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November 2007
National Immigrant Solidarity Network Monthly Digest
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November 2007 U.S.
Immigrant Alert! Newsletter
Published
by National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Please read the Newsletter, download URL:
http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/Nov07.pdf
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Enough is Enough!
Anti-Immigrant Bills, More Raids, Blackwater at the Border, Fake Anti-Immigrant News
In This Issue:
1) “Anti-Crime”/”Homegrown Terrorism” Bill Passed
2) US Immigrant News
3) Anti-Muslim American
4) Backwater at Border
5) Anti-Immigrant Hate Crime
6) NISN is Looking for Student Interns!
7) Please Support NISN! Subscribe the Newsletter!
Insane "Anti-Crime"/"Homegrown Terrorism" Bill Passed at House,
Take Actions to STOP It at Senate!
[San Francisco Bay Independent Media Center] The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. This bill is one of the most blatant attacks against the Constitution yet and actually defines thought crimes as homegrown terrorism.
With little media attention, this bill passed the house of representatives by roll call vote on October 23. 404 ayes (219 D, 185 R), 6 nays (3 D, 3 R), 22 no-shows. It was drafted by a democrat, Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), and it now goes to the senate.
This bill is completely insane. It literally allows the government to define any and all crimes including thought crime as violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism. Obviously, this legislation is unconstitutional on a number of levels. The bill will go on to the Senate and will likely be passed and signed into the law by George W. Bush. Considering that draconian legislation like the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act have already been passed, there seems little question that this one will get passed as well.
TAKE ACTION AGAINST IT'S PASSAGE AT THE SENATE! Find your Senators: http://www.senate.gov/
>> Read More
Please read the Newsletter, download URL: http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/Nov07.pdf
Announcing
New On-Line Tools for Congressional Advocacy and Community Activism!
e-Activism.org ActivistVideo.org
National Immigrant Solidarity Network, along with ActionLA Coalition and Activist Design Studio, are launching a breakthrough on-line activism tools: e-Activism.org and ActivistVideo.org Beta version!
e-Activism.org: a free open-membership social networking site for the community activists for on-line activism with different tools to create your campaigns, useful tools for the policy research and on-line policy advocacy tools to contact the elected officials.
ActivistVideo.org: a free video-sharing site for activist communities! Can create your own campaign pages to upload related videos!
Official Launch Date: Spring, 2008 Please visit our Beta version TODAY!
National Immigrant Solidarity Network is Looking Student Intern/Volunteers!
Project: National Immigrant Support Hotline
National Immigrant Solidarity Network (NISN), a national grassroots-based immigrant activist coalition, looking for passionate students and volunteers to support our research to help us create, planning and open our National Immigrant Support Hotline Service. Still in the planning stage, this will be a volunteer-based multi-language immigrant support 24-hours toll-free hotline for immigrant-related emergency supports and general support referrals, we’re targeting launching day for summer of 2008.
We are looking for students or volunteers with backgrounds on: Immigration law, Public policies and Computer science to help us develop the strategies, policy research, data/information gathering and analysis for this project.
If you’re interest to help or for more information, contact us: (213)403-0131 or e-mail: info@ImmigrantSolidarity.org |
Southern California Wild Fire--And It's Impacts to the Immigrant Rights
ALERT: CONCERN FOR IMMIGRANTS DURING FIRE EVACUATIONS AND RELIEF EFFORT
Since Monday, October 22, 2007, staff and volunteers working with the San Diego Immigrants' Rights Consortium, of which the ACLU of San Diego is a key member, have witnessed and received reports that immigrant evacuees have been forced to work through the evacuations, been ejected from and denied entrance to evacuation centers, been intimidated by law enforcement and minutemen while attempting to access much needed relief supplies and services, been threatened with immigration enforcement, and in at least one instance been apprehended and deported.
In addition, we continue to hear from immigrant evacuees who are afraid of going to evacuation or service centers for assistance and who are afraid to travel home out of fear that they will be inspected or intimidated by law enforcement.
We are very concerned about the apparent lack of Spanish speaking representatives from FEMA and Red Cross and the related lack of information in Spanish about the documents required and the process for accessing assistance. Officials estimate that there are over 40,000 displaced persons. Many of them are low-income and many are immigrants. Some have lost their homes, some have lost their jobs, and some are in dire need of food, clothing and shelter for their families.
We call on FEMA, Red Cross, and city and county officials to commit the resources available to extend the maximum possible assistance to all the families in need, including immigrant families regardless of their status.
Click here for more information.
Click here for an audio interview of Andrea Guerrero at the Qualcomm evacuation site by Free Speech Radio Network.
Immigrants' Rights Consortium
http://www.immigrantsandiego.org/
Read the Reports
Read the report prepared by the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium, American Civil Liberties and Justice Overcoming Boundaries, Firestorm: Treatment of Vulnerable Populations During the San Diego Fires.
Read the companion report prepared by American Friends Service Committee, The State of Civil and Human Rights for Migrant Communities in San Diego County during the Firestorms of October 2007.
Report an Abuse
If you feel you have been discriminated against or threatened with immigration enforcement during the evacuation process, if you have been intimidated, or you are not let you back into your community, please call the ACLU at 619-232-2121 x 25.
Evacuee Alert in Spanish & English (SDIRC flyer): Information needed for evacuees when returning to your homes at the re-entry points.
National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Monthly National Conference Call
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Eastern Time [5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Pacific Time]
Dial-in Number: 1-605-725-3600 (South Dakota)
Access Code: 105275
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Useful
Immigrant Resources on Detention and Deportation
Thanks for GREAT works from Detention Watch Network (DWN) to compiled the following information, please visit DWN website: http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org
Tracking
ICE's Enforcement Agenda
Real
Deal fact sheet on detention
Real
Deal fact sheet on border
- From
Raids to Deportation-A Community Resource Kit
- Know Your Rights in the Community (English,
Spanish)
- Know
Your Rights in Detention
- Pre-Raid
Community Safety Plan
- Raids
to Deportation Map
- Raids
to Deportation Policy Map
More on Immigration Resource Page
http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/resource.htm
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