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March 2007 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Monthly Digest
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February-March 2007 U.S. Immigrant Alert! Newsletter
Published by National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Please read the Newsletter, download URL:
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New Congress, How It’ll Affect (or Benefit) Our Immigrant Rights Movement?
In This Issue:
1) May Day 2007 Call to Action!
2) Forecast on 2007 Immigration Reform
3) Jan 29 NISN Congressional Meeting Report
4) Immigration News Briefs
5) Please Support NISN!
Analysis: The ILRC Forecast on 2007 Immigration Reform
Judith Golub, Executive Director, Immigrant Legal Resource Center
With the November mid-term elections behind us and the 110th Congress
convened, what is the prognosis for immigration reform? While it would be an uphill
fight, reform could be enacted this year, given both the public's demand
that Congress fix our nation's problems (and our broken immigration system being
one of the primary problems needing attention) and some momentum remaining
from last year's Congressional debate. Both Democratic and Republican Senate
leaders have prioritized immigration reform. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-NV) introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S. 9) on
the very first day of the 110th Congress and has reserved floor time to
consider the issue. This "placeholder" bill will be replaced most likely with a
reform package negotiated by Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and John McCain
(R-AZ). Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has acknowledged
that immigration is a pressing concern needing to be addressed. On the House
side, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), who is poised to become Chair of the
House Immigration Subcommittee, wants to produce "a practical and bipartisan
bill that gets broad support" and believes that "if everybody can lower their
voice, just stop yelling and go through the issues one by one, that we can
come to consensus." However, a determined opposition led by Senate and House
Republicans are expected to put roadblocks in the way of reform. In contrast,
President Bush in his State of the Union address underscored the fact that
"convictions run deep in this Capitol when it comes to immigration. Let us have a
serious, civil, and conclusive debate - so that you can pass, and I can
sign, comprehensive immigration reform into law."
But what kind of reform remains the question, as does whether there will be
reform at all - given the "convictions that run deep." While the following
does not exhaust the possibilities, below are four scenarios:
o The "good enough" scenario in which a measure passes that includes both
hard pills to swallow and significant positives and can be implemented. This
will be a very uphill fight;
o The "get done what we can" scenario in which, due to time constraints and
other roadblocks, a smaller scale package passes (that includes AgJobs and
DREAM Act and other measures along with some enforcement provisions) that has
sufficient Congressional support and will provide the foundation for future
reform;
o The "not good enough" scenario in which a measure passes that does not
depart significantly from last year's Senate-passed bill, S. 2611, should be
opposed on its merits and cannot be implemented; and
o The "crash" scenario in which too many constraints, conflicts, and
roadblocks stand in the way so that Congress fails to address reform this year.....
To read more, please download the newsletter:
_http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/Feb-March07.pdf_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/Feb-March07.pdf)
May Day 2007: Call to Action!
National Mobilization to Support Immigrant Workers!
A national day of multi-ethnic unity with youth, labor, peace and justice
communities in solidarity with immigrant workers and building new civil rights
movement!
_http://www.MayDay2007.org_ (http://www.mayday2007.org/)
1) No to anti-immigrant legislation, and the criminalization of the
immigrant communities.
2) No to militarization of the border.
3) No to the immigrant detention and deportation.
4) No to the guest worker program.
5) No to employer sanction and "no match" letters.
6) Yes to a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
7) Yes to speedy family reunification.
8) Yes to civil rights and humane immigration law.
9) Yes to labor rights and living wages for all workers.
10) Yes to the DREAM Act and LGBT immigrant legislation.
Upcoming Actions:
March - April: Local May Day Organizing Conferences
Mid-April: National Call-In/Washington D.C. Congressional Lobby Day
May Day 2007: National Day of Mobilization
July 27-29: 2nd Annual National Grassroots Immigrant Strategy Conference,
Richmond, VA.
_Endorse the Call_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/MayDay2007/endorsement.html) | _Join the Mailing List_
(http://lists.riseup.net/www/subrequest/mayday2007) | _Support the May Day 2007 Organzing!_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/MayDay2007/donation.html)
_Download Flyer_ (http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/MayDay2007/flyer.html)
Immigrant Legislative Updates
2/25: Citizenship requests soar before changes
Citizenship applications are skyrocketing in Southern California and across
the nation, as green card holders rush to avoid a proposed fee increase, a
revised civics test and possible changes in immigration law >> _Read More_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&repor
t=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0762)
2/23: Urge Congress to Support Hate Crimes Prevention Act
This legislation brings much needed uniformity to federal hate crime laws
and reflects the growing support for stronger hate crime legislation on the
state level. State and federal governments should not tolerate any form of
bias-motivated violence >> _Read More_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0758)
2/22: ‘Immigrants Bring Crime’ Is a Myth
Government and academic studies prove decisively that the common belief that
immigrants, especially undocumented ones, bring criminality is based on a
big lie >> _Read More_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0759)
Jan 29, 2007 Washigton D.C. Congressional Lobby
and National Call-In Day for Immigrant Rights
Organized by: National Immigrant Solidarity Network
On Monday, January 29, a group of us, representatives from San Francisco La
Raza Legal Centro, National Organization of Women, veterans and I met with
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staff on immigration and present our open letter and
exchanges ideas on the immigration issues. In addition, thank you for everyone
who had visited and call your representatives at the Call-In day, at dozen
states. >> _Read the Congressional Lobby Day Report_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/MayDay2007/Jan2907lobbyday-report.html)
_More Details_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/MayDay2007/Jan2907lobbyday.html) | _More Information About the Open Letter_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/MayDay2007/openletter12907.html) | _Endorse the Letter_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/MayDay2007/openletterendorsement.html)
For more latest Immigration Legislation Updates, Please visit: _Immigration
Legislation Watch_ (http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/legislation.html)
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Detention and Deportation News
2/25: Al Jazeera TV cameraman among detainees at Guantanamo
A TV cameraman is getting an inside view of life at Guantanamo Bay prison,
only he is unable to get out and tell the story >> _Read More_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&report=SingleArt
icle&ArticleID=0761)
2/23: Military Commissions Act Headed For Supreme Court
Following an appeals court's divided decision upholding the
constitutionality of the Military Commissions Act, opponents of the measure are racing the
clock to file an appeal to the US Supreme Court and have it heard during the
court's current term >> _Read More_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0756)
2/23: LIRS Report Reveals Mistreatment of Detained Immigrant Families
A report released Feb. 22 details "disturbing" conditions at the two U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) facilities which house families
undergoing immigration proceedings >> _Read More_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0755)
2/22 Alert! Immigration raids sweep through SoCal eateries!
In a nationwide sweep across 17 states and the District of Columbia,
immigration officials descended on popular eateries like Hard Rock Café and Planet
Hollywood, arrested almost 200 undocumented immigrants working for a
janitorial company and filed criminal charges against its top three officials. >>
_Read More_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0750)
2/20: DOJ audit found anti-terror case data flawed
Federal prosecutors counted immigration violations, marriage fraud and drug
trafficking among anti-terror cases in the four years after 9/11 even though
no evidence linked them to terror activity, a Justice Department audit said
>> _Read More_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0747)
1/23 Santa Ana, CA: 761 immigrants reported arrested in Southern California
sweep
Federal officials said Tuesday they arrested more than 750 undocumented
immigrants over the past week in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in what they
described as one of the biggest such sweeps in U.S. history >> _Read More_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&repo
rt=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0709)
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More News From The Detention News_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/detention.html)
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Minutemen Watch
2/22 New York, NY: Report from NYU Counter College Republicans’ “Find the
Illegal Immigrant” event
Hundreds of other New York University (NYU) students, their allies, and NYU
IMC contributors to protest the College Republicans’ “Find the Illegal
Immigrant” event >> _Read More_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0751)
Feb 6: Klan growing, fed by anti-immigrant feelings, report says
Ku Klux Klan rebounding by exploiting hot-button issues, report says; Klan
uses, stirs up anti-immigrant sentiments, says Anti-Defamation League; Hate
group watchdog says Klan chapters grew 63% between 2000 and 2005; ADL says Klan
cooperating with other extremist groups more than before >> _Read More_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=Issues&repor
t=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0726)
2/16 Redwood City, CA: Last Minute annoucement of Minutemen rally in
Saturday in Redwood City
A Bay Area chapter of the Minutemen, lead the rally in support of the U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation, which has netted several
immigrants in the area. >> _Read More_
(http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/16/18364569.php)
2/11 Los Angeles, CA: Minutemen Stumble, ANSWER Steps Up
[LA IMC] ANSWER-LA led a small crew of fifteen, with banners, signs, and a
blaring loudspeaker packed in a shopping cart, south down Argyle and across
Hollywood Boulevard into a sea of forty minutemen. Half an hour later, the
minutemen, amassed from across southern California, retreated to join their
fellows on the southeast corner, pushed back by the growing crowd of protesters.
Full reports with photos: _Minutemen Stumble, ANSWER Steps Up_
(http://la.indymedia.org/news/2007/02/193256.php) by Leslie Radford | |
_Minutemen in Tinseltown_ (http://la.indymedia.org/news/2007/02/193278.php)
by Cliff Olin | | _Anti-Immigrant Minutemen Defeated in Hollywood_
(http://la.indymedia.org/news/2007/02/193288.php) by ANSWER Coalition-LA
Photos: _minutemen_ (http://la.indymedia.org/news/2007/02/193221.php) | |
_more minutemen_ (http://la.indymedia.org/news/2007/02/193225.php) All by go
vegan | | _Minutemen in Hollywood_
(http://la.indymedia.org/news/2007/02/193266.php/?theme=1) by Marcus
For More News About the Minutemen, please visit _Minutemen Watch_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Campaigns/Minutemen.htm)
Please read the Newsletter, download URL:
_http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/Feb-March07.pdf_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/Feb-March07.pdf)
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_http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/resource.htm_
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