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martes, julio 03, 2007 Daily video/Candidate tracker: Obama on immigrationSen. Barack Obama on the campaign trail in Laconia, N.H. yesterday. Escrito Por Daniela a las 08:00 AM| Comentar martes, julio 03, 2007 SoCal hunger strike for legal status
The Los Angeles Times reports that three dozen young people in Southern California are going on a hunger strike until Monday in order to call attention to the need for a legal path to citizenship for illegal immigrant students.
Escrito Por Daniela a las 08:29 AM| Comentar martes, julio 03, 2007 Editorial round-up
The Salt Lake Tribune compiled varying editorials from several different newspapers published on the failed comprehensive imigration bill, S.1639.
Escrito Por Daniela a las 08:32 AM| Comentar martes, julio 03, 2007 McCain's stance on immigration, Iraq blamed for lagging campaign Media across the board have been reporting that Sen. John McCain's Republican presidential nomination campaign has suffered tremendously in this past quarter. His campaign announced it had raised only $2 million, compared to the $11 million it raised in the previous three months."McCain for President" has fired dozens of employees and stopped paying others, including the campaign manager, who will now work for free. That campaign manager, Terry Nelson, said the lack of support is probably due in part to Mcain's support of the Iraq war and S.1639, the comprehensive immigration reform bill that failed last week. Escrito Por Daniela a las 08:37 AM| Comentar martes, julio 03, 2007 Soundclip: How immigration has affected Beardstown, IL
NPR did an interesting news-feature on how Beardstown, IL, a very small town based around a pork processing plant, has been affected by a recent influx of both legal and illegal immigrants who now number at around 6,000.
Escrito Por Daniela a las 08:44 AM| Comentar lunes, julio 09, 2007 Mexican music turns Chicano, tackles immigration issues On a holiday-like note, we wanted to point you in the direction of a New York Times article that looks at how Mexican "corrido" music has been translated into Chicano culture here in the United States. We're sure that the lyrics and story will be of interest to readers of our blog.
Now they are putting up barriers in front of us so we don't return / but that is not going to block us from crossing into the United States / We leap them like deer, we go under them like moles Escrito Por Daniela a las 08:32 AM| Comentar lunes, julio 09, 2007 Citizenship applicants sue U.S. over delays
The AP reports on an interesting aspect of becoming a citizen in the United States. Apparently, a "name check"—a requirement to moving along the naturalization application—takes over six months for around 150,000 people:
The FBI completes about 62,000 name checks every week, with close to 27,000 new requests coming from USCIS alone on a weekly basis, said Trent Pedersen, a spokesman with the bureau's Salt Lake City office. (...) Escrito Por Daniela a las 08:36 AM| Comentar lunes, julio 09, 2007 Qualtrics poll: Most Americans favor deportation for illegal immigrants Qualtrics, an Internet-based survey group, found that 68 percent of respondents favor deportation as the answer to illegal immigration; another 20 percent feel that illegal immigrants should be given legal status and a chance at citizenship.
Escrito Por Daniela a las 08:38 AM| Comentar lunes, julio 09, 2007 Immigrant verification plan makes headway on the state levels
Washington Business Journal reports that at the state levels, more employers will be required to verify that all their employees are legally allowed to work in the United States. The verification process called "Basic Pilot" is voluntary now and only 18,000 companies are signed up and using it. That may chance with state-based legislation:
Though Congress' attempts to make the program mandatory have failed for now, state and local governments are rapidly making Basic Pilot a reality for companies. Companies that do business with Colorado, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arizona and Mission Viejo, Calif., are required to enroll in the program. Comprehensive legislation is pending in Missouri and South Carolina to require all employers to participate in the program. More than 30 other states considered similar legislation in the past year. Escrito Por Daniela a las 08:42 AM| Comentar lunes, julio 09, 2007 Cartoon of the day By Nick Anderson, syndicated cartoonist. Escrito Por Daniela a las 08:44 AM| Comentar |
Ayudemos a mejorar la percepción que Estados Unidos tiene de los inmigrantes. Ellos son el motor de nuestra economía y mejoran el bienestar de todos nosotros.
Nuestra campaña de toma de conciencia promueve las grandes contribuciones que hacen los mexicanos y el país de México hacia la prosperidad de Estados Unidos y las Américas. Al contribuir a nuestra campaña, ayudarás a contrarrestar la imagen negativa que, desde diferentes ángluos, enfrenta la comunidad inmigrante en Estados Unidos.
Hemos demostrado que nuestro mensaje será bien recibido por la mayoría de los estadounidenses. Ahora debemos finalizar y lanzar esta campaña de interés general en televisión, al igual que una fuerte campaña de acción entre las masas, para hacer entender al pueblo estadounidense que los trabajadores inmigrantes son buenos para el país, y que todos podemos beneficiarnos si los legalizamos.
Puedes contribuir con $25, $50, $100, o cualquier otra cantidad. Ningún donativo será demasiado o demasiado poco. Cada centavo marca la diferencia. Tus donativos ayudarán a que se difunda este mensaje y a que todo el país tome acción.
El cambio empieza ahora. Y empieza contigo.
