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THE
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The Connection Column Archive
- November-December 2011
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The
U.S.
– A Study in Contrasts |
Take
the child, lose it in the maze of bureaucracy and don’t let
parents know. |
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By
Sal Osio, JD
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Mi Punto de Vista
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From the Publisher’s Corner
The
only way we can preserve our nation and honor our Preamble and
Constitution is to recognize our faults, make atonement and seek
redemption as a nation. And, we can only accomplish this by taking
the lead as citizens, taking our government back from the corrupt
and self serving politicians; and, by instituting critically needed
reforms.
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By
Patrick Osio, Jr.
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Editor/HispanicVista.com
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For
what terrible crime must a mother be accused to justify
authorities taking her infant child from her?
How horrible must the crime be that justifies sending her
child to foster home without giving the mother an opportunity
for a hearing? How
heinous must the crime be that justifies keeping the mother in
detention without a court hearing, a chance for bail, the right
to an attorney,
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It Is
Going to Take a Lot Longer Than You Think |
Sweet Home
Alabama?
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By
Richard N. Baldwin T. /HispanicVista.com
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With
both the
United States
and México (shortly) to be in full campaign mode, thing are
happening quickly. Let’s review some of the things that I
wrote about in my last column on how the Republicans can
loose the 2012 election.
Entitlements are the big elephant in the room. And
remember that entitlements are where the real big money is.
While Health Care (Obamacare) might be the simplest to
reform because it has not already fully implemented it is
going to be a big, big fight.
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By
Maribel Hastings
After a disappointing verdict that left some of the
worst provisions of Alabama's immigration law HB 56 in
effect, the federal government is finding itself ever more
deeply entangled in a complicated legal thicket as it tries
to figure out how to keep the list of states with their own
immigration laws from continuing to grow. The clash of
powers may advance all the way to the Supreme Court--exactly
where the champions of these restrictive laws have been
trying to get for the past two years.
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English is Prosperity, Period! |
Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican-American Generation |
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Raoul Lowery Contrera
The
Autry
National
Center, in partnership with the UCLA
Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC), is proud to present a
collection of works by a virtually unknown generation of Mexican
American artists whose rarely seen works will be exhibited to the
public in Art Along the Hyphen: The Mexican-American Generation,
opening October 14, 2011.
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Romney Has No Soul, Republicans Have No Game, |
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By
Raoul Lowery Contrera
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By Raoul Lowery
Contreras
Damned illiterate un-assimilated
Mexican immigrants – Keep them out of the
United States…Build a
fence…hunt them down…deport them…Damned Mexicans…Legal?
doesn’t matter…Don’t let them into America!
Damned illiterate high school drop-out Mexicans!
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On Immigration, Romney Has No Soul,
Republicans Have No Game, and DHS Has No Clue
Republican Sprint to the Right
Should Help Obama, but DHS Continues to Undercut His Latino
Outreach Efforts
Washington, DC – Last night’s Republican presidential debate,
as expected, featured more fireworks over the issue of
immigration and turned into a contest of who could talk
tougher on the issue.
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Are
Hispanics for or against illegal immigration? |
Border agents corrupted while FBI and DHS wrangle for power |
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By
Patrick Osio, Jr.
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Editor/HispanicVista.com
Knowing that I am an American of Mexican
descent, you ask me with a scowling and suspicious look
seemingly saying – let’s see if this guy is a true American so
you ask:
“Are you against illegal immigration?” The
question begins in a mid 70 decibel scale, rising to over 80
decibels.
I answer, “Yes.”
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Homeland
Security News Wire
Using sex and money, Mexican drug cartels have been increasingly
successful in corrupting U.S. border agents while the federal
government has struggled to stop it; since 2004 CBP has made 127
arrests or indictments against border agents for acts of corruption
which include "drug smuggling, alien smuggling, money laundering,
and conspiracy"; jurisdictional turf wars between the FBI and the
DHS Inspector General have limited the government's ability to
investigate and prosecute corruption cases effectively; corruption
is still relatively limited given the size of the U.S. border force
-- more than 20,000 agents
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Focusing on the Needs of Latino Students (Parental Support) |
Central Valley
Teens Farm for College Tuition |
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By Manuel Hernandez-Carmona t
Focusing
on the needs of Latino students is imperative for educators,
scholars and parents alike. On August 28th, we
celebrated the 48th anniversary of one of the most
powerful speeches of all time, the “I Have a Dream Speech” by
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered on the 100th
anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s declaration about civil rights
and slavery.
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Berenice Sanchez and Luz Pena
New America
Media/South Kern Sol, News Report
With tousled hair and an infectious smile,
18-year-old Analleli Gallardo had been looking forward to her first
semester at San Francisco State University this fall. Going away to
college, after all, was only possible because Gallardo was willing
to literally sweat for it.
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GUEST COMMENTARY
Drug war destroyed values I swore to uphold |
Restoring Democracy to the USHCC |
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By
Norm Stamper
It’s not hard to explain why I morphed from
drug warrior to drug policy reformer. For more than three decades, I
watched the drug war destroy values that, as a cop, I swore to
uphold. I observed unnecessary suffering, justice gone wrong, and
widespread corruption within policing. I witnessed the physical
deterioration of whole neighborhoods—streets, homes, and schools
made less safe.
And I saw myself and fellow police officers
cast as the “bad guys” in the enforcement of drug laws.
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Alfred Placeres
As
President of the New York State Federation of Chambers of Commerce,
I have called on the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
(USHCC) to restore Board elections at their annual membership
meeting during its upcoming national convention. This 32nd annual
national gathering will be held from September 18-21, 2011, in
Miami, Florida. I have also insisted that they hold
an annual membership meeting, which was done away with in 2007 by
the group's National Board without membership participation.
This is outrageous!
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Mexican Migration Patterns Signal a New Immigration Reality |
Senator's call to check citizenship of Hispanic voters draws fire |
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Fewer Mexicans are
Entering the U.S., Fewer Are Leaving, and Mexican American Births
Now Outpace Immigration from Mexico
Source: Immigration Policy Center
Much of what we thought we knew about immigration is changing, and
the new reality means we need to think differently about how we
approach immigrants and immigration reform in the
United States. Unauthorized
immigration has clearly paused, and
three-fifths of unauthorized immigrants have been in the United States for more than a
decade. Immigrants are becoming more integrated into U.S.
communities. Given these trends, now is the time to seriously
consider comprehensive immigration reform.
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Fueled
by a surge in the Hispanic population, Florida will get two new
congressional district. A state senator wants Hispanic voters to
prove they are citizens first.
By Mary
Ellen Klas And Michael C. Bender
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
Miami
Herald (October 20, 2011)
TALLAHASSEE
-- A state senator's comments ignited a fierce rebuke from his
colleagues Thursday when he said that voters should be screened for
citizenship before legislators draw a congressional district to
favor Hispanics.
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MISGUIDED “WAR ON DRUGS” HAS COST TAXPAYERS $1 TRILLION |
THIS WEEK IN IMMIGRATION |
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After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost
$1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives. Drug use is
rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread,
according to a Fox News report issued last year.
The waste of taxpayer dollars is
staggering, and the cost of human lives is truly depressing.
The Fox news report listed these drug war failures:
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Time to Tackle Immigration Now that the Border is More
“Secure” Than Ever, Report Says
The U.S.-Mexico border isn’t what it used to be. That is
the over-arching theme of a new report from the Center for
American Progress (CAP), entitled Safer than Ever.
The report describes the immense buildup in enforcement
resources which has occurred along the U.S.-Mexico border
since 1993. This buildup has created “a border where the
vast majority of attempted entries are identified and a far
larger percentage of entrants are apprehended than ever
before.” In other words, border enforcement is at an
historic high and unauthorized immigration is at an historic
low. This creates, as the CAP report puts it, “a unique
opportunity” to redesign the broken U.S. immigration system and finally confront the
fact that 11 million unauthorized immigrants now call the United States
home
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