Rep. Cuellar wants a federally funded militia

FROM BLUE LATINOS, www.bluelatinos.org


Dear BlueLatinos.org members,

U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar -- a so-called Democrat from Laredo, Texas -- wants to give $100 million dollars to the Minutemen, the racist, gun-toting vigilante group. Last October, Representative Cuellar sponsored a bill called the "Border Law Enforcement Act of 2005" that would essentially deputize members of the Minutemen militia by giving them new titles, badges and guns.
Sign the petition and tell Representative Cuellar to condemn the Minutemen and withdraw his support of the "Border Law Enforcement Act." Cuellar should not to reward racist behavior.

http://www.bluelatinos.org/cuellar

There is a saying in Spanish,"dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres," which basically means that you can tell a lot about a person by the company that they keep. Representative Cuellar sponsored the "Border Law Enforcement Act" with none other than the "Grand Dragon" of the anti-immigrant legislators - Rep. Tom Tancredo, Republican from Colorado. Cuellar's bill is also part of the draconian House-passed immigration reform bill HR 4437, which, among other wrong headed ideas, would further militarize the US/Mexico border, build a Berlin-style wall all along the border, and criminalize millions of immigrants and good Samaritans.

We all agree that our nation's immigration system is a complete disaster. No one knows this more than the millions of immigrants that bear its deadly consequences. Every day a human being dies at our nation's doorstep because our policymakers don't have the courage to create legal channels for migrant workers to contribute to our economy. They would rather turn a bind eye and allow suffering to continue along the border.

We can change this dreadful situation right now -- simply by creating legal means for migrant workers to participate in our economy. Let us not deceive ourselves anymore. And let us not allow any politician -- whether Latino or not -- to deceive us further. Building walls and giving away badges to untrained vigilantes is not the way. There is a better way to reform our disgraceful immigration system. Our economy needs workers and we need to create legal structures that honor their work and their human dignity.

Sign the petition and tell Representative Cuellar to condemn the Minutemen, not reward them.
http://www.bluelatinos.org/cuellar
In solidarity,
José Quiñonez, BlueLatinos.org

Sources:
The Border Law Enforcement Act of 2005 - HR4360
Church organizing anti-Minuteman campaign. Majority of City Commission would support resolution against border militia group. By SARA INÉS CALDERÓN, The Brownsville Herald
Safer by the minute? Minuteman 'safety' questioned. By Dulcinea Cuellar, The Monitor, McAllen
Federally Funded "Border Militia" Proposed
Warning: Minutemen to target Texas' border. By James C. Harrington and Hector Dominguez-Ruvalcaba,
Minutemen: A home for extremists OrcinusBlog

Speaking Spanish at school translates to suspension

FROM: OHIO HISPANO-FORO, http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/mb/urizar

FIND THE ARTICLE IN: Kansas City Star 12/13/2005 Suspension for using Spanish draws lawsuit http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/13393582.htm Posted on Tue, Dec. 13, 2005, Suspension for using Spanish draws lawsuit By ROBERT A. CRONKLETON, The Kansas City Star (816) 234-5994,bcronkleton@kcstar.com © 2005 Kansas City Star and wire service sources.
All Rights Reserved.

RACIST WEBSITE AGAINST IMMIGRANTS

CHECK THIS OUT...

http://www.butlersheriff.org/illegals/index.htm

"Illegal" Workers Debate Heats Up - Is this an answer? I do not think so...

Five years after he took office and amid much rumbling that he hasn't followed through on his promise to crack down on illegal immigrants, President Bush is now pushing Congress to pass a bill establishing a temporary guest worker program that will help curb the flow of illegal aliens crossing the southern border...

Complete story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176951,00.html

WHAT DO YOU THINK? - "Bush Tries Balancing Act on Illegal Immigration"

"Bush Tries Balancing Act on Illegal Immigration"
Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:10 PM ET

By Patricia Wilson

TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday tried to balance differences in his own Republican Party over illegal immigration by rejecting amnesty and calling for a hardened Mexico border but also vowing the United States would remain "a welcoming society."

Fueled by fears of terrorists slipping into the country, escalating violence and drug smuggling, Americans have become increasingly worried about illegal immigration. More than three-quarters think the government is not doing enough to control the borders, according to a CBS News poll last month.

At Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Bush portrayed his proposed temporary worker program -- which many Republicans say rewards lawbreakers and provides "backdoor amnesty" -- as a way to relieve pressure on enforcement by bringing illegal immigrants "out of the shadows."

"There's a lot of opinions on this proposal. I understand that," Bush said. "The program that I proposed would not create an automatic path to citizenship. It wouldn't provide amnesty. I opposed amnesty."

But the United States, he said, had always been "a compassionate nation that values the newcomer" and "the American people should not have to choose between a welcoming society and a legal society."

On enforcement, he pledged to harden the border with increased manpower and new technology including unmanned aerial surveillance. He proposed returning illegals to hometowns in Mexico's interior and adding capacity to detention facilities.

Bush has a fine line to walk between playing to the demands of his conservative base for tougher enforcement and the Republican Party's desire to court the votes of Hispanics, the fastest-growing minority in the United States.

The issue is expected to play a major role in congressional elections in many states next year.
His guest worker proposal offers the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States the chance to register and work -- mostly at low-skilled jobs Americans don't want -- for up to six years. They must then return to their home countries for a year to apply for a new work permit.


SHIFTING ATTENTION FROM IRAQ

Bush said it would create incentives for legal immigration, serve national security interests by identifying who was in the country and provide a boost to the economy. Republican critics prefer to crack down on illegal immigration with beefed up border patrols, the military and fences.

"Enforcement alone doesn't work," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said in a letter to Bush. He called on the president to "stand up to the right wing of your party and stand up for what is right."

The speech shifted attention momentarily away from Bush's political troubles over Iraq.
But at an evening fundraiser for Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl in Phoenix, Bush defended the war and renewed his attack on Senate Democrats for sending what he called "mixed messages" to U.S. troops. "We've got a plan that will help the Iraqis not only develop a democracy but a security force," Bush said. "We will stay until the job is done, not a day longer."

The U.S. House of Representatives plans to take up the immigration issue soon but has scheduled action only on border security, leaving the temporary worker program for a later date. The Senate will consider more comprehensive reform in February.

Each year, more than 1 million undocumented migrants try to slip across the rivers and deserts on the 2,000 mile U.S.-Mexico border in search of work in the United States.

Almost half come through Arizona and hundreds die attempting the dangerous trip.

The problem reached such epic proportions in the summer that Arizona and New Mexico declared states of emergency, saying tens of thousands of illegals were endangering border security. That allowed the governors to use millions of federal dollars to shore up their borders.

Angry residents have formed armed teams called Minutemen to watch over the border and a movement has sprung up among conservatives to wall off its entire length with a high-tech fence. More than two dozen members of the U.S. Congress have signed on to the idea.

© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved. www.reuters.com

hey Beaner, you have to read

when are we going to learn that reading and studying is essential for the development of ourselves and our communities? instead of watching novelas all day, read a book or the newspaper; so that you know what is going on and, most importanlty, what are your rights and obligations.
Rise Beaner Rise!

Seriously, we have to fight back

Dolores Huerta in Columbus, OH

The Columbus Council on World Affairs
invites you to attend a special session with Ms. Dolores C. Huerta, labor and immigrantactivist, and co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO.

Join us in welcoming Ms. Huerta on Thursday, December 8 as she discusses
"Challenges of Immigration: A Human Rights Perspective"
11:30 - 1:15 pm
at
The Athletic Club of Columbus
136 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
($5 lecture only, $30 with lunch, $15educator/student)

or when she discusses
"2006 Mexican PresidentialElections and Its Impact on the U.S."
7:00 - 8:30 pm
at the
King ArtsComplex
Mount Vernon Avenue
Columbus, OH 43203
($15)

Please RSVP for either event to Ms. Diana Pagan atdpagan@columbusworldaffairs.org or (614) 229-4599
by Monday, December 5.

Dolores C. Huerta is one of the most successful and respected labor movement leaders in the 20th century.
In 1962 Ms. Huerta and activist Cesar Chavez founded the organization that later became the United Farm Workers of America (UFW).

She led the famous Delano Grape Strike from 1965 through 1970, which resulted in the first collective bargaining agreements for farm workers in U.S. history. Ms. Huerta led the struggleto achieve unemployment insurance, collective bargaining rights, and immigration rights for farm workers under the 1985 Rodino amnesty legalization program.

For over forty years, she has been a leading voicefor women, Latinas, immigrants and farm workers in the labor movement.Ms. Huerta is Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus of the United Farm Workers ofAmerica, AFL-CIO (UFW) and President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation.In 1993 Ms. Huerta was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Ms. Huerta has also received the U.S. Presidential Eleanor D.Roosevelt Human Rights Award, the ACLU Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award, and the Nation/Puffin Award for Creative Citizenship.Ms. Huerta will be introduced by special guest Mr. Federico Madrazo, Mexican Congressman and son of the PRI 2006 Presidential Candidate Roberto Madrazo.

CCWA is a non-profit, non-governmental organization and is one of eighty World Affairs Councils of America. Built on the conviction that international events are influencing our lives at an increasing rate, wefeel it is vital to bolster international awareness and dialogue. Please join us in our mission by attending one of our sessions with Ms. Dolores Huerta.

Contact Ms. Diana Pagan at dpagan@columbusworldaffairs.org or (614) 229-4599 to make your reservation today. We look forward tohearing from you!

Juan Coronel-Rivera at CCS (Detroit)

The College for Creative Studies Woodward Lecture Series
present

JUAN CORONEL-RIVERA
Curator, collector and grandson of Diego Rivera.

Mr. Coronel-Rivera will present a talk on Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and their contemporaries.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1st, 7:30 PM

Wendell B. Ford II Jr. Auditorium
Walter B. Ford II Building (Corner of John R. and Frederick Douglas)
CCS; College for Creative Studies
201 East Kirby
Detroit, MI 48202-4034

For more information: (313) 664.7800
www.ccscad.edu

Hispanic Environmental Health Page in Spanish

EPA Launches New Hispanic Environmental Health WebpageContact: Lina Younes 202-564-9924 / younes.lina@epa.gov

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a new Webpage inSpanish dedicated to providing information on different environmentalissues and their effects among Hispanics residing in the United States.The new page, "El medio ambiente y su salud", The Environment and YourHealth, will focus on a different issue every month.

For the first month in this series the key issue is asthma. In this new page, EPAoffers general information about the disease, its environmentaltriggers, asthma FAQs, and environmental health studies of Hispanics andasthma.In future months EPA will have similar pages on other environmentalhealth issues of special concern to Hispanics such as lead poisoningprevention, radon, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, and mold, amongothers. This new Webpage presents information both in Spanish andEnglish.

It is part of the agency's overall efforts to educateHispanics, researchers and health care providers on how environmentalhealth issues affect the different Hispanic communities throughout thenation.To view this new page, "El medio ambiente y su salud,"

visit:http://www.epa.gov/espanol/asma.htmThis new page is part of EPA's Spanish portal.

To view EPA'sconsolidated Spanish site, visit: http://www.epa.gov/espanol

DREAM ACT news - IN-STATE TUITION FOR IMMIGRANTS

On Friday, November 18th, a bipartisan group of Senators officially introduced the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2005, S. 2075, giving new life to legislation that has been in a holding pattern since the beginning of the year.

The features of the DREAM Act of 2005 are nearly identical to the version that passed the Senate Judiciary Committee last Congress by a 16-3 vote.The sponsors of the DREAM Act of 2005 are Richard Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Richard Lugar (R-IN).The other original cosponsors are Norm Coleman (R-MN), Larry Craig (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike DeWine (R-OH), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), John McCain (R-AZ), and Barack Obama (D-IL).
It will become law if passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the President before the end of 2006.

Please act now to thank the DREAM Act sponsors and co-sponsors, and urge your senator to cosponsor the bill.BackgroundIf enacted, the DREAM Act, S. 2075, would transform the lives of persons who were brought to the U.S. years ago as undocumented children and who have stayed in school and out of trouble since their arrival.

Currently these individuals have no pathway to legalize their immigration status and get on with their lives. The DREAM Act would correct this flaw. Upon high school graduation, these individuals — who have grown up in the United States — would be able to apply for six years of conditional legal immigration status, which would be made permanent if they continue on to college or to serve in the military.

Those helped would include Marie Gonzalez who grew up in Jefferson City, Missouri. A Latina Magazine Mujer of the Year, she became a symbol for thousands of others in similar situations, last year, when she was able to stave off deportation with the help of thousands of supporters. Now she is quietly attending college, but has only been given a reprieve until July of 2006 and could again face deportation if the DREAM Act is not enacted.

Introduction of the DREAM Act comes at a time when Congress will also address the issue of comprehensive immigration reform. Despite the outcome of that debate, the DREAM Act must be addressed on its own merits because it will have a positive impact on education, fairness to children, and American competitiveness.

Young people facing high school graduation and major decisions about college or work should not be asked to wait until Congress resolves all of the other vexing immigration issues. Rather, Congress should act now and take these young people off of the field of battle of the immigration wars.

nice, very nice

Did you know that Mexican workers are being discriminated in New Orleans? After all what happened, our people went there to work and rebuild... But after all they have done, work from 8 to 8 unlike the common *"American", they are denied a salary.
Thank you very much. We really appreciate it, oh and Happy Holidays, I hope you have enjoyed your turkey and pumpkin treats.

*U.S.er I must say, we are all Americans. We all live in the Continent named America...

CANCUN IS BACK

at least we can get back your dollars...

ANOTHER THING ABOUT KILPATRICK

FORGOT TO SAY,
WHAT IF ROSA PARKS DID NOT DIE? AND THE SUBSECUENT VISIT OF REV. JESSEE JACKSON?
THIS IS WHAT GOT THE POPULAR VOTE, WHICH COMES IN ITS MAJORITY FROM PEOPLE THAT DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON AND WHAT ARE THE BEST OPTIONS FOR THEIR FUTURE.

WHAT NOW WITH KWAME KILPATRICK AGAIN IN POWER?

SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION... AND FOR A REASON. BUT I HAVE STARTED TO QUESTION THE INTELIGENCE OF THE COMMUNITY. WHERE IS DETROIT GOING? LET'S JUST COVER UP THE BUILDINGS AND FIC THE STREETS ONLY FOR THE SUPER BOWL AND THE "TRILLIONS" OF VISITORS AND REVENUE WE WILL ENOY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
THAT'S HOW IT IS MY FRIEND.
ANYWAYS, HE HAS HIS MERITS, RIGHT?