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On Sunday, the death of Jesús Nava Nava marked the 10,000th homicide in Juárez as part of the drug violence that began in 2008—the year Joaqín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s Sinaloa cartel moved into the city—according to data collected by El Diario.
Juárez, which has been dubbed one of the top most dangerous cities in the world, has seen more than one thousand deaths annually over the past four and a half years—1,623 in 2008; 2,754 in 2009; 3,115 in 2010; and 2,086 in 2011. The 2012 count is already at 436 less than halfway into the year. CNS reported in 2010 that more people were killed in Juárez than in the entire country of Afghanistan.
Despite the horrific violence in Juárez, neighboring city El Paso is considered one of the safest in the nation. In 2010 and 2011, the Texas border city had the lowest crime rates for U.S. cities with populations over 500,000 according to rankings from CQ Press. (El Paso has held a top-three spot on this list since 1997.) But El Pasoans are still affected by the gruesome deaths happening in their sister city. As TEXAS MONTHLY’s Nate Blakeslee reported in August 2010:
Full Story: http://www.tmdailypost.com/article/border/ju-rez-death-toll-surpasses-10000On Sunday, the death of Jesús Nava Nava marked the 10,000th homicide in... more
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This bill omits important provisions that would help protect Native American women and ensure that all victims regardless of sexual orientation can access services without facing discrimination. Worse, it actually eliminates existing protections for immigrant women, ending the confidentiality of their VAWA petitions, and putting these women in further danger by allowing immigration officials to contact their abusers. It erects additional hurdles for crime victims seeking a ‘U’ visa, making it more difficult for law enforcement officials to gain the cooperation of immigrant women fearful to speak against perpetrators. This bill doesn’t just fail to move the law forward, it takes a giant step back.This bill omits important provisions that would help protect Native American women and... more
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We are in the business of keeping both sides honest and want the best possible proposal for DREAMERS. Which is why we will check BOTH sides. Here, the connection between FAIR, CIS, and alternative proposals the to DREAM Act deserve to be checked.We are in the business of keeping both sides honest and want the best possible... more
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Legal immigrants in the United States have opted to become American citizens in historically high numbers in the last decade, according to a study published yesterday by the Pew Hispanic Center.
The number of naturalized citizens in the United States population in 2005 was 12.8 million, a record high, the study found. The number reflected not only a growing number of legal immigrants coming to the United States, but also a growing eagerness among them to adopt American citizenship, the study reported.
Of all the immigrants now living legally in the United States, 52 percent are naturalized citizens, while others are permanent residents or have some other immigration status. The last time that citizens made up more than half of all legal immigrants was in 1980, the study found.
The research, which is based primarily on census data, was done by Jeffrey S. Passel, a demographer at the Pew center, a nonpartisan organization based in Washington.
“It is clear that today’s legal immigrants are signing on to a closer relationship with the U.S. than was the case a decade or two ago,” Mr. Passel concluded.
For the first time, European immigrants are no longer the largest group of those who choose to become citizens, according to the study. Over the past decade, they were outnumbered by new citizens who came originally from Latin America or Asia. In the decade before 2005 (the last date when figures were available), nearly 2.4 million immigrants from Latin America became citizens, more than from any other region, the study found.
The willingness of recent immigrants to integrate into American society has been hotly debated as Congress has grappled with changes to the immigration system. To become citizens, legal immigrants must be over 18 and show they have lived continuously in the United States for five years. They have to pass background and health checks, as well as tests to show that they speak basic English and have a minimum knowledge of American laws and history.
There is no limit on the number of eligible immigrants who can become citizens, gaining the right to vote and ensuring they can never be deported. Illegal immigrants, estimated to number about 12 million people, are not eligible to apply for citizenship.
While the number of legal immigrants in the United States increased by 30 percent in the decade after 1995, the study found, the number of naturalized American citizens climbed by 73 percent.
“Ultimately people do want to become full members of the society, and these numbers show that it is happening,” said Doris Meissner, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan center in Washington. Ms. Meissner was commissioner of what was then the Immigration and Naturalization Service for seven years in the Clinton administration.
Mexicans showed the biggest increase in naturalizations over the decade, with the number of Mexican immigrants who became citizens increasing by 144 percent. But Mexicans are still less likely to become citizens than many other immigrant groups, the study found.
The report does not explain why naturalization rates have increased. Ms. Meissner said the intensifying political debate, in which many groups have called for deporting illegal immigrants, was a factor. “We know that when immigrants feel threatened, and they feel they might be in danger of losing rights of one kind or another, they are more likely to pursue citizenship,” she said.
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If you’re someone who has been concerned (and we’ll use that word to describe everything from “curious in a purely intellectual or macroeconomic way” to “positively barking and foaming at the mouth about the brown scourge”) by illegal immigrants flowing northward across the Rio, then this probably sounds like pretty damned good news. Not only have the Mexicans stopped invading our country, but some of the ones already here are leaving! Break out the Old Mil and have mama make up some ‘mater and mayonnaise on white bread sammiches – we’re having a party!
If you’re of a slightly more thoughtful bent, though, you’re reading this story and thinking hey, wait a dandelion-pickin’ minute.If you’re someone who has been concerned (and we’ll use that word to... more
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To those of us who have studied the largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States -- the four-decade-long influx of millions of Mexicans -- it seemed inconceivable that it would ever come to a halt. Yet, as our new Pew Hispanic Center report has shown, it has.
Our analysis of Mexican and U.S. data sources indicates that at least as many Mexicans and their families are leaving the United States as are arriving in the United States from Mexico. As a result, the Mexican-born population in the United States decreased from 12.6 million in 2007 to 12 million in 2011. This appears to be the first sustained decline in the number of Mexican immigrants since the Great Depression, and it is entirely because of a reduction in illegal immigration -- more going home and fewer coming. Today, we estimate that 51% of all Mexican immigrants living in the United States are unauthorized. In 2007, that figure was 56%.To those of us who have studied the largest wave of immigration in history from a... more
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A new study says that for the first time since the Great Depression, there may be fewer Mexican immigrants coming into the United States than there are moving from the United States back to Mexico. According to the Pew Research Center, the net migration between the U.S. and Mexico over the last five years was essentially zero, and the downward trend suggests that flow of both legal and illegal immigrants may have actually reversed back toward Mexico.
There are many possible reasons to explain the decline, but the most obvious one would seem to be the struggling U.S. economy, which has cost millions of available jobs, particularly in construction and in the South, where recent immigrants generally thrive. There have also been big increases in enforcement, deportations, and border security, although the report also says that arrests of illegal immigrants trying to cross the border has actually plummeted by nearly 75%. Whether that's because fewer people want to come here or they just don't think it's worth the risk is hard to pin down, but the number of folks willing to take the chance is definitely declining.
Given the continued hysteria over illegal immigrants and how demographic shifts might change the country in the future, many Americans might be shocked to learn that the shift is actually heading in the other direction. There have been several state laws just within the last couple of years that were passed on the premise that illegal immigration was out of control, even as the population of Mexican immigrants is apparently lower than it has been in decades. (Some might argue that the news laws are responsible for that, but the trend was clearly in place even before they were passed.) The Supreme Court will actually hear arguments this week about the harsh Arizona law that has been at the center of the debate for the last couple years, but this new evidence may put the crackdown in a new light, since the problem it was intended to resolve may not actually exist.A new study says that for the first time since the Great Depression, there may be... more
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The majority supreme court justices are a conservative lot. That’s no secret. Notwithstanding, too many people believe the hype about it being a “supreme” court. It is no more supreme than any other court except for the fact that it is the court of last resort.
Historically, the high court has sided with the powers that be in terms of business, governance and organized religion (the wholly trinity). For example if you have the idea that you’re going to take on the IRS, ICE of any other one-percent driven agency at the supreme court level, you might just as well save your money.The majority supreme court justices are a conservative lot. That’s no secret.... more
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Romney hires KEEP AMERICA WHITER co-author....he's going to have a hard time separating himself from this law he has called a "model" and from its tea party author, Russell Pearce. Milbank says:
Pearce, the former Republican president of the Arizona Senate, is the author and self-described “driving force” behind S.B. 1070, that state’s law — endorsed by Romney — cracking down on illegal immigrants. Pearce told The Post’s Felicia Sonmez this month that Romney’s “immigration policy is identical to mine,” and he told reporters this week that Romney “absolutely” gave him the impression that he saw the Arizona law as a national model.
http://tinyurl.com/booov4gRomney hires KEEP AMERICA WHITER co-author....he's going to have a hard time... more
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ALEC's 'stealth lobbying' does not deserve non-profit status - The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur Current TV
I've added overtones of an old-time SCARY MOVIE to this video
to emphasize how frightening a closed door oganization such as
ALEC, is to a democracy.
It is hard to understand how human beings can be so callous;
conjuring up ways to turn a profit off the extreme suffering of others.
Yet it appears that is exactly what the Republican Party along with its
affiliates, are all about. If they are not exposed and stopped, our
nation will cease to be a Democratic Republic and we-the-people
will anguish at the hands of The Slave Masters.
Hmmmm, where have I heard that before?
thethinkingblue youtube channel.ALEC's 'stealth lobbying' does not deserve non-profit status - The... more
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This exciting new strand features volunteer’s stories of migration. Natascha’s story interweaves lessons from history with contemporary political insights. Under apartheid South Africa her mother married a white man at a time when mixed race relationships and marriage were illegal, hence they moved to Germany. Returning to South Africa and to a new school, she was asked what race she was, she wasn’t sure. Racial classification maybe a thing of the past, but today’s border controls are classifying people by place of birth preventing the freedom of movement we need to realise our potential.This exciting new strand features volunteer’s stories of migration.... more
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The United States Supreme Court is hearing arguments in Arizona v. United States, the Obama administration's challenge to Arizona's anti-immigration law, SB1070. What they won't be hearing is what and who has fueled this discriminatory legislation.
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is one of the most dangerous groups in the country.
Along with like groups in the John Tanton network FAIR has written and pushed laws like SB1070.
Will justice triumph over racial profiling and discrimination fueled by supremacist and nativist fringe groups? We need to stand together in this most pressing time.
Take a stand against FAIR! Sign the pledge and show that we will not tolerate justice being trampled by racism! http://mycuentame.org/justiceoverracismThe United States Supreme Court is hearing arguments in Arizona v. United States, the... more
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The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to find little fault with Arizona's controversial immigration law, which requires police to check the legal status of people they stop for any reason.
The Supreme Court will be deciding who has the authority to create and enforce immigration policy: individual states or the federal government. The federal government is currently in charge of immigration policy, but several states have begun to pass their own laws because they feel the government has not done enough to deal with illegal immigration.
Chief Justice John Roberts made it clear that the court would not be weighing in on civil rights concerns about Arizona's immigration law. "So this is not a case about ethnic profiling," Roberts said.
Who should be in charge of immigration laws?The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to find little fault... more
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Wednesday of this week the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case of Arizona’s SB 1070 by which the state of Arizona effectively legalized racial profiling. It was one of those “American Legislative Exchange Council” conservative, GOPer inspired pieces of legislation.
The most onerous and likely unconstitutional parts of the law were blocked from going into effect by a federal judge early on. So it is interesting that those who support the legislation believe the law has done what it was designed to do, get rid of those “illegals.”Wednesday of this week the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case of... more
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A Border Patrol agent tased a bound man five times until he died. The man was trying to see his wife and children. This is murder and a form of genocide.A Border Patrol agent tased a bound man five times until he died. The man was trying... more
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Cuéntame sits down with immigration attorney Galorah Keshavarz and we ask, "What is the U-Visa? And how can victims of crime apply for it?"
In California, if you are a victim of a crime, a police officer does not have the right to ask you your legal status if you are reporting a crime. Furthermore, if you are a victim of a crime, you may be eligible for a U-Visa.
***NOTE*** in some states with anti-immigrants laws like SB-1070 police officers may report you to ICE if you reveal you are undocumented. Please refer to a personal attorney and inquire about your state's situation.
Have other questions? Ask the Lawyer!
Go to htttp://facebook.com/cuentameCuéntame sits down with immigration attorney Galorah Keshavarz and we ask,... more
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VOTE UP if you think it's about time Joe Arpaio be held accountable for his flagrant racial profiling!
Joe Arpaio has recently revived the birther movement. In a press conference Arpaio stated that President Obama's birth certificate is likely a fake. Ridiculous, we know.
But all this seems like a strange strategy for Arpaio as the Department of Justice's patience is running low. Arpaio has refused an independent investigator into his office to investigate complaints of civil rights abuses. Thus, the Dept. of Justice has cut off negotiations as is threatening to sew.
VOTE UP if you think it's about time Joe Arpaio be held accountable for his flagrant racial profiling!http://facebook.com/cuentame
VOTE UP if you think it's about time Joe Arpaio be... more
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Stop the incarceration of immigrants for profit! WATCH South Florida Residents denounce the Correction Corporation of America (CCA), who plans to run the largest for-profit immigration detention centers. Immigrants are not for sale!
SIGN the petition to tell Debbie Wasserman to stand with her constituents and SAY NO to CCA! http://mycuenta.me/iv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQiBEnHUBSIStop the incarceration of immigrants for profit! WATCH South Florida Residents... more
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