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 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
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
From Article: The process Congress wants to use for child migrants is a disaster
On Monday, the White House said it was “likely” that migrant children facing the “credible threat” of death in their home countries would be allowed to stay in the United States, as the administration sought balance on the issue. Continue reading
Message from Madeline Rios in regards to forum on Driver’s License at Our Lady of Assumption, 6 PM, In Claremont this Tuesday: 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
Contact Numbers for humanitarian help to Central American Children and Families:
For those of you that wish to do more on an individual level, here are the contact numbers that Emilio distributed in the meeting. Continue reading
En Murrieta en apoyo de Los derechos para familias INMIGRANTES. Paren las deportaciones! Continue reading