THIS WEEK IN IMMIGRATION
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Monday, October 15, 2012
UMass Jewish and Muslim student groups sponsor program on immigration
Different cultural groups are working together to reach immigrant students and get them involved and learn about each other. - - Donna Poisl
By Diane Lederman, The Republican
AMHERST – With all the discussions about immigration as backdrop, two diverse groups from the University of Massachusetts are trying to offer a human look at the issue through food and stories.
Called “Immigration Nation: Past and Future” the event is organized by Jewish Leaders in Business and the Muslim Students Association in partnership with the Northampton-based Center for New Americans. It begins at 7:15 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom and is free and open to the public.
Fatima A. Shama, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs, is the guest speaker. She will talk about her work and her own immigrant past - her father is Palestinian and mother Brazilian.
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Different cultural groups are working together to reach immigrant students and get them involved and learn about each other. - - Donna Poisl
By Diane Lederman, The Republican
AMHERST – With all the discussions about immigration as backdrop, two diverse groups from the University of Massachusetts are trying to offer a human look at the issue through food and stories.
Called “Immigration Nation: Past and Future” the event is organized by Jewish Leaders in Business and the Muslim Students Association in partnership with the Northampton-based Center for New Americans. It begins at 7:15 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom and is free and open to the public.
Fatima A. Shama, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs, is the guest speaker. She will talk about her work and her own immigrant past - her father is Palestinian and mother Brazilian.
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Gala celebrates immigrant couples who stay together
Lots of immigrant couples don't get through all the difficulties adjusting to a new home and culture. This celebrates those who succeed. - - Donna Poisl
BY VALERIE RUSS, Philadelphia Daily News Staff Writer
THEY CALL IT the Still Standing Gala - a night of celebration for married couples from Africa and the Caribbean who are still together despite the challenges of immigrant life in America.
Eric Nzeribe, publisher of FunTimes magazine, said he launched the Still Standing event a year ago to honor the couples for adjusting to a new culture and gender roles and working two and three jobs just to survive.
"We have a tendency in our community to work hard, to make money, to send some to our home country, and we don't take care of ourselves," the Nigerian-born Nzeribe said. "We have to make ends meet. The last thing that comes to our minds is to take my spouse out and give them flowers while they can still smell them."
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Lots of immigrant couples don't get through all the difficulties adjusting to a new home and culture. This celebrates those who succeed. - - Donna Poisl
BY VALERIE RUSS, Philadelphia Daily News Staff Writer
THEY CALL IT the Still Standing Gala - a night of celebration for married couples from Africa and the Caribbean who are still together despite the challenges of immigrant life in America.
Eric Nzeribe, publisher of FunTimes magazine, said he launched the Still Standing event a year ago to honor the couples for adjusting to a new culture and gender roles and working two and three jobs just to survive.
"We have a tendency in our community to work hard, to make money, to send some to our home country, and we don't take care of ourselves," the Nigerian-born Nzeribe said. "We have to make ends meet. The last thing that comes to our minds is to take my spouse out and give them flowers while they can still smell them."
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Chinatown center teaches English, serves as hub for community
This organization teaches English to immigrants in Chinatown, and also helps them with citizenship applications and some of their daily problems. - - Donna Poisl
By Bridget Doyle, Chicago Tribune reporter
When he's not taking orders on the telephone or going out on delivery, Chaozan Zheng, 23, is managing Hana Restaurant — running everything from marketing to online orders to the cash register.
Business-minded Zheng's dedication to his five-month-old Asian fusion restaurant in Chicago's University Village neighborhood is impressive. But what's even more impressive is that four years ago, he didn't know English.
Like thousands of Chinese immigrants before him, Zheng learned English from the Pui Tak Center, an educational hub in the heart of Chinatown. Pui Tak, associated with the Chinese Christian Union Church, focuses on teaching English as a second language, or ESL, for local families and the surrounding community. The organization is one of many groups in the Chicago area supported by Chicago Tribune Holiday Giving, a campaign of Chicago Tribune Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund.
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This organization teaches English to immigrants in Chinatown, and also helps them with citizenship applications and some of their daily problems. - - Donna Poisl
By Bridget Doyle, Chicago Tribune reporter
When he's not taking orders on the telephone or going out on delivery, Chaozan Zheng, 23, is managing Hana Restaurant — running everything from marketing to online orders to the cash register.
Business-minded Zheng's dedication to his five-month-old Asian fusion restaurant in Chicago's University Village neighborhood is impressive. But what's even more impressive is that four years ago, he didn't know English.
Like thousands of Chinese immigrants before him, Zheng learned English from the Pui Tak Center, an educational hub in the heart of Chinatown. Pui Tak, associated with the Chinese Christian Union Church, focuses on teaching English as a second language, or ESL, for local families and the surrounding community. The organization is one of many groups in the Chicago area supported by Chicago Tribune Holiday Giving, a campaign of Chicago Tribune Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund.
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Forum focuses on immigration policy
Three speakers, with different viewpoints, talked to a crowd about immigration. - - Donna Poisl
By Bradley Zint
A trio of speakers with contrasting views on American immigration policy spoke Friday afternoon in a forum organized by Concordia University's Center for Public Policy.
Teresa Hernandez of the Lincoln Club of Orange County, Tim Celek of the Crossing Church in Costa Mesa and Ruben Navarrette Jr., a nationally syndicated columnist and CNN contributor, talked to a capacity room in the Irvine university's Grimm Hall.
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Three speakers, with different viewpoints, talked to a crowd about immigration. - - Donna Poisl
By Bradley Zint
A trio of speakers with contrasting views on American immigration policy spoke Friday afternoon in a forum organized by Concordia University's Center for Public Policy.
Teresa Hernandez of the Lincoln Club of Orange County, Tim Celek of the Crossing Church in Costa Mesa and Ruben Navarrette Jr., a nationally syndicated columnist and CNN contributor, talked to a capacity room in the Irvine university's Grimm Hall.
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Mayor Villaraigosa wants city ID card for immigrants
L.A., like other cities, wants these ID cards which will help reduce crimes. Immigrants can't have bank accounts now and these cards will help that problem. - - Donna Poisl
By Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is pushing a plan to create an official city photo identification card that could double as a prepaid ATM card and help immigrants get access to banking services.
The initiative could reduce crime because fewer people would have to carry cash, but critics say it's another ill-advised City Hall effort to accommodate illegal immigrants.
The idea for the city ID card originated in his office, the mayor said, as part of previous efforts to help immigrants open bank accounts so they wouldn't become targets of crime.
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L.A., like other cities, wants these ID cards which will help reduce crimes. Immigrants can't have bank accounts now and these cards will help that problem. - - Donna Poisl
By Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is pushing a plan to create an official city photo identification card that could double as a prepaid ATM card and help immigrants get access to banking services.
The initiative could reduce crime because fewer people would have to carry cash, but critics say it's another ill-advised City Hall effort to accommodate illegal immigrants.
The idea for the city ID card originated in his office, the mayor said, as part of previous efforts to help immigrants open bank accounts so they wouldn't become targets of crime.
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How Social Media Will Affect the Election
from Sarah Wenger
This graphic highlights and illustrates how social media has played an important role in past elections and how it will impact the upcoming US presidential election.
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from Sarah Wenger
This graphic highlights and illustrates how social media has played an important role in past elections and how it will impact the upcoming US presidential election.
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Univision and ABC Will Build Network in Miami
A new cable network based in Miami. - - Donna Poisl
by Douglas Hanks
Univision and ABC will base their new English-language cable network in the Miami area, ending the possibility that the venture into Hispanic broadcasting might head for California, New York or Texas, people familiar with plans for the announcement confirmed Monday.
Gov. Rick Scott is scheduled to announce the decision at Wednesday's annual meeting of the Beacon Council, Miami-Dade's economic development agency. The organization helped the joint venture secure about $3.5 million in local subsidies for the new network over the next five years.
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A new cable network based in Miami. - - Donna Poisl
by Douglas Hanks
Univision and ABC will base their new English-language cable network in the Miami area, ending the possibility that the venture into Hispanic broadcasting might head for California, New York or Texas, people familiar with plans for the announcement confirmed Monday.
Gov. Rick Scott is scheduled to announce the decision at Wednesday's annual meeting of the Beacon Council, Miami-Dade's economic development agency. The organization helped the joint venture secure about $3.5 million in local subsidies for the new network over the next five years.
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An Immigrant's 'Star-Spangled Banner,' En Espanol
Go to this site and click on the audio link to listen to this Spanish version. - - Donna Poisl
by NPR STAFF
In 2006, Roger Arias went into his garage searching for a long-lost treasure. He remembered a story about his grandmother and a Spanish translation of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
"I dug through my boxes and sure enough, there was a folder," he says. "It said 'The National Anthem,' and she had version 1 through 10. She kept every one of them."
Clotilde Arias wrote the translation at the end of World War II, as President Franklin Roosevelt was trying to win allies through cultural exchange. Roosevelt sent artists like Walt Disney and Orson Welles to Latin America, and commissioned translations of patriotic songs to send abroad. Marvette Perez, a curator at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., says the move was an effort to spread patriotism to other countries.
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Go to this site and click on the audio link to listen to this Spanish version. - - Donna Poisl
by NPR STAFF
In 2006, Roger Arias went into his garage searching for a long-lost treasure. He remembered a story about his grandmother and a Spanish translation of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
"I dug through my boxes and sure enough, there was a folder," he says. "It said 'The National Anthem,' and she had version 1 through 10. She kept every one of them."
Clotilde Arias wrote the translation at the end of World War II, as President Franklin Roosevelt was trying to win allies through cultural exchange. Roosevelt sent artists like Walt Disney and Orson Welles to Latin America, and commissioned translations of patriotic songs to send abroad. Marvette Perez, a curator at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., says the move was an effort to spread patriotism to other countries.
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Arizona immigration law affects victims of domestic violence
This was a worry of many people as one of the consequences of this law, and it is coming true. The women's husbands are taking advantage of it too. - - Donna Poisl
from FoxNewsLatino
Undocumented immigrants who are the victims of domestic violence could be among those most negatively affected by the entry into force of the Arizona law that allows police to question the immigration status of people they arrest.
"I have several cases of women who are terrified of talking to the police. They are terrorized, they're afraid that (the police) could separate them from their children who are citizens of this country and they could be deported to their countries of origin, places that often they don't know because they were brought while very small to the U.S.," Martha Angel Castillo, a volunteer with the Tucson May Day Coalition, told Efe.
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This was a worry of many people as one of the consequences of this law, and it is coming true. The women's husbands are taking advantage of it too. - - Donna Poisl
from FoxNewsLatino
Undocumented immigrants who are the victims of domestic violence could be among those most negatively affected by the entry into force of the Arizona law that allows police to question the immigration status of people they arrest.
"I have several cases of women who are terrified of talking to the police. They are terrorized, they're afraid that (the police) could separate them from their children who are citizens of this country and they could be deported to their countries of origin, places that often they don't know because they were brought while very small to the U.S.," Martha Angel Castillo, a volunteer with the Tucson May Day Coalition, told Efe.
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Hispanic immigrants help rural county stave off population dip
Immigrants in rural areas work on the farms and also purchase things, pay rent, pay taxes, etc. They are needed all over our country. - - Donna Poisl
Written by Mario Koran and Lukas Keapproth
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Jeremy Meissner, 29, squints in the sunbaked pasture near his 2,200-head Clark County dairy farm.
Huron Mireles, 31, a herdsman and one of Meissner’s most dependable employees, joins him in the field as the two discuss the day’s work. Meissner grew up on this family farm and always knew he would return, to live and to raise his own family.
Unlike many rural Wisconsin counties, Clark County added population from 2000 to 2010, growing by 3.4 percent, to an estimated 34,690. The growth was fueled in part by the Hispanic population, which grew by 219 percent between 2000 and 2010. At the same time, white population grew less than 1 percent.
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Immigrants in rural areas work on the farms and also purchase things, pay rent, pay taxes, etc. They are needed all over our country. - - Donna Poisl
Written by Mario Koran and Lukas Keapproth
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Jeremy Meissner, 29, squints in the sunbaked pasture near his 2,200-head Clark County dairy farm.
Huron Mireles, 31, a herdsman and one of Meissner’s most dependable employees, joins him in the field as the two discuss the day’s work. Meissner grew up on this family farm and always knew he would return, to live and to raise his own family.
Unlike many rural Wisconsin counties, Clark County added population from 2000 to 2010, growing by 3.4 percent, to an estimated 34,690. The growth was fueled in part by the Hispanic population, which grew by 219 percent between 2000 and 2010. At the same time, white population grew less than 1 percent.
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Hot Potato covers Latino electorate
Professor Piñon shows the distinction between different Spanish speaking immigrants during the past 150 years, assimilation and the election coming up. - - Donna Poisl
By Faith Duarte
The Latino electorate needs to be viewed as more than one entity, political science Professor Fernando Piñon said during Tuesday’s Hot Potato lecture at the Methodist Student Center.
“Sometimes we refer to Latinos as ‘a sleeping giant’ — there’s only one giant. But there’s really several giants instead of one,” he said.
He said most Hispanics have been assimilated into American society.
He said the Anglo-American electorate defines the American dream in terms of economic opportunity, while the Latino electorate defines it in terms of equal opportunity.
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Professor Piñon shows the distinction between different Spanish speaking immigrants during the past 150 years, assimilation and the election coming up. - - Donna Poisl
By Faith Duarte
The Latino electorate needs to be viewed as more than one entity, political science Professor Fernando Piñon said during Tuesday’s Hot Potato lecture at the Methodist Student Center.
“Sometimes we refer to Latinos as ‘a sleeping giant’ — there’s only one giant. But there’s really several giants instead of one,” he said.
He said most Hispanics have been assimilated into American society.
He said the Anglo-American electorate defines the American dream in terms of economic opportunity, while the Latino electorate defines it in terms of equal opportunity.
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Rising number of Latinos spurs English language debate in Carroll County
Even though the immigrant population has helped the economy of this area, some residents are worried about them and are trying to pass an English only law, which would be only symbolic. - - Donna Poisl
By Julie Scharper, The Baltimore Sun
Amid the quaint brick storefronts of Westminster's Main Street, Lily's Mexican Market sells Virgin of Guadalupe statues, sacks of dried beans and paddle-shaped cactus leaves. A mile away, the aisles of Las Palmeras grocery store are stocked with Salvadoran cheeses and pastries. A nearby Catholic church draws more than 200 people to a Spanish Mass each Sunday.
Mexican and Central American immigrants have flocked to Carroll County over the past decade, drawn by pastures and orchards that remind them of the rural villages in which they were raised. Some followed family members here; others sought to live among those who share their traditional values. Many say they felt welcome here, at least until a commissioner began a push to make English the county's official language.
"We support the economy here. We respect the laws. We pay rent. We pay taxes," said Gregoria Hernandez, who opened Lily's with her husband last year. "We're a fountain of business. Why would they not want us here?"
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Even though the immigrant population has helped the economy of this area, some residents are worried about them and are trying to pass an English only law, which would be only symbolic. - - Donna Poisl
By Julie Scharper, The Baltimore Sun
Amid the quaint brick storefronts of Westminster's Main Street, Lily's Mexican Market sells Virgin of Guadalupe statues, sacks of dried beans and paddle-shaped cactus leaves. A mile away, the aisles of Las Palmeras grocery store are stocked with Salvadoran cheeses and pastries. A nearby Catholic church draws more than 200 people to a Spanish Mass each Sunday.
Mexican and Central American immigrants have flocked to Carroll County over the past decade, drawn by pastures and orchards that remind them of the rural villages in which they were raised. Some followed family members here; others sought to live among those who share their traditional values. Many say they felt welcome here, at least until a commissioner began a push to make English the county's official language.
"We support the economy here. We respect the laws. We pay rent. We pay taxes," said Gregoria Hernandez, who opened Lily's with her husband last year. "We're a fountain of business. Why would they not want us here?"
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Important forum on Obama’s new deferred action policy is a must for Dreamers
This will be an important event for young immigrants to attend, all their questions will be answered. - - Donna Poisl
by Albor Ruiz, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Strangely enough, immigration was completely ignored during the first presidential debate, but that does not mean it has gone away as a domestic issue of vital importance for Latino voters.
That’s why young immigrants and their friends and relatives should not miss the opportunity to learn how President Obama’s program for undocumented youth really works at a very important event that will take place Sunday at LaGuardia Community College, beginning at 11 am.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Queens/Manhattan) joins with Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.), a tireless worker for immigration reform, and Chung-Wha Hong, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, to conduct a community forum on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
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This will be an important event for young immigrants to attend, all their questions will be answered. - - Donna Poisl
by Albor Ruiz, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Strangely enough, immigration was completely ignored during the first presidential debate, but that does not mean it has gone away as a domestic issue of vital importance for Latino voters.
That’s why young immigrants and their friends and relatives should not miss the opportunity to learn how President Obama’s program for undocumented youth really works at a very important event that will take place Sunday at LaGuardia Community College, beginning at 11 am.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Queens/Manhattan) joins with Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.), a tireless worker for immigration reform, and Chung-Wha Hong, executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition, to conduct a community forum on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
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Immigrants offer solutions to employers in Midwest
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has done a study that shows how important immigrants are in many different businesses in the area. It also shows the difficulties they face, especially with our immigration system. - - Donna Poisl
Written by Rekha Basu
What do an Ottumwa pork producer, a North Dakota conveyor-belt manufacturer and an Ohio shooting victim have in common?
All were approaching a do-or-die point, and all got through it because of immigrants.
• Cargill Meat Solutions (then called Excel Pork) wanted to expand and add 200 pork-processing jobs in Ottumwa in the late 1990s. But an aging population, departing young people and disinterest in the work made it impossible to find workers locally. So the company recruited foreign-born workers in Texas, California and other states. That was so successful that they were joined by relatives, and today 40 percent of the plant’s 2,250 employees are foreign-born, claiming 27 national origins.
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The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has done a study that shows how important immigrants are in many different businesses in the area. It also shows the difficulties they face, especially with our immigration system. - - Donna Poisl
Written by Rekha Basu
What do an Ottumwa pork producer, a North Dakota conveyor-belt manufacturer and an Ohio shooting victim have in common?
All were approaching a do-or-die point, and all got through it because of immigrants.
• Cargill Meat Solutions (then called Excel Pork) wanted to expand and add 200 pork-processing jobs in Ottumwa in the late 1990s. But an aging population, departing young people and disinterest in the work made it impossible to find workers locally. So the company recruited foreign-born workers in Texas, California and other states. That was so successful that they were joined by relatives, and today 40 percent of the plant’s 2,250 employees are foreign-born, claiming 27 national origins.
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Saturday, October 06, 2012
English Center helps immigrants overcome language barrier
This center is teaching English to 80 adult students from 30+ countries. - - Donna Poisl
By DENISE DICK
YOUNGSTOWN -- The English Center means more than just the new opportunities learning the language affords students.
“It’s like a family,” said
Marcia Kennedy of Cortland, who came to the United States six years ago from Brazil.
Kennedy, who worked for Swiss Airlines, knew some English when she came to this country after meeting her husband, an American, via the Internet.
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This center is teaching English to 80 adult students from 30+ countries. - - Donna Poisl
By DENISE DICK
YOUNGSTOWN -- The English Center means more than just the new opportunities learning the language affords students.
“It’s like a family,” said
Marcia Kennedy of Cortland, who came to the United States six years ago from Brazil.
Kennedy, who worked for Swiss Airlines, knew some English when she came to this country after meeting her husband, an American, via the Internet.
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Obama and Romney on the issues: Immigration
The positions of both candidates are explained in detail in this article. - - Donna Poisl
by Dan Balz
The Post is taking a comprehensive look at the positions of President Obama and Mitt Romney on several key issues. For an interactive experience including polling, quotes and the ability to choose which candidate better represents your views, visit the Post’s Issue Engine.
Immigration was a major issue in the presidential campaign when Republicans were battling one another for the party’s nomination. It’s still an issue, but not one that either candidate talks about much, except in front of Hispanic audiences.
Here are Obama and Romney’s positions on immigration, broken down by subject: Deportation, Skilled Immigration and the DREAM Act.
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The positions of both candidates are explained in detail in this article. - - Donna Poisl
by Dan Balz
The Post is taking a comprehensive look at the positions of President Obama and Mitt Romney on several key issues. For an interactive experience including polling, quotes and the ability to choose which candidate better represents your views, visit the Post’s Issue Engine.
Immigration was a major issue in the presidential campaign when Republicans were battling one another for the party’s nomination. It’s still an issue, but not one that either candidate talks about much, except in front of Hispanic audiences.
Here are Obama and Romney’s positions on immigration, broken down by subject: Deportation, Skilled Immigration and the DREAM Act.
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Undocumented Life Is a Hurdle as Immigrants Seek a Reprieve
Proving that they have been in this country for many years is hard for some immigrants, especially if employers won't admit they employed them illegally. - - Donna Poisl
By KIRK SEMPLE
Chul Soo, a 27-year-old illegal immigrant from South Korea, has lived on the fringes of society in recent years, working off the books at a video game store and a beauty supplies wholesaler in New York City, carrying neither a driver’s license nor credit cards, and having little contact with the government.
Now he is applying for a new program that offers illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children a reprieve from deportation if they can demonstrate that they have been in the country since 2007, among other requirements. Yet Chul Soo, who said he arrived in 1995, is finding that he has little in the way of proof of his whereabouts for the last five years.
“It’s frustrating,” he said, referring to his effort to piece together a mosaic of records. “I really need this right now.”
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Proving that they have been in this country for many years is hard for some immigrants, especially if employers won't admit they employed them illegally. - - Donna Poisl
By KIRK SEMPLE
Chul Soo, a 27-year-old illegal immigrant from South Korea, has lived on the fringes of society in recent years, working off the books at a video game store and a beauty supplies wholesaler in New York City, carrying neither a driver’s license nor credit cards, and having little contact with the government.
Now he is applying for a new program that offers illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children a reprieve from deportation if they can demonstrate that they have been in the country since 2007, among other requirements. Yet Chul Soo, who said he arrived in 1995, is finding that he has little in the way of proof of his whereabouts for the last five years.
“It’s frustrating,” he said, referring to his effort to piece together a mosaic of records. “I really need this right now.”
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Immigrants learn the language of DC driving
Learning to drive is one of many things new citizens must do, a busy city like Washington DC is a big challenge. - - Donna Poisl
by EMILY WAX, The Washington Post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every day, just before dawn, you can spot Christian Kuete, a 24-year-old pre-med student and home health aide from Cameroon, sprinting in his beat-up sneakers to catch Metro Bus 20 as it bumps to a stop along University Boulevard in Langley Park. At 8 a.m., two more buses and two hours later, Kuete arrives at work. By dusk, he's back on mass transit, headed to his night classes at Montgomery College.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every day, just before dawn, you can spot Christian Kuete, a 24-year-old pre-med student and home health aide from Cameroon, sprinting in his beat-up sneakers to catch Metro Bus 20 as it bumps to a stop along University Boulevard in Langley Park. At 8 a.m., two more buses and two hours later, Kuete arrives at work. By dusk, he's back on mass transit, headed to his night classes at Montgomery College.
On this sunny fall afternoon, however, he's trying to seize his piece of the American dream. Seize it by the steering wheel. Kuete is a student at the Riteway Driving School in Hyattsville, and his goal is to take its Toyota Corolla onto the open highway — the ultimate metaphor for American independence.
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The stakes just got higher for Deferred Action for DREAMers
from Adam Luna, America's Voice
Mitt Romney finally came clean. On Tuesday, his campaign said that Romney would try to end deferred action for DREAMers if he is elected. [1]
Unbelievable. Luckily, there is something that we can do about it: vote.
I’ll be blunt -- millions of people who support DREAMers haven’t yet registered to vote, and deadlines are approaching fast. So if you or someone you know hasn’t registered to vote – if you aren’t absolutely positive that you’re registered where you live – now is the time to do it.
Click here to use this non-partisan online registration tool, run by our friends at Mi Familia Vota. Most deadlines are coming in just a couple of days!
(If you’ve already registered or are not yet a U.S. citizen, click here to share the link on Facebook and ask your friends: “are you registered?”)
We need a landslide of voters ready to protect the DREAMer deferred action program from right-wing politicians, and to demand that the President and Congress create a roadmap to citizenship for new Americans – no matter who wins in November.
But first things first: We all have to register. Click here to get started!
Together, we won the DREAMer deferred action program, which promises to protect about 1.4 million DREAMers from deportation and allow them to work. If you could do all of that by signing petitions and rallying for change, imagine what your vote will do!
Thank you for stepping up,
Adam
America's Voice
from Adam Luna, America's Voice
Mitt Romney finally came clean. On Tuesday, his campaign said that Romney would try to end deferred action for DREAMers if he is elected. [1]
Unbelievable. Luckily, there is something that we can do about it: vote.
I’ll be blunt -- millions of people who support DREAMers haven’t yet registered to vote, and deadlines are approaching fast. So if you or someone you know hasn’t registered to vote – if you aren’t absolutely positive that you’re registered where you live – now is the time to do it.
Click here to use this non-partisan online registration tool, run by our friends at Mi Familia Vota. Most deadlines are coming in just a couple of days!
(If you’ve already registered or are not yet a U.S. citizen, click here to share the link on Facebook and ask your friends: “are you registered?”)
We need a landslide of voters ready to protect the DREAMer deferred action program from right-wing politicians, and to demand that the President and Congress create a roadmap to citizenship for new Americans – no matter who wins in November.
But first things first: We all have to register. Click here to get started!
Together, we won the DREAMer deferred action program, which promises to protect about 1.4 million DREAMers from deportation and allow them to work. If you could do all of that by signing petitions and rallying for change, imagine what your vote will do!
Thank you for stepping up,
Adam
America's Voice
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