groups met up on one of
the international bridges that connect the two cities. Together they then
marched to an ecumenical memorial service at a Cd. Juárez park.
The Cd. Juárez newspaper El Diario reported the participation of civil
groups, unions and educational institutions from Cd. Juárez and Chihuahua
City in the demonstration. The newspaper also noted the presence of 13 US
and Canadian organizations.
Organized by local Chihuahua and US groups, Amnesty International and V-Day,
the march saw the presence of actors Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Christine
Lahti, Laura Flores, Marintía Escobedo, Lilia Aragón and playwright Eve
Ensler, creator of the Vagina Monologues and founder of the V-Day
organization to stop violence against women.
The march was attended and led at points by the mothers of many of the Cd.
Juárez and Chihuahua City serial killing victims. Also present at the day's
events and leading portions of the march were family members of some of the
people who said they were tortured into confessing to many of the serial
murders.
María López Urbina, the recently appointed federal investigator into the
serial killings, and Guadalupe Morfín Otero, the commissioner appointed by
President Fox in 2003 to prevent and punish violence against women in Ciudad
Juárez, also participated in the march. US Representative Hilda Solis of
California returned to Cd. Juárez for the demonstration after an official
visit to the city in late 2003 with other US representatives.
Events in Cd. Juárez ended with a free performance of the Vagina Monologues
by many of the above mentioned actors.
Earlier in the day, a mass was said on the third anniversary of the
disappearance of Lilia Alejandra García. García disappeared on February 14,
2001 and her body was found a few days later wrapped in a blanket in an
empty field across from Plaza Juárez Mall. The mass was also said for
Claudia Ivette González (found dead November 2001), Brenda Berenice Delgado
(murdered February 2003), Silvia Irene Rivera Morales (murdered 1995), María
Elena Chávez Caldera (disappeared), Silvia Arce (disappeared 1998) and
Cecilia Covarrubias Aguilar (murdered 1995).
Sources: El Diario, February 15, 2004. Article by Araly Castańón and Pablo
Hernández.
El Norte, February 15, 2004. Articles by Guadalupe Salcido and Rosa Isela
Pérez.
2) Juárez Narcograves Update: Internal Affairs Gutted in 2002, New
Investigator
Named, Two Cops Fail Drug Tests
February 3, 2004
Since January 23, 2004, twelve bodies have been found in the backyard of a
Ciudad Juárez house. Thirteen state police officers have been arrested in
relation to the killings and as of January 24, 2004 more than ten Cd. Juárez
police officers have failed to report to work. Chihuahua state authorities
still want to detain four fugitive state police officers including Miguel
Loya Gallegos, a former group chief in the state police's northern
region.According to an article in the February 3, 2004 edition of the El
Paso Times, the search at the Cd. Juárez home has been completed. However,
authorities are waiting for search warrants to enter six more houses,
possibly to look for more bodies.
Drug testing
To help rid the office of corrupt police, more than 200 agents in the state
police's northern region were submitted to drug tests on February 2, 2004.
The Cd. Juárez newspaper El Diario reported rumors that two agents failed
their drug tests. Although the agents' names were not given, one of them is
said to belong to the Special Office for the Investigation of Women's
Murders (Fiscalía Especial para la Investigación de Homicidios de
Mujeres). Chihuahua authorities have said that they will fire all agents
that test positive for drugs. In the case of the two agents that failed the
Feb. 2 tests, both agents had to surrender their service weapons and police
identification.
A third agent also tested positive for drug use but was allowed to continue
in his position. He had a prescription for a controlled substance related
to a recent surgery on his nose.
New, young internal affairs investigator appointed
Rafael Nava Córdoba, age 24, has been named the new head investigator for
the internal affairs office of the Chihuahua state police's northern
division. A law school graduate, Nava has been the coordinator for the
"Diverse Crimes" group in Chihuahua City, subchief of preliminary
investigations in Cuauhtémoc, and a subagent and agent with the Public
Ministry in Cuauhtémoc, in addition to other positions.Nava speaks English
and has taught English and law, according to El Diario. He has also
participated in training sessions held by the FBI and other US law
enforcement agencies.
Weakened internal affairs offices?
Despite the naming of a new internal affairs director for Northern
Chihuahua, El Diario raises the issue of whether Chihuahua Attorney General
Jesús Solís Silva is committed to a strong internal affairs structure and
process given his past gutting of the office.
Since Solís took office on January 7, 2002, he has dismantled internal
affairs offices around the state, according to statements made by an unnamed
member of the Attorney General's Office.Referring back to its own January
16, 2002 article, El Diario noted that the internal affairs office space in
Cd. Juárez was taken over by another group only nine days after Solís had
taken office.
According to El Diario, there is only one internal affairs office left in
the state. It is located in Chihuahua City and has a staff of four.
Sources: El Paso Times, February 3, 2004. Article by Louie Gilot.
El Diario (Cd. Juárez), February 1 & 3, 2004. Articles by Armando
Rodríguez, Javier Saucedo Alcalá and Silvia Macías Medina.
3) Eleven Bodies Buried Behind Juárez Home, Exceeds 1999 Narco-Grave Total
January 27, 2004
In 1999, the world media descended on Ciudad Juárez to report on searches
for buried bodies at three ranches near the city. Although law enforcement
initially expected to find 100 or more bodies, the final tally, after ten
days of searching, was nine.
Now, since Friday, January 23, 2004, eleven bodies have been discovered in
the backyard of a Juárez home at 3633 Parsioneros, near the intersection of
the major avenues Tecnológico and Teófilo Borunda. Seven of the bodies were
found on Monday, January 26, 2004 according to a press release from the
Procuraduría General de la República (Federal Attorney General's Office,
PGR).
While the Cd. Juárez and Chihuahua press has not made much known about the
seven most recently discovered bodies, more is known about the first four.
Of these initial four bodies found behind the home, three of the men died
from strangulation and one died from suffocation caused by tape put over his
mouth and nose.
The Cd. Juárez newspaper El Diario noted that some of the bodies were buried
at depths of between 1 meter (approximately 3 feet) and 1.5 meters. There
has also been mention of the bodies being covered in lime and/or plaster.
Three of the men were found nude and one had on underwear. All were said to
have been tortured.
Both El Diario and El Norte (also a Cd. Juárez newspaper) identified three
of the bodies as those of Luis Cardona, Juan Pérez Pérez and Omar Cepeda.
These men were said to have been abducted from a home by heavily armed men
during the second week of January 2004.
One theory holds that the house on Parsioneros was used by Humberto
Santillán Tabares as a safe house. Santillán was arrested in El Paso, Texas
in mid-January according to El Diario. The newspaper also states that US
law enforcement identifies Santillán as an important figure in the Juárez
Cartel. The Juárez cartel is considered the most powerful drug organization
in Mexico and is primarily dedicated to moving marijuana and cocaine.
El Diario noted that it was the arrest of Santillán that led to the search
at the house.
Source: El Diario, January 27, 2004. Articles by R. Ramos, A. Rodríguez and
A. Quintero.
El Norte, January 26, 2004. Article by S. Castro and T. Alvarado.
Greg Bloom, Outreach Coordinator
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New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to re-appoint Dolores Huerta to the UC board of regents
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Subject: Urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to re-appoint Dolores Huerta to the UC board
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United Farm Workers
Urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to re-appoint Dolores Huerta to
the UC board of regents
In September 2003, former Gov. Gray Davis appointed
United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta to the six months remaining of a
term on the University of California Board of Regents. That term expires on
March 1.
Urge Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to re-appoint Huerta.
Please send an e-mail to Gov. Schwarzenegger and his appointments secretary,
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3/6: Tijuana, Mexico: "Tour to Tijuana Maquiladoras"
By: US-Mexico Border Infromation Project
If you are any chance will be at San Diego CA, or Tijuana, BC, Mexico on
Saturday March 6, I will highly recommed you to join the "Tour to Tijuana
Maquiladoras" sponsored by San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network and
Cittac.
Lee Siu Hin
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Tour to Tijuana Maquiladoras
Date: 2/20/2004 10:34:21 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: maquilatijuanasandiego@...
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San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network
You are invited to learn about Tijuana maquiladora workers' conditions and
struggles
Tour to Tijuana's Industrial area:
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 9 am to 5 pm
Schedule
9:00 am: Meet at the San Ysidro Trolley Station. We will walk together, cross
the border gate and travel in Tijuana using "calafias" (small buses for
public transportation in Tijuana)
10:00 am: Introductory talk about Tijuana's maquiladoras at the office of
Cittac, Centro de Informacion para Trabajadores y Trabajadoras (Workers'
Information Center)
11:00 am: Visit to Otay Industrial Park; we will focus on Metales y
Derivados, Sola, and other factories
12:30 pm: Visit the Chilpancingo community. Lunch
2:00 pm: Visit workers' strike at Industria Fronteriza
3:30 pm: Return to Cittac's office; participation at the meeting of the
Tijuana Maquiladora Workers' Network
5:00 pm: Return to the border line to San Ysidro.
Sponsored by San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network and Cittac
Donations: $25 regular, $15 students and unemployed, free to striking grocery
workers (include Tijuana transportation and lunch)
Donations will be used to support Cittac
Information and registration: (619) 235-9498,
maquilatijuanasandiego@...
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Versión en espańol
Red de San Diego en Solidaridad con los y las Trabajadoras de la Maquila
Se invita a participar en una gira sobre las condiciones y luchas de los y
las trabajadoras de la Maquila
Gira a la zona industrial de Tijuana:
SABADO 6 DE MARZO, 9 am - 5 pm
Itinerario
9:00 am: Reunión en la estación del trolley San Ysidro. Cruzaremos la línea a
pie y viajaremos en Tijuana usando "calafias," que son autobuses pequeńos
usados para el transporte público en Tijuana
10:00 am: Plática introductoria en el local de Cittac (Centro de Informacion
para Trabajadores y Trabajadoras
11:00 am: Visita al parquet industrial de Otay; nos centraremos en Metales y
Derivados, Sola y otras fábricas
12:30 pm: Visita a la comunidad Chilpancingo. Almuerzo
2:00 pm: Visita a los y las trabajadoras en huelga en Industria Fronteriza
3:30 pm: Regreso al local de Cittac; participación en la reunion de la Red de
Trabajadores y Trabajadoras de la Maquila en Tijuana
5:00 pm: Regreso a la línea fronteriza con San Ysidro
Organización: Red de San Diego en Solidaridad con los y las Trabajadoras de
la Maquila y Cittac
Donaciones: regular: $25 dólares, estudiantes y desempleados: $15 dólares,
trabajadores de supermercados en huelga: gratis (precio incluye transporte en
Tijuana y lunch)
Las donaciones serán usadas en apoyo a Cittac
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Join http://groups.yahoo.com/group/helpfarmworkers/
and do you part to help Central American Farm Workers who are being killed
by insecticides made in the USA!
On February 14th I drove by a city park in Managua, Nicaragua and saw what
appeared to be thousands of men, women and children camping in the park.
The people were gathering to pray, eat, hold meetings, treat each other's
wounds and in general protesting. It all occurred in a park that was
across the street from a building that was the meeting place of Nicaragua's
Legislators.
A friend and I stopped to see what was going on. We met several people
that day and learned that thousands of people had walked there from the
Nicaraguan area around the town of Chinandega which I would estimate to be
150 miles north of the area they had walked to, many with serious foot
injury and painful leg wounds in this Gandhi type of protest march.
They were protesting the fact that many of these people had severe cases of
skin cancer and other caustic, and terminal diseases that they said had and
is now being caused by their being employed to disperse insecticides on
banana trees. They wanted healthcare and they wanted to know that health
providers would be honest about what they were up against. Men showed me
their bloated extended abdomens in which I could see outlines of swelled
organs like livers, spleens and more. Men had skin that made them pinto
colored. Men and women had lumps on their arms and legs bigger than golf
balls. Many said that they no longer had a sex life and those few who did
have miscarriages. I was told that ninety percent of the men and over 30%
of the women had some form of cancer. Many told me that they were using
the same chemicals that had been outlawed and it was having the same effects
and they thought it was just being packaged as a different brand under a new
name.
We brought them some food including fruit, bags of rice and beans and then
learned more of what had been going on. We learned the masses of people
were led by several captains who were the appointed leaders of different
segments of the protest population that were gathered in the park to gain
the attention of the legislators. The food was divided in equal lots to
each captain.
A man who seemed to be a major spokesperson of the group Afectodo Del
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victims of some of the most extreme, seemingly painful skin injuries I have
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2/22 Tijuana, Mexico: URGENT ALERT FROM LGE/Haeng Sung Workers!!!
Take Action!! Sample letter at the end!!
Workers at LG Electronics/Haeng Sung Request Urgent Support!!
The workers ask that you send letters to LG Electronics and to Haeng Sung
demanding that they respect the workers' collective bargaining agreement or pay
them severance pay.
LG Electronics has a TV factory in Reynosa, Tamaulipas (across the border
from McAllen, Texas) where they make televisions under the brands Zenith, LG,
and
Electra. Late last year, LG transferred 350 workers - all the employees of
four departments - to a company called Haeng Sung (HS). Both companies are
headquartered in Korea, and both sell and service in the United States.
On January 23, HS promised the local Conciliation and Arbitration Board (CAB)
that it would respect the seniority, past wages, and former positions of the
workers and the collective bargaining agreement that existed between LG
Electronics and the CTM union. However, Haeng Sung has reneged, and the CTM told
the
workers that they have to start over again losing all their seniority. The
workers are very unhappy with this as many of them have been with LG for 20
years. They also discovered that their government-mandated national health
coverage (IMSS) has been cancelled. For this reason they are demanding either
that HS
fulfill the terms of the agreement or that LG pay the legally required
severance pay in accordance with Federal Labor Law.
Most of the workers with twenty years service are earning 71 pesos for an
eight- hour day (about $7.00). Plant #13 where they were sent to work is very
unsafe. One worker was bitten by a snake hiding in a box of materials, and
raccoons and rats wander freely through the plant, which is located next to a
large
empty field.
The workers solder with no protection and no functioning ventilation
equipment. Those lucky enough to have masks aren't given replacement filters and
have
to wash the old filters in water to clean out the lead and contamination. They
use yellow glue and are given "alcohol" to clean up with which smells very
strong and leaves their hands bleached and like sandpaper. They think it's
acetone, but the label says alcohol.
They suffer from constant headaches, dizziness, nausea and fatigue. There
have been miscarriages, and they think all this is caused either by the solder
fumes or the glue. Some think they may be addicted to glue.
On Saturday February 14, the workers found out that the Governor of the State
of Tamaulipas would be touring Rio Bravo. They quickly organized a
demonstration to demand justice and asked that a meeting be scheduled in the
state
capitol with the Governor and that he intervene in the conflict. The Governor
only
said he would speak with the state Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare to
send an inspector to the plant to investigate safety conditions.
On Monday the repression against the workers committee began with threats of
firing if they continue to push their demands.
"This case is proof that the ten years since NAFTA was passed have brought no
improvement in working conditions and that work is as unsafe and precarious
as before with the same lack of a living wage. The promises made when NAFTA was
passed have failed to materialize. NAFTA has only created the opportunity for
violations of workers rights to continue. The governments and labor
functionaries are accomplices to the transnational corporations, aiding them
function
with impunity. The Free Trade Area of the Americas and the Central American
Free Trade Agreement offer promises of jobs, but they only will expand these
unsafe working conditions and violations of workers' rights to the entire
hemisphere."
Martha Ojeda, Executive Director of The Coalition for Justice in the
Maquiladoras
· Send your letters supporting the demands of the LG/Haeng Sung workers to
both LG Electronics and Haeng Sung. A letter and addresses are below. Send
copies of your letters/faxes to CJM by fax, 210-732-8324, or e-mail,
cjm@...,
and to DODS, teresadods@...
· The workers also need donations to support their mobilization and legal
efforts to enforce their rights. Please send donations payable to The Coalition
for Justice in the Maquiladoras with a note that it is for the LG workers
Emergency Fund. Mail to CJM at 4207 Willow Brook St., San Antonio, TX 78228 or
do a
bank transfer to: Broadway Bank, Account #382167; Routing # 114021933, in San
Antonio, Texas.
**Sample letter at the end**
Background:
The workers at Zenith/LG in Reynosa have a valiant history of resistance to
exploitation. Zenith was one of the first electronics manufacturers to come to
the border in 1977. There was a significant strike in the 1980s against
Zenith. In 1996, LG (formerly Goldstar) bought controlling interest in Zenith,
and
in 1999 it became a wholly owned subsidiary of LG. In 2000 when LG changed the
plant's name there was another strike. The workers are currently refusing to
work overtime and may end up striking. The 350 who have been transferred to
Haeng Sung have the support of the workers still under LG.
LG Electronics: LG Electronics Inc (South Korea) is one of the world's major
manufacturers of electronics and telecommunications products. They had sales
in 2002 of $18 billion and profits of $285 million.
Overseas sales account for 75% of the company's sales, and they operate in 72
countries with between 52 and 64,000 employees. LGE owns Zenith Electronics
and has a flat-panel display joint venture with Philips Electronics. LG was
formerly named Goldstar. In the US they have distribution and service centers in
Seattle, Miami, Huntsville AL, Rosemont IL (near Chicago) y Englewood Cliffs
New Jersey. In México they have offices in Merida, Guadalajara and Tlalnepantla
(México state) and a factory in Monterrey which produces refrigerators and
employs 242 people. They have a technology sharing agreement with Thompson and
recently forged an alliance with US Best Buy."
Haeng Sung is also based in South Korea. Founded in 1964, Haengsung Co. Ltd.
has produced core parts concerned with home appliance/display and chemical
products. It describes itself as having developed in domestic and international
business over 30 years with LG Electronics Co. Ltd. Its assets are listed as
$22 million; its sales were $33 million; and profits were $2 million last year.
Haeng Sung's Digital division partners with Phillips and has expanded its LCD
business rapidly building six plants in China since 1996, a plant in
Indonesia, and obviously in Mexico. It has recently entered the business of
manufacturing televisions and is aggressively moving into the North American
market. It's
web site is http://www.haengsung.com/eng/main.htm
The Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras is a US-Canada-Mexico coalition
of organizations dedicated to supporting the rights of workers in the global
economy and focused on workers in the multinational owned plants operating in
Mexico. To reach us, call 210-732-8957 or email at cjm@...
** Sample letter**
Sang Su Kim, CEO LG Electronics
Fax: Fax: 011-82 (2) 3777-5304
Email: from web site : http://www.lge.com/support/contact.do, select "PR,"
fill in form, and paste letter.
Huh Maeng, CEO Haeng Sung
Fax: 82-51-554-6604
Email: hsd@...
Send copy to Haeng Sung USA:
Fax: 619-295-5153
Email: kskisan@...
Dear Mr. Kim and Mr. Huh:
We have heard that LG Electronics has transferred 350 workers from its
operations in Reynosa, Tamaulipas Mexico to Haeng Sung Co. and that Haeng Sung
promised the Reynosa Conciliation and Arbitration Board #4 to maintain the
seniority, wages, and former jobs of the workers which were agreed to in the
collective bargaining agreement that the company had signed with the CTM.
Unfortunately, Haeng Sung has not fulfilled this promise. It has also illegally
cancelled
the workers' registration with the IMSS which provides their medical care. The
CTM union has informed the workers that they must start as new workers despite
the fact that many have been with LG for twenty years.
We have also heard that the committee the workers elected to represent them
to negotiate with the company is being threatened with firing if they continue
to exercise their rights in demanding that the company fulfill the collective
agreement and respect their seniority. We also are aware that conditions are
unsafe in the plant, that workers are soldering and are exposed to lead and
solvents without any protective equipment, that one worker was bitten by a
snake,
and that wild animals roam through the plant.
We demand that either Haeng Sung respect these workers' rights, recognize
their seniority and the collective agreement and improve safety conditions by
removing wild animals and providing adequate protective gear and ventilation or
that LG Electronics comply with Mexican Federal Labor Law and procedures for
layoff by paying them mandated severance pay.
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~~~~ CISPES [Committee In Solidarity with the People
of El Salvador --and-- CARECEN [Central American
Resource Center] invite you to a "Brown Bag
Gathering*" to hear:
Max Cabrera Quezada, member of the executive
committee of the Alianza Nueva Nacional [ANN] of
Guatemala and General Secretary of the municipality
of
Mixco and an internationally respected political
analyst.[Featured on this morning's KPFK program
hosted by Blase Bonpane!]
Tuesday, February 24, 2004 --- 12:00 noon to 1:00
p.m. at CARECEN 2845 West 7th Street near the
corner
of West 7th and Hoover, one block from Lafayette
Park.
Driving east on Wilshire, turn right on Hoover over
to 7th.
RECENT ELECTIONS IN GUATEMALA --- OPPOSING CAFTA AND
THE FTAA--- FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE ULTRA RIGHT---
CURRENT SITUATION IN GUATEMALA AND CENTRAL AMERICA
* a Brown Bag Gathering is a tradition at
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night! ...and the filmmakers will be there! A rare
opportunity to see the films and discuss them with
the directors!
~~~To Benefit ACTION-LA, Change-Links and the CISPES
Election Monitors Delegation leaving March 13 For El
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PLAN COLOMBIA and TESTIMONY OF MARIA, The Maria
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When? Saturday, February 28, 2004 --- 7:00 p.m.
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North Alvarado, one long block north of the
intersection of Alvarado and Sunset Blvd. $5 at
the door
[The program has been changed..not a dance
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Central American Free Trade Agreement [CAFTA] and
discussion around both Colombia and El Salvador.
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Court to Hear Two Deportation Cases
By GINA HOLLAND
.c The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it would consider two
immigration cases that will clarify when people can be deported after being
convicted
of crimes.
Justices will review appeals from two immigrants, one from Somalia and the
other from Haiti, who are fighting to remain in the United States. Their cases
will be argued next fall.
Keyse Jama, from Somalia, urged the court to stop the government from sending
immigrants back to countries that have not agreed to take them back. Jama was
convicted of assault in Minnesota, and a judge ordered his deportation
because of the crime.
Jama's lawyer told justices that deportation would endanger his client and be
impractical. John Lunseth of Minneapolis said the plan was to put Jama on a
flight into Somalia where ``he would become a stateless person with no travel
documents or identity papers in a war-torn region with no central government.''
But Solicitor General Theodore Olson told the justices that since 1997 about
200 aliens have been returned to Somalia.
A divided appeals court panel ruled with the Bush administration last year,
saying that because Somalia has no government it would be impossible to get
official approval for Jama's return. Jama came to the United States in 1996 as a
refuge and was arrested after getting in a fight with another Somalia man
three years later. The case is Jama v. Immigration and Naturalization Service,
03-674.
In the other case, justices will decide whether immigrants can face
deportation if they hurt someone in a drunken driving accident. The question is
whether
a DUI accident that causes injury is a ``crime of violence,'' that allows the
government to starts deportation proceedings.
Justices will hear an appeal from a native of Haiti who was convicted in an
accident in 2000 in the Miami area. Josue Leocal, 47, was sentenced to more
than two years in prison on the felony charge.
His lawyer argued that he had never been arrested before during his nearly 20
years in the United States and has now been treated for substance abuse.
The case is Leocal v. United States attorney general, 03-583.
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HISPANICVISTA COLUMNISTS
Candidate Howard Kaloogian comes up with a lulu proposal.
By Patrick Osio, Jr.
HispanicVista.com
Racism is the mother of all ignorance, and racist-ignorance has a multiplier
effect seeking through its own ignorance, new venues for its justification
through constant new expressions. Those afflicted with racist-ignorance lose
sight of reason, logic and good sense - they simply charge blindly ahead truly
believing within themselves theirs is a just cause, God is on their side, and
freedom is at stake. In this political year, we have yet one more case in point
-
meet Howard Kaloogian, California candidate for the Republican nomination for
the US Senate.
"Is our children learning?" Part II
By Erika Robles/HispanicVista.com
HispanicVista.com Since the 1970s, poor schools have been in court fighting
for equality, trying to close the spending gap between rich and poor public
schools. Children from low-income families are always more expensive to educate
as they don't always show up at school ready to learn.
Presidential Politics En Español
By Domenico Maceri/HispanicVista.com
HispanicVista.com George W. Bush speaks passable Español. He used Spanish in
the 2000 campaign and has continued to do so since becoming president. Now the
Democratic presidential candidates are following suit. Most of them are using
some Spanish in their speeches and some have bilingual web sites…Must you
speak Spanish to become president of the US?
Liberals v. Bush Doctrine - A Case of Collective Delusion
By Gary Mendoza/HispanicVista.com
As the intensity of liberal criticism of President Bush's foreign policy
escalates, the collective detachment from reality of the people screeching this
criticism grows. While the long list of inconvenient facts they choose to ignore
adds passion to their diatribes, in these dangerous times, inconvenient facts
matter, and leaders who ignore unpleasant realities do so at America's peril.
Dear Republicans: Please Stay Home
By Carl J. Luna/HispanicVista.com
Such might be the sentiment Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may be feeling
when it comes to next Tuesday's primary election. The Governor should have
expected many liberal democrats to oppose his Mega-bond initiative, if only to
get
even with him for his doing in their man Gray "man-did-he-blow-it" Davis --and
perhaps to force Schwarzenegger's hand on taxes. But if the bond fails next
Tuesday, you can blame it most on conservative Republicans who would rather send
the state to fiscal Armageddon than feed the beast of government with any
more debt.
The Children's Crusade
By Steven J. Ybarra JD/HispanicVista.com
Of the thirteen crusades to "free" Jerusalem from the hold of the "godless
infidels," the one that was the most disastrous was the Children's Crusade. Put
together by priests who were true believers, they took literally the words in
the Christian bible that a "child shall lead them." The priests believed if
children led the way, the "infidels" would give up Jerusalem and go away. Of
course, the children fighters who weren't killed were sold into slavery and
eventually became Muslim.
The Mexican National Home Mortgage Market
By Richard Baldwin
HispanicVista.com
While the government pays lip service from time to time regarding Mexico's
lack of a strong national market, this article will look at one of the strongest
engines of any national market: the home market.
Si…! Undocumented folks are between a rock and a HARD PLACE!
By Ricardo Castañon
HispanicVista.com
The majority of undocumented immigrants in the land, are uneducated farmers
and crop-growers. Their hopes for opportunity are as big as their hearts.
However, the rather sudden change from their warm southern villages to these
latitudes often takes a toll on their health. Here, they find themselves
unprotected
for the bitter winter and before a very different variety of foods (not in
vain called "junk-foods"). This combination of facts aggravates their overall
uncertain future.
COLUMN OF THE AMERICAS
By Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez
Cuauhtemoc Has Landed
Shortly after Cuauhtemoc was put to death by Cortez in 1525, the body of the
last "tlatoani," or speaker of the Mexica, was surreptitiously spirited to his
birthplace of Ixcateopan, Guerrero, Mexico. For more than 400 years, the
people of Ixcateopan held on to this closely guarded secret, finally revealing
it
in 1949.
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3/11 Washington DC: National Immigration Forum National Strategy Meeting
to all ISN members:
Please read the following meeting announcement cerafully, I talked to the NIF
and express we would like to send a person to represent National Immigarnt
Solidarity Network for the March 11 conference and the week of action at
Washington about the AgJOBS and congressional visits.
Any suggestions? any volunteers?
Lee Siu Hin
National Immigarnt Solidarity Network
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SAVE THE DATE: National Strategy Meeting March 11
Date: 2/23/2004 3:44:53 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: mbelanger@...
Date: February 22, 2004
To: Forum Associates and Interested Persons
From: Maurice Belanger, Shoba Sivaprasad
Re: 1. National Strategy Meeting March 11
2. Advocacy Activities in Support of AgJOBS
Strategy Meeting in Washington March 11
The National Immigration Forum will host one of its periodic day-long
strategy sessions in Washington, DC on Thursday, March 11th. These meetings
bring
advocates together to discuss key immigration issues and to strategize ways to
move our agenda forward. This meeting, titled, "Immigration Legislation in an
Election Year: What's Possible? What's Probably? What's Predictable?" will focus
on post 9-11 civil liberties, state and local enforcement of immigration laws
(the CLEAR Act), and the various immigration reform proposals coming out of
Congress and the Administration. We hope you can travel to Washington, DC, for
this meeting.
Please do let us know if you will be able to attend. RSVP to
(rsvp@...) with complete contact information for each staff
member of your
organization who will be there. We encourage you to respond as soon as possible
to ensure that you will be able to attend. Due to space constraints,
attendance will be limited to approximately 100 persons.
The meeting will take place at The Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20001 from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
While the specific agenda is still being worked out, generally the first part
of the day will be a panel on post 9/11 issues and immigration enforcement.
Hill staff, as well as key local and national advocates, will discuss the state
of play on the post 9/11 front and what's likely to happen in 2004 with the
CLEAR act and the soon to be introduced Civil Liberties Restoration Act.
In the afternoon, White House, House, and Senate Democratic and Republican
staff will provide their insight on the various immigration reform bills now
being considered by Congress (including AgJOBS, the DREAM Act, and the
Hagel/Daschle and Kolbe/Flake/McCain immigration reform proposals); Bush's
principles
for a temporary worker program; and the Democrat's principles for comprehensive
immigration reform.
In the final panel, leading advocates will discuss with the participants
their insights, fears, hopes for what may happen to our issue in 2004. Topics
include: What might get done in 2004? How do we set the table for 2005 from both
a
movement-building perspective and a policy perspective? How best do we tie
local and national efforts? What are our messages? What can we expect from the
restrictionists and their agenda?
There is no cost to attend the meeting, but you must RSVP, because the space
we are using will limit attendance. To let us know you are coming to the
meeting, send an e-mail to rsvp@.... Include your contact
information (name, organization, phone and e-mail).
For more information about the March 11 strategy session, please contact
Shoba Sivaprasad (ssivaprasad@...)
The following information is being circulated at the request of the
Farmworker Justice Fund. Included in the following notes from a recent
nationwide
conference call is a plan for a series of advocacy activities to urge Congress
to
pass the Agricultural Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits and Security Act (AgJOBS).
Dear AgJOBS supporters:
Thank you for your interest and support for passing AgJOBS legislation (S.
1645/H.R. 3142). We need your help and active participation in this CALL TO
ACTION to ensure AgJOBS legislation is passed this year. Following are
notes from the AgJOBS nationwide conference call on 2/13, including the plans
for the activities through March to pass AgJOBS.
Please remember to sign up with Farmworker Justice Fund
(agjobs@...) to receive future emails and updates on AgJOBS
legislation and the CALL TO
ACTION. We will be sending out additional information shortly. Thanks again.
Irene B. Bueno Bruce Goldstein
Nueva Vista Group LLC Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.
1801 K Street, NW 1000L 1010 Vermont Ave., N.W., Suite 915
Washington, DC 20006 Washington, D.C. 20005
Main Line 202.530.0175 (202) 783-2628
Fax 202.530.4849 Fax (202) 783-2561
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2/20/2004
Notes from AgJOBS Nationwide Conference Call On February 13, 2004
Maria Echaveste
Ř Maria Echaveste thanked everyone for being on the call and the Center for
Community Change (CCC) for hosting the call. Maria then introduced Arturo
Rodriguez, President of United Farm Workers (UFW).
Arturo Rodriguez, President of the United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO
Ř Four years ago the UFW with the leadership of Representative Howard Berman
began long and difficult negotiations with the agricultural industry.
Ř The historic agreement forged between UFW and the agricultural industry
fundamentally changes the dynamic of farm labor in America. It grants freedom
from fear to hundreds of thousands of the hardest working, lowest-paid
tax-paying
workers in America.
Ř It allows undocumented farm workers to earn legal status by continuing to
work in agriculture. Like other immigrants before them, this agreement frees
immigrant farm workers so they can finally join American society instead of
being hidden from it.
Ř The AgJOBS legislation was introduced last fall and has tremendous
bipartisan support in both houses of Congress.
Ř In the Senate, Senator Larry Craig, Republican from Idaho and Senator Ted
Kennedy, Democrat from Massachusetts sponsored the AgJOBS legislation S.1645.
Currently, this legislation has over 50 cosponsors equally divided between
Republicans and Democrats.
Ř In the House, Representative Chris Cannon, Republican from Utah and
Representative Howard Berman, Democrat from California are the sponsors of the
AgJOBS
bill H.R 3142 and also has bipartisan support.
Ř On 2/12/04 over 400 organizations representing a broad cross-section of
America - Latinos, labor, religious, growers and probably many of you on this
call - cosigned a letter to Congress urging them to pass AgJOBS legislation.
Ř Despite this widespread bipartisan support, Congress has not yet acted on
this legislation.
Ř We face strong opposition by anti-immigrant forces in and outside Congress.
Ř The only way we can overcome this opposition is to organize and apply
intense pressure on Congress to pass this legislation.
Ř Our goal is to pass AgJOBS by March 31, 2004 the anniversary of the birth
of UFW founder and American hero - Cesar Chavez. Also there will be a number of
events throughout the country commemorating both Cesar Chavez's birth and his
passing on April 23rd. The Cesar Chavez memorial will also be opening on
April 23. We should remember to mention AgJOBS at all these events. You can
check
the UFW website for information about those events (www.ufw.org).
Ř To achieve our goal of passing the AgJOBS legislation we have planned a
CALL TO ACTION and hope you will join our efforts to pressure Congress to pass
AgJOBS legislation.
Ř As part of this CALL TO ACTION we have a schedule of activities that will
begin next week and conclude with a WEEK OF ACTION in Washington DC during the
week of March 22 which you will hear about later on this call.
Ř Thank you for your support of AgJOBS and hope we can count on you to join
us in this CALL TO ACTION to achieve passage of this important legislation by
March 31st.
Ř Next Arturo Rodriguez introduced Baldemar Velasquez the President of Farm
Labor Organizing Council (FLOC).
Baldemar Velasquez, President of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC),
AFL-CIO.
Ř Baldemar Velasquez explained that the opportunity to provide legal
immigration status to the undocumented workers and the H-2A program guestworkers
in
North Carolina would advance our organizing campaign in the cucumber fields and
support the Mt. Olive Pickle Boycott. We can pass AgJOBS if we mobilize and if
we work together. More information on our efforts in North Carolina and
elsewhere is available at www.floc.com.
Call to Action Schedule and Activities
Ř Irene Bueno reviewed the plans for the Call to Action which includes a
number of activities that will conclude with a Week of Action on March 22 in
Washington DC.
Week of February 16th: Congressional Recess - visit your congressional
representatives particularly your Senators
Week of March 1st: Fax and Email Letters to Congress to urge them to pass
AgJOBS
Week of March 8th: Senate in Recess - Visit your Senator in his/home state
March 10th: Call-In to Congress Day
March 17th: Call-in to Senate Day
Week of March 22nd: Week of Action in Washington DC
March 23 Advocacy Training
Hill Visits
March 24 Press Conference with key leaders on AgJOBS
Hill Visits
Ř We hope that you will participate in the CALL TO ACTION activities. We will
work with you to ensure you have what you need to participate in these
activities. Of course we hope that this CALL TO ACTION will inspire you to go
beyond
the activities I have just listed and engage in additional activities to
pressure Congress to pass the AgJOBS bill.
Ř Now I would like to recognize Bruce who will talk about how you can
participate in this CALL TO ACTION.
How to Participate in the Call to Action - Bruce Goldstein
Bruce Goldstein of the Farmworker Justice Fund (FJF) asked organizations and
individuals to sign up with to participate in this CALL TO ACTION. To sign up
please send up your contact information to Lorna Baez at the Farmworker
Justice Fund: agjobs@.... Also, for information about AgJOBS please
see:
www.fwjustice.org under "legislative updates."
Questions and Answers
Question: What do we do if our Senators are already cosponsoring the
legislation?
Answer: You should thank your Senators for their support and asked them to
help pressure Congressional leadership to move the legislation.
Question: What is the impact of the Bush proposal?
Answer: The Bush proposal is merely a proposal - there is no legislation. The
Bush proposal would expand the use of temporary worker programs. It does not
provide a path to legalization for undocumented workers. If Bush were serious
about helping undocumented workers then he should support the AgJOBS bill
which has been developed over many years and has bipartisan support in both
Houses
of Congress and the DREAM Act that helps students.
Question: What are Mexican officials doing in support of AgJOBS?
Answer: While we understand that Mexican President Vicente Fox is supporting
the Bush proposal we understand that other Mexican officials are supporting
AgJOBS.
Question: Are we coordinating our activities with NCLR during their upcoming
advocacy day on February 24th.
Answer: We are coordinating with NCLR and they plan to advocate on behalf of
AgJOBS during their upcoming advocacy day.
Question: Are we also targeting the White House?
Answer: Yes
Question: Who are the targets?
Answer: We will send out the target list and talking points.
CONCLUSION
We have an opportunity to enact AgJOBS this year but we need your
participation in the CALL TO ACTION. Please remember to sign up to receive
talking points
and information about the CALL TO ACTION. Sign up by sending an email to the
Farmworker Justice Fund at agjobs@.... Thank you.
Maurice Belanger
Senior Policy Associate
National Immigration Forum
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LOS ANGELES JOINS WORLDWIDE MOBILIZATIONS MARCH 1st
TO DEMAND U.S. HANDS OFF VENEZUELA!
NO TO INTERVENTION!
===The Venezuelan People Call For Your Solidarity====
BIG RALLY NEXT MONDAY!
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2004 - DOWNTOWN FEDERAL BUILDING
11:00 AM
300 NORTH LOS ANGELES ST. CA 90012
[INTERSECTION TEMPLE ST. AND LOS ANGELES STREET
All people of conscience must rally to defend the
democratically elected government of Hugo Chavez and
the sovereignty of Venezuela. The attack has
intensified and now is the time to say ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH!
We can not allow any more abusive behaviors from
hegemonic empires to invade or to interfere in our
country's internal affairs.
This intervention is especially outrageous when it
is directed against a country that is a respected and
admired example of a democracy in the world, such as
VENEZUELA.
VENEZUELA IS UNDER A PRESENT THREAT of a US
intervention. If the Electoral National Council on
February 29, 2004 makes an official announcement
invalidating almost a million fraudulent signatures
gathered by the opposition for a presidential
referendum there is the threat of serious anti-Chavez
responses.
A destabilization plan has been detected, and is
under way, to provoke and> blame the Bolivarian
government of Venezuela for a new economic and social
crisis which will include violence, chaos, new
economic general stoppages etc.
This will give the Organization of American States
[OAS] cover to impose sanctions on Venezuela which
could be followed up by a U.S. intervention.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS: PLEASE BRING SIGNS AND BANNERS
WITH STRONG MESSAGES TO DEMAND: STOP FOREIGN
INTERVENTION IN VENEZUELA'S AFFAIRS, AND TO DEMAND
ABSOLUTE RESPECT TO ITS DEMOCRACY AND SOVEREIGNTY!
THIS EVENT IS BEING ORGANIZED BY: "THE BOLIVARIAN
CIRCLE OF LOS ANGELES "EZEQUIEL ZAMORA"
A list of endorsers is being compiled and will be
issued soon. The Farabundo Marti National Liberation
Front [FMLN-L.A.], CISPES, LAISSE [LATION AMERICA IN
STRUGGLE FOR ITS SECOND EMANCIPATION] are initial
endorsers of this Bolivarian Circle event. Please
e-mail your endorsements to <Angostura1819@...> or
323-852-0721
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COMMENTARY-OPINION SECTION
A Look at Senator Gil Cedillo
By Javier Rodriguez H.
50 year old California Senator Gil Cedillo, a progressive politician and a
hero to millions in California, will soon introduce SB1160, the newest version
of the driver's license bill, designed to empower 2.2 million undocumented
immigrants in California and of course to make the highways safer for rest of
the
population. A controversial topic to say the least.
The big gamble
By Roberto Lovato
Indians used to be on the bottom in Palm Springs, but gaming put them on top.
Now tribal leaders are accused of exploiting workers and abusing their
neighbors. Will the backlash topple their empire?
The History of Jalisco
By Donna S. Morales and John P. Schmal
For more than a century, Mexican nationals have been crossing the southern
border to begin new lives in the United States. A large percentage of those
immigrants have come from the state of Jalisco. Jalisco, located in the west
central part of the Mexican Republic, is the sixth largest of Mexico's
thirty-one
states. Within its 124 municipios, the state boasts a population that is
approaching seven million.
Testimony of Charles Cervantes - General Counsel United States-Mexico Chamber
of Commerce Before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and
Citizenship Senate Judiciary Committee
A 'hostile' takeover bid at the Sierra Club (Anti-immigrant groups making
move)
By Brad Knickerbocker
Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
The Sierra Club - America's premier environmental group, with 750,000 members
and considerable political clout - is the target of an unfriendly takeover
attempt. A combination of animal-rights and anti-immigrant activists is aiming
to take control of the organization - and change its philosophy and direction -
by getting their slate of candidates elected to the group's board of
directors.
A march to remember
By Jack Kemp
February is Black History Month primarily because Abraham Lincoln's birthday
is Feb. 12. Unfortunately, the political party he helped to found has lost its
historical recognition as the Party of Civil Rights. As I've said previously:
The Democratic Party had a terrible history and overcame it; the Republican
Party had a great history and turned aside.
Democrats warned on GOP, Hispanics - Republicans only need 5% or 6% more
Hispanic voters to win.
By Donald Lambro
Democrats must step up the courting of Hispanics who have voted Republican in
recent years or risk losing this year's presidential election, states a
Democratic campaign strategy memorandum.
REVIEW & OUTLOOK
No Politician Left Behind - Lack of money isn't the problem with education.
Critics of President Bush's education program, the No Child Left Behind Act,
now accuse him of enforcing the law on the cheap. We agree the law has its
faults, and said so when it roared through Congress two years ago, but lack of
funding isn't close to being one of them.
Selective outrage and hidden injuries of Class and Race: A Governor's Speech
By Paul Street
Sometimes the masters of policy and opinion speak most loudly through their
silences. In such cases, it's what they fail to mention and what they choose to
delete that says the most about who they are and what they are generally
about: preserving privilege and power under the guise of populist concern for
the
people. Their omissions reflect their desire to suppress public consciousness
and discussion of uncomfortable matters of race, class, and power that pose
troubling questions about the content of American democracy.
An Unlikely Fit: Will the Undocumented Apply for a Temporary Status?
By Benjamin Johnson
The American Immigration Law Foundation
(sic)…Any serious proposal to reform the U.S. immigration system must meet
two distinct challenges: reducing future flows of undocumented migration by
providing sufficient legal avenues for immigrants to enter the United States;
and
adjusting the status of undocumented immigrants who already live and work
here.
Too Hot To Verify
By Richard Blow
Back when I was embroiled in a mini-controversy over writing a book about my
old boss, John F. Kennedy Jr., this kind of thing happened a lot: A reporter
would call me up, say that an anonymous source who used to work at George
magazine had alleged a heinous thing about me, and ask me to comment. I was
writing
the book because I had a latent homosexual crush on John, because I couldn't
get a job, and so on.
Crying wolf
By Charles Krauthammer
As the Democrats enter the final stages of their primary race, the emerging
story is how the Republicans are preparing to go negative in the general
election with a campaign of singular viciousness against John Kerry.
Democratic Primary Campaign Impresses Voters - Bush Personal Image Tumbles
The Pew Research Center
The presidential primary campaign has been very good for the Democratic
Party. Public interest in the race has been relatively high. Americans have a
much
better impression of the Democratic field than they did just a month ago. And
an increasing percentage believes a Democratic candidate will win in November.
Veterans face conundrum: Kerry or Bush?
By James Webb
Both Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and President Bush have had their attackers
and defenders on the issue of Vietnam War service. But given Kerry's infamous
anti-war activities, it is striking that many Vietnam veterans have chosen
either to support him or maintain a skeptical distance from both camps. Indeed,
Kerry's wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, which jump-started his campaign, often
are attributed to his support among veterans.
The Dreyfuss Report
Base Motives
Does the United States want to have permanent military bases in Iraq? Does a
camel sleep in the desert? Hardly mentioned in the hubbub about the June 30
handover date in Iraq, and the scramble to put together an Iraqi, umm,
"government" by then, is this basic fact: more than anything else, the Pentagon
wants
to stay in Iraq for years, maybe forever-you can't have an empire without an
imperial presence. But if and when Iraq gets sovereignty handed to it, whatever
rump authority takes power on July 1 will own the country.
Journal Star, Peoria, Ill., on doctored health reports:
One of the more bizarre tales coming out of the nation's capital concerns
whether racial disparities in health care make for "national problems" or a
success story. The original draft of a study issued by the Department of Health
and
Human Services said minorities receive less health care, and care of a poorer
quality, than whites.
The reality of outsourcing
By Bruce Bartlett
Last week, Council of Economic Advisers Chairman N. Gregory Mankiw ran into a
buzz saw. He committed a major gaffe, which in Washington means he spoke the
truth, by defending the concept of outsourcing -- contracting with foreigners
for information technology services. With a lack of job growth being the
central economic issue in the country today, Mankiw's comments were assailed
across
the political spectrum.
NAFTA, Corn, and Mexico's Agricultural Trade Liberalization
Even well before NAFTA, successive Mexican governments embraced free trade
with remarkable zeal. Beginning with its membership of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1987, Mexico has signed more trade agreements than
any other country in the world.
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*Blue Triangle Network Joins American Muslim Voice in Condemning
Congressman King’s Inflammatory Remarks Against American Muslims*
Blue Triangle Network in conjunction with American Muslim Voice
denounces the hate filled, inflammatory remarks against Muslim Americans
by Congressmen Peter T. King on the Sean Hannity nationally-syndicated
radio program on February 9^th , 2004. In language reminiscent of
anti-Japanese American rhetoric of the 1940s and German anti Jewish
propaganda of that same period, the Congressman said that the vast
majority of American Muslim community leaders are *"an enemy living
amongst us”* and that "no (American) Muslims are cooperating" with law
enforcement officials to combat terrorism. He further added: "I would
say, you could say that 80-85 percent of mosques in this country are
controlled by Islamic fundamentalists”.
Congressman King’s baseless and unsubstantiated remarks are more than
the ravings of an ignorant crank, speaking as he is from a government
which has already imprisoned, brutalized, harassed, deported and
traumatized thousands upon thousands of people because of the religion
they practice or the region they come from. Since 9/11/2001, a
tragedy roundly condemned by large numbers of American Muslim leaders,
the government has set loose a hurricane of repressive measures
justified by the lie of the “enemy within”. Congressman King has added
his bit of bigotry to an ugly repertoire lies and fictions. Blue
Triangle Network joins American Muslim Voice in calling upon all people
of conscience in condemning these statements.
*Action Requested*
* Please call upon Congressman King to retract his inflammatory
remarks. It is unbecoming of an elected representative to make
such xenophobic remarks.
* Please call the radio station that hosted Sean Hannity’s program
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Immigration News Briefs
Vol. 7, No. 9 - February 28, 2004
[Immigration News Briefs (INB), a weekly English-language summary of US
immigration news, is forwarded out to the email list of the Coalition for
the Human Rights of Immigrants (CHRI).]
1. Virginia Admissions Lawsuit Proceeds
2. Supreme Court to Hear Deport Cases
3. Supreme Court to Consider Detention
4. Five Die on Texas Border
Immigration News Briefs is a weekly supplement to Weekly News
Update on the Americas, published by Nicaragua Solidarity
Network, 339 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012; tel 212-674-9499;
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email (see below).
*1. VIRGINIA ADMISSIONS LAWSUIT PROCEEDS
On Feb. 25, US District Judge T.S. Ellis III ruled that
Virginia's colleges and universities may deny admission to
students on the basis that they lack legal immigration status.
However, Ellis declined to dismiss a lawsuit against seven
Virginia schools, saying the plaintiffs have a right to try to
prove whether the institutions are using federal standards to
identify applicants who are in the US illegally. "It is clear
that denying illegal aliens admission to public colleges and
universities simply removes another public incentive for illegal
immigration," Ellis wrote. Immigrant advocates filed the suit
last Sept. 3 in US District Court in Alexandria on behalf of
several unnamed undocumented students [see INB 9/6/04]. The
colleges are represented by Virginia Attorney General Jerry
Kilgore, who issued a 2002 memo to the state's public colleges
and universities, urging them to deny admission to out-of-status
immigrants. [Washington Post 2/26/04] On Feb. 5 of this year, the
Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill barring public
universities from admitting undocumented students. The measure is
pending in the state Senate. Governor Mark Warner opposes it.
[Virginian-Pilot (Hampton Roads) 2/6/04]
*2. SUPREME COURT TO HEAR DEPORT CASES
On Feb. 23, the US Supreme Court said it would hear an appeal in
the fall on the deportation of Minneapolis resident Keyse Jama, a
Somali immigrant. The court will consider whether immigrants can
be deported to countries which have no government to accept them.
Attorney John Lunseth of Minneapolis said the government wants to
fly Jama to Somalia, where "he would become a stateless person
with no travel documents or identity papers in a war-torn region
with no central government." The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in
St. Louis ruled 2-1 last May 27 that Jama could be sent back to
Somalia; on Sept. 17, in a separate case, the 9th Circuit Court
of Appeals in San Francisco barred deportations to Somalia
because there is no functioning government there [see INB
5/30/03, 9/19/03, 10/31/03].
The Supreme Court said on Feb. 23 that it would also consider the
deportation case of Josue Leocal, a Haitian immigrant who lived
for nearly 20 years in the Miami area. The court will address the
question of whether a lawful permanent resident who causes an
injury while driving drunk is committing an "aggravated felony,"
which triggers deportation proceedings. The US government
deported Leocal in 2002 after he served a two-year prison
sentence for causing "serious bodily injury" while driving under
the influence of alcohol. Leocal had no prior arrests. The 11th
Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta held that it lacked
jurisdiction to consider Leocal's appeal of a Board of
Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision. Several federal appeals
courts have ruled that drunk driving offenses cannot be
considered crimes of violence unless there is proof of criminal
intent. [AP 2/23/04; New York Times 2/24/04]
*3. SUPREME COURT TO CONSIDER DETENTION
On Jan. 16, the Supreme Court said it will decide whether the US
government can indefinitely detain foreign nationals who have
been deemed "inadmissible" or "excludable" and who cannot be
removed from the US. The case is a habeas suit brought by Daniel
Benitez, a Cuban national who came to the US during the 1980
Mariel boatlift and who has been in immigration detention for
three years.
In its June 2001 Zadvydas v. Davis ruling, the Supreme Court
barred the indefinite detention of immigrants who were ordered
deported but cannot be removed from the US because no country
will accept them. In that ruling, the court said "aliens who have
not yet gained initial admission to this country would present a
very different question." The government claims that aliens
deemed "inadmissible" are in a separate legal category from
admitted aliens, even if they were granted "parolee" status and
lived freely in US society for years. Benitez argues that the
Zadvydas ruling makes no distinction between resident aliens and
those deemed "inadmissible." At least two federal appeals courts
have upheld that interpretation, while the 11th Circuit Court of
Appeals in Atlanta ruled against Benitez, arguing that the
Zadvydas decision only applies to "resident aliens."
The Supreme Court has ordered expedited consideration of the
case, Benitez v. Wallis (No. 03-7434); oral arguments will take
place in April and a decision is likely by July. A total of 2,269
"inadmissible" or "excludable" immigrants--including 920 Mariel
Cubans--are in detention, and more than half of them have been
held for more than six months, according to the Department of
Homeland Security's Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(BICE or ICE). [New York Times 1/17/04; Washington Post 1/17/04]
*4. FIVE DIE ON TEXAS BORDER
At least five migrants have drowned so far in 2004 while trying
to cross the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) river from Mexico into Texas.
The first was Jose de Jesus Iracheta, whose body was found Jan. 6
near Nuevo Laredo, in Mexico's Tamaulipas state. Between January
1993 and December 2003, the bodies of 1,023 people were found in
the Tamaulipas section of the river, according to a count kept by
the Tamaulipas-based Center for Border Studies and the Promotion
of Human Rights. [Enlinea Directa (Tamaulipas) 2/22/04]
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