{"article":{"id":209532,"heading":"November 2007 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Monthly News Digest","author":"Lee Siu Hin - Immigrant Solidarity Network","created":"2007-11-05 09:37:33","modified":"2007-11-05 09:37:33","last_modified":"Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:37:33","article":"<p>November 2007  National Immigrant Solidarity Network Monthly Digest\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p><table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"4\" cellpadding=\"4\" align=\"center\">\r\n  <tr> \r\n    <td width=\"801\" valign=\"top\" bg> \r\n      <table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"4\" cellpadding=\"4\">\r\n        <tr> \r\n          <td> \r\n            <div align=\"center\"><\/div>          \r\n            <hr>\r\n            <table border=\"1\" align=\"center\">\r\n              <tr>\r\n                <td><div align=\"center\"><\/div><\/td>\r\n              <\/tr>\r\n            <\/table>\r\n            <p align=\"center\"><strong>Please post your immigrant action calendar items<\/strong><\/p><\/td>\r\n          <td valign=\"top\"> \r\n            <p><b>November 2007 \r\n              National Immigrant Solidarity Network Monthly Digest <\/b> \r\n               <\/p>\r\n            <p><b>National Immigrant Solidarity \r\n              Network<br>\r\n              URL: http:\/\/www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org<br>\r\n              e-mail: Info@ImmigrantSolidarity.org<\/b><\/p>\r\n            <p><b>No Immigrant Bashing! Support \r\n              Immigrant Rights!<\/b><br>\r\n            <\/p>\r\n            <p><b>Washington D.C.: (202)595-8990<br>\r\n              New York: (212)330-8172<br>\r\n              Los Angeles: (213)403-0131<\/b><b><br>\r\n              <\/b><\/p>\r\n            <p align=\"left\"><b>Every Dollar Counts! \r\n              Please Support Us! <\/b><\/p>\r\n            <p align=\"left\"><b> <\/b><\/p>\r\n            <p align=\"left\"><b>Friends:<br>\r\n              <br>\r\n              We are appeal you for fund raising to support National Immigrant \r\n    Solidarity Network, p<\/b><b>lease support us!<\/b><\/p>          <\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n      <\/table>\r\n      <hr>\r\n      <p><b>November 2007 U.S. \r\n        Immigrant Alert! Newsletter <br>\r\n        <\/b><b>Published \r\n        by National Immigrant Solidarity Network <br>\r\n        <\/b><\/p>\r\n      <p><b>Please read the Newsletter, download URL: \r\n        http:\/\/www.immigrantsolidarity.org\/Newsletter\/Nov07.pdf<\/b><b><br>\r\n        [Requires Adobe Acrobat, to download, go: http:\/\/www.adobe.com]<br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        <\/b><\/p>\r\n      <p><strong>Enough is Enough!<br>\r\n        Anti-Immigrant Bills, More Raids, Blackwater at the   Border, Fake Anti-Immigrant News<\/strong><b><br>\r\n        <\/b>            <\/p>\r\n      <p><strong>In This Issue:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n      <p>1) &ldquo;Anti-Crime&rdquo;\/&rdquo;Homegrown Terrorism&rdquo;   Bill Passed<br>\r\n        2) US Immigrant News<br>\r\n          3) Anti-Muslim American <br>\r\n          4) Backwater at Border<br>\r\n        5) Anti-Immigrant Hate Crime<br>\r\n        6) NISN is Looking for Student Interns!<br>\r\n      7) Please Support NISN!   Subscribe the Newsletter!<\/p>\r\n      <p><strong>Insane \"Anti-Crime\"\/\"Homegrown  Terrorism\" Bill Passed at House, <br>\r\n      Take Actions to STOP It at Senate!<\/strong> <\/p>\r\n      <p>[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.<\/p>\r\n      <p>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.<\/p>\r\n      <p>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.<\/p>\r\n      <strong>TAKE ACTION AGAINST IT'S PASSAGE AT THE SENATE!<\/strong> <strong>Find your Senators:<\/strong> <strong>http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/<\/strong> <br>\r\n      <p><strong>&gt;&gt; Read More<\/strong><br>\r\n      <\/p>\r\n      <p align=\"left\"><strong>Please read the Newsletter, download URL:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.immigrantsolidarity.org\/Newsletter\/Nov07.pdf<\/p>\r\n      <hr>\r\n      <div>\r\n        <div align=\"center\"><strong>Announcing<br>\r\n          New On-Line Tools for Congressional Advocacy and Community   Activism!<\/strong><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n      <div>\r\n        <div align=\"center\"><strong>e-Activism.org&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ActivistVideo.org<\/strong><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n      <div>\r\n        <div align=\"left\">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!<\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n      <div>\r\n        <div align=\"left\"><strong>e-Activism.org<\/strong>: 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.<\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n      <div>\r\n        <div align=\"left\">ActivistVideo.org: a free video-sharing site for activist communities! Can   create your own campaign pages to upload related videos!<\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n      <div>\r\n        <div align=\"center\"><strong>Official Launch Date: Spring, 2008&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Please visit our Beta version   TODAY!<\/strong><\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <br>\r\n      <table width=\"738\" height=\"165\" border=\"1\" align=\"center\">\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"728\" height=\"159\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><p align=\"center\"><strong>National Immigrant Solidarity Network is Looking Student Intern\/Volunteers! <\/strong><\/p>\r\n          <p align=\"center\"><strong>Project: National Immigrant Support Hotline <\/strong><\/p>\r\n          <p>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&rsquo;re targeting launching day for summer of 2008. <\/p>\r\n          <p>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. <\/p>\r\n          <p>If you&rsquo;re interest to help or for more information, contact us: (213)403-0131 or e-mail: info@ImmigrantSolidarity.org <\/p><\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n      <\/table>\r\n      <div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          Southern California Wild Fire--And It's Impacts to the Immigrant Rights\r\n          <strong>ALERT: CONCERN FOR   IMMIGRANTS DURING FIRE EVACUATIONS AND RELIEF EFFORT<\/strong>\r\n          <div>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.<br>\r\n            <br>\r\n            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.<br>\r\n            <br>\r\n            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.<br>\r\n            <br>\r\n            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.<br>\r\n            <br>\r\n            Click here for more   information.<br>\r\n            <br>\r\n            Click here for an   audio interview of Andrea Guerrero at the Qualcomm evacuation site by Free   Speech Radio Network. <\/div>\r\n          Immigrants' Rights   Consortium\r\n          http:\/\/www.immigrantsandiego.org\/<\/div>\r\n        <div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n        <div><strong>Read the Reports<\/strong><\/div>\r\n        <div><br>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>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.<\/div>\r\n        <div><br>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>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.<\/div>\r\n        <div><br>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div><strong>Report an Abuse<\/strong><\/div>\r\n        <div><br>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>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 <strong>ACLU at 619-232-2121 x 25.<\/strong> <\/div>\r\n        <div><br>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>Evacuee   Alert in Spanish &amp; English (SDIRC   flyer): Information needed for evacuees   when returning to your homes at the re-entry points. <\/div>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <table width=\"493\" border=\"1\" align=\"center\">\r\n        <tr>\r\n          <td width=\"483\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" border bg><div>\r\n            <p><strong>National Immigrant Solidarity Network<br>\r\n              Monthly National Conference Call<\/strong><\/p>\r\n            <p><strong>Tuesday, November 13, 2007 <br>\r\n              8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Eastern Time [5:00 PM -   6:00 PM Pacific Time]<br>\r\n              Dial-in Number: 1-605-725-3600 (South Dakota) <br>\r\n              Access Code: 105275<\/strong> <\/p>\r\n          <\/div>            \r\n            <\/td>\r\n        <\/tr>\r\n      <\/table>\r\n      <hr>\r\n      <p align=\"center\"><b>Useful \r\n        Immigrant Resources on Detention and Deportation<\/b><\/p>\r\n      <p align=\"left\"><br>\r\n      Thanks for GREAT works from Detention Watch Network (DWN) to compiled the following information, please visit DWN website: http:\/\/www.detentionwatchnetwork.org <\/p>\r\n      <p align=\"left\">Tracking \r\n        ICE's Enforcement Agenda<br>\r\n        Real \r\n        Deal fact sheet on detention<br>\r\n        Real \r\n        Deal fact sheet on border <\/p>\r\n      <p align=\"left\">- From \r\n        Raids to Deportation-A Community Resource Kit<br>\r\n        - Know Your Rights in the Community (English, \r\n        Spanish)<br>\r\n        - Know \r\n        Your Rights in Detention<br>\r\n        - Pre-Raid \r\n        Community Safety Plan<br>\r\n        - Raids \r\n        to Deportation Map<br>\r\n        - Raids \r\n        to Deportation Policy Map<\/p>\r\n      <p align=\"left\"><b><br>\r\n            <\/b><b>More on Immigration Resource Page<br>\r\n            http:\/\/www.immigrantsolidarity.org\/resource.htm<\/b>        <\/p>\r\n      <hr>\r\n      <p><b>Please subscribe to \r\n        the US Immigration Alert!<\/b><br>\r\n        <b>A Monthly Newsletter from National Immigrant Solidarity Network<br>\r\n        1 year subscription rate (12 issues) is $35.00<br>\r\n        It will help us pay for the printing costs, as well as funding for the \r\n        ISN projects (additional donations to the ISN is tax deductible!)<br>\r\n        <\/b><br>\r\n        <b>Check pay to: NISN\/AFGJ<br>\r\n        ActionLA \/ The Peace Center 8124 West 3rd Street, <br>\r\n        Suite 104 Los Angeles, California 90048<\/b><\/p>\r\n      <hr>\r\n      <p><b>Please \r\n        Join Our Mailing Lists!<\/b><br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        - <b>Daily email update:<br>\r\n        The National Immigrant Solidarity Network daily news litserv<\/b><br>\r\n        to join, visit web: http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/isn<br>\r\n        or send e-mail to: isn-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        - <b>Regional listservs:<br>\r\n        Asian American Labor Activism Alert! Listserv<\/b><br>\r\n        send-e-mail to: api-la-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<br>\r\n        or visit: http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/api-la<br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        <strong>New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania areas immigrant workers   information and alerts        <\/strong><br>\r\n        send e-mail to: nyc-immigrantalert-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<br>\r\n        or visit: http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/nyc-immigrantalert<\/p>\r\n      <p><strong>Virginia state-wide immigrant organizing&nbsp;E-mail list<br>\r\n        send- e-mail to:<\/strong> va-immigrantrights-subscribe@lists.riseup.net <br>\r\n        <strong>or visit:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;https:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/va-immigrantrights<br>\r\n        <br>\r\n        <b>US-Mexico Border Information: No Militarization \r\n        of Borders! Support Immigrant Rights!<\/b> <br>\r\n        send e-mail to: Border01-subscribe@yahoogroups.com \r\n        <br>\r\n      or visit: http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Border01\/<\/p>\r\n      <p><b>Immigrant Deportation and Detention Alert!<\/b><br>\r\n        send e-mail to: isn-deportees-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<br>\r\n        <br>\r\n      <\/p>\r\n      <hr>\r\n      <b>Please Donate to National Immigrant \r\n      Solidarity Network!<br>\r\n      All Donations Are Tax Deductible!<br>\r\n      <\/b> \r\n      <p><b>Make check payable \r\n        to NISN\/AFGJ and it will be tax deductible! \r\n        Send your check to:<br>\r\n        ActionLA\/The Peace Center<br>\r\n        8124 West 3rd Street, Suite 104<br>\r\n        <\/b><\/p>\r\n      <p><b>Los Angeles, California 90048<br>\r\n        ____ $100.00 ____ $ 50.00 ____ $ 25.00 ____ Other Amount $___________<br>\r\n        ($35 or more will receive 1 year free subscriptions of \r\n        the Immigration Alert! Newsletter Print Edition)<\/b><\/p>\r\n      <p align=\"center\"><b>Every Dollar Counts! \r\n        Please Support Us! <\/b><\/p>\r\n      <p align=\"center\"><b><\/b><\/p>\r\n      <p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>      <\/td>\r\n  <\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\n","contact":"Info@ImmigrantSolidarity.org","link":"http:\/\/www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org","address":"Washington DC, USA","phone":"(202)595-8990","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"Monthly Newsletter from National Immigrant Solidarity Network","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2007\/11\/209532.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}