From Facebook,
Happy May Day, Seattle! — at De Acción Nacional Pro-Reforma Migratoria/National Day for Immigration Reform.
Amen.
My house just got raided by ICE and they took my mom and my brother. They had no reason to do this!! I am so fucking pissed right now. I can’t believe that this is happing to me!!! I might my community tomorrow morning to make sure they don’t get deported. Please be in the look out for more updates from me.
Erika Andiola’s, one of the country’s most prominent DREAMer leaders, Facebook status after the raid on her home by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Here’s more on Erika Andiola and the events tonight by Latino Rebels.
h/t: Roberto Lovato
Obama Moving on Immigration Reform Now
By TED HESSON
President Obama will begin pushes for immigration reform and gun control this month, according to The Huffington Post. Legislative aides told HuffPo that a bipartisan bill could take several months to develop and could possibly come to a vote by June.
Click here to read about 6 things that Obama can do to make immigration reform a reality.
(Image: Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)
According to the link above, President Obama needs to be a leader, keep a clear message, and move quickly.
President Obama has repeatedly been none of those things on many issues (except for deportations where he is the undisputed king) so in other words, immigration reform is going to be a disaster.
‘Why Don’t You Just Make Yourself Legal?’ Jose Antonio Vargas Answers in a TED Talk
By TED HESSON
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas has actually come out twice during his life, as gay and as an undocumented immigrant.
He addresses that in this TED Talk from October, when he answers one of the common questions in the immigration debate: Why don’t undocumented immigrants get in line and come to the U.S. legally?
Here’s his response:
“This issue has been around far too long,” he said, “and while I believe it’s important for us to secure our borders and to enforce our laws, I think a comprehensive approach is long overdue, and I’m confident that the president, myself, others, can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all.”
The comments were an effort by the Speaker to get out in front on immigration and a major shift for the party that’s stood firmly in the way of any legislative action on immigration.”
Trying to Stay Relevant, Boehner Says GOP Will Back Immigration Reform [Colorlines]
And BOOM.
Republican presidential candidate MITT ROMNEY.
He really said this.
At a candidates’ forum.
Hosted by Univision.
Any wonder why he’s reportedly polling at 26% to the President’s 68% among registered Latino voters?
(via The Wall Street Journal)
— inothernews (via election)
Latin@s are not single issue voters so while this may seem silly to many of you (and I don’t buy his claim that he won’t deport anyone), the current president has been rounding up people around the country and deporting them in record numbers.
1,000,000+ deportations later and a presidential election year, President Obama has only curbed his deportations.
Yes self-deportation sounds ridiculous but the Democrat in office right now has literally been one of the worst presidents for Latin@s on this front. WITHOUT A DOUBT. Grotesque actions > Silly words right now.
