Author Archives: Jose Calderon

About Jose Calderon

Jose Zapata Calderon is Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies at Pitzer College and President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the Pomona Valley and San Gabriel Valley.

Room Change for LRT Meeting On Sat., Aug. 9th

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ROOM CHANGE FOR MEETING:  AVERY 224 AT PITZER COLLEGE (See attached Map)

This is your invitation to the membership meeting of the Latino and Latina Roundtable this Saturday, August 9th from 1 – 3 PM at the Avery 224 at Pitzer College (1050 N. Mills Ave. in Claremont).  In addition to summarizing our recent social and involvement in immigrant rights issues supporting the Central American children and families, the meeting will include an update on economic development initiatives in Pomona (including plans for an educational forum around upcoming city elections), plans for another driver’s license educational forum, and ongoing phone campaigns to defend DACA and advance positive immigration legalization proposals.

The meeting will also advance the organizational development committee’s plans for a “Conversation and Get-Together With LRT Members” set for this Sunday, Aug. 10 at the house of Mario and Frances 1939 S. Tonopah Ave. in West Covina, CA 91790 (see the announcement below).

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CALL CONGRESS – VOTE NO ON GOP BILL

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Quick Update:

The Senate is trying to maintain order and pass a bill that will help the refugee children tonight. Despite attempts by Sen. Jeff Sessions (AL) and the likes to deter, drag out the process by adding on amendments that would rollback policies and hurt immigrant families, Dreamers, the Senate is keeping a CLEAN bill for a vote tonight, which would direct funding to help the children fleeing violence to have the due process protections and rights to legal representation. After this vote in the next 35 min, the Senate will adjourn for August recess, returning Sept 8. Continue reading →

Who is Dayani Cristal? “Altar Scene”

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From Fernando Romero Orozco:

So this is film by Gael Garcia Bernal is being screened next Tuesday August 5th at the Laemmle’s in Claremont.

It’s about Central American migrants crossings and the deaths at the US/Mexico border. Just yesterday, I was in that very church in this scene, placing a candle to the Virgin of Guadalupe thinking of all the migrants crossing or about to cross. Shit’s real down there. Continue reading →

Comment on: Immigrant advocates: Migrant kids don’t need new bill

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Nearly 100,000 unaccompanied minors are expected to travel to the U.S. this year, a surge that prompted President Barack Obama to ask Congress for $3.7 billion two weeks ago to unplug a heavy case backlog and reinforce border patrol’s detention capacity. Many who want to beef up immigration enforcement say Obama’s policies incited the surge, and a few in Congress have proposed ways to expedite the children’s often lengthy hearing process.

But critics, such as L.A.’s Central American Resource Center (Carecen), say the high rates of gang violence in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala are driving the kids to seek a better, safer life. They need a chance to prove that in U.S. immigration court, advocates said at a news conference in Pico-Union, where El Salvador’s most dangerous gangs were formed in the 1980s.

They contend children won’t have a chance to develop a coherent argument for asylum under a proposal, called the HUMANE Act, introduced by Texas congressmen Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Henry Cuellar on July 15.

The proposal seeks a hearing for the unaccompanied migrant children within seven days of being screened by U.S. agents. It would modify the months- or years-long process laid out in the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, signed by President George Bush in 2008 that advocates say helps the migrant children.

http://www.losangelesregister.com/articles/immigration-602478-children-law.html

Call Congressional Representatives to Protect Rights of Children Refugees

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The Latino and Latina Roundtable urges you to call your Congressional Representatives in this area:  Grace Napolitano, Judy Chu, Gloria Negrete-McCloud, and Xavier Becerra today  and assure that there is no weakening of protections for children refugees who are fleeing violence and persecution. The phone numbers to call are below: Continue reading →