Now this is an exemplary University President who is doing something about how the stratification structure in the larger society is replicated on our college campuses.Today, we still need to transform our colleges and universities to meet the demographic transformations occurring in the communities around our campuses. Continue reading
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
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
The Latino and Latina Roundtable urges you to Call Sen. Feinstein 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
Below are some of articles that have a common theme of exposing the roots of the migration of children and families from Central America. A phone number can be used to call Obama
at 866-473-5915 “to expedite humanitarian relief for immigrants, to protect the children by ensuring their human rights, and to support their rights as ensured by the 2008 Victims Reauthorization Act. ” Continue reading
The National Day Laborer Organizing Network said Friday that “a delay serves no one and nothing but the status quo.” At the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, executive director Angelica Salas said: “President Obama is wrong in halting a much-needed review of immigration deportations many agree is fraught with injustice.”
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Join us in our 7th year celebrating the life of one of our great leaders, Fernando Pedraza.*
You don’t want to miss: Continue reading
Shows the power of grass-roots organizing – now Pomona city council can send a clear message of trust by voting similarly on Monday.
La Puente changes DUI checkpoint rules to avoid unlicensed drivers
A few weeks ago, a past student of mine suggested to some organizers of TEDX that I be contacted to do a presentation. They contacted me and, because of various circumstances (including a death in the family), I was only able to meet with …them once. Continue reading