amen to that! finally someone with something smart to say.
Monday, July 27, 2009
who is responsible? ILLEGALS!
yet another ignorant claim:
"Don't EVER forget 911, and who is responsible for 911? ILLEGALS!"
are you kidding me? you mean the illegals that your legal president Bush was having dinner with?!?!??! wow!
2 things...
2 things in this picture that are just....what's that word?!?! oh yeah, RIDICULOUS!
1.) the lady is holding a poster that says "no amnety". Clearly she is against immigrants and clearly she has not done her homework because she is living in the amnesty era...an amnesty is not even a possibility and is NOT what ANYONE is asking for. More than likely she is one of those anti's that argues that "illegals" should learn the English language right? well i know i wouldn't want her as my teacher.... (psst lady! the word is amneSty, you're missing an S there!)
2.) the little girl on the lower left hand corner of the image is at most 3 years old. does she even know what is going on? why would these people teach kids hate at such young age!?!?!? my only hope is that she is not the "amnety" lady's daughter. honk for english?!??!? this doesn't make any sense. perhaps she wants someone who really knows english and and teach the "amnety" lady that she is missing an S!!!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Condoleezza Rice on CIR
“We need immigration reform. I don’t care if it’s for the person who crawls across the desert to earn $5 an hour, or for Sergey Brin, who came here from Russia and founded Google. As a country, we can’t have people living in the shadows. It’s just wrong. It’s not only ineffective, it’s wrong.”Amen to that!
Friday, July 17, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Dream Act Interview...
so last week I did an interview with Claes Andreasson, an amazing Swedish Journalist. Click here to listen!!!!
Also be on the look out for more stories in the near future by the Swedish Public Radio people!!!
Also be on the look out for more stories in the near future by the Swedish Public Radio people!!!
Loosing HOPE...
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Immigrant Future in Healthcare...
So apparently the agenda is out. Immigration reform is third on the list of consideration, after Healthcare Reform and Energy...We MUST STILL continue to push for immigration reform and keep in mind that immigration reform is inter-twined with health care as well. Recent debates involve the inclusion of undocumented immigrants into a potential Healtcare Reform package. Below is a great article by Deepak Bhargava from the Center for Community Change.
Finally, the country seems serious about reforming health care. But with discussions about a public option, cost control and competition raging, one aspect of achieving true universal coverage is being left out: what to do about immigrants who lack coverage?
All of the plans getting serious consideration in Congress would exclude undocumented immigrants. Many proposals would even bar access to community health centers and emergency rooms -- a historic shift from America's humanitarian tradition that in an emergency no one should be turned away. Some proposals would exclude legal resident immigrants who have been in the United States for less than five years. Unless the debate takes a different turn, millions of immigrants will be left out of the system.
We should not enshrine discriminatory principles into a new health care system. A "universal" health care program that leaves out millions of Americans is a fraud. Just as we stand up for other core principles in the health care debate -- quality, affordability, a strong public plan -- we need to stand up for immigrant coverage as an essential component of just and effective health care reform.
Without immigrant inclusion, people like Ockwhan Her, a 48 year-old Korean-American mother of two from Los Angeles, will continue being relegated to second class status. Ockwhan, uninsured, couldn't afford to visit the doctor when the pains in her stomach became too great to ignore. It wasn't until a personal emergency forced her to return to Korea that she was able to afford seeing a doctor, and learn that the pain in her stomach was cancer. Even though a legal permanent resident in the United States, our laws bar her from receiving health care benefits that could save her life.
It's worth reminding ourselves of why it's so important for immigrants to be included in our national health care system. Here are some common sense reasons:
Contrary to right-wing myth, almost all immigrants pay taxes. Excluding immigrants from a tax-funded health care system is simply unfair.
If immigrants are excluded from coverage, they will continue to go to emergency rooms for medical services, services that we ultimately pay for through public programs or higher insurance premiums. Rather than subsidize inadequate, short-term care, let's provide real preventative care that will actually keep families healthy.
Health is, by nature, a public good. We all benefit when every family in our community is healthy. Leaving out millions of Americans hurts all of us, not just those who are excluded.
There is no reasonable basis for excluding immigrants from access to health care. It's all about bigotry and fear, including the fears of our political leadership. Even many progressive members of Congress are reluctant to take a stand because they don't want to get in the way of health care "reform."
But until we include everyone, universal coverage will continue to be a myth, and tax payers like Ockwhan will continue to suffer needlessly.
DON'T ENSHRINE DISCRIMINATION IN HEALTH CARE REFORM
by Deepak Bhargava, Center for Community ChangePosted July 8 , 2009
Finally, the country seems serious about reforming health care. But with discussions about a public option, cost control and competition raging, one aspect of achieving true universal coverage is being left out: what to do about immigrants who lack coverage?
All of the plans getting serious consideration in Congress would exclude undocumented immigrants. Many proposals would even bar access to community health centers and emergency rooms -- a historic shift from America's humanitarian tradition that in an emergency no one should be turned away. Some proposals would exclude legal resident immigrants who have been in the United States for less than five years. Unless the debate takes a different turn, millions of immigrants will be left out of the system.
We should not enshrine discriminatory principles into a new health care system. A "universal" health care program that leaves out millions of Americans is a fraud. Just as we stand up for other core principles in the health care debate -- quality, affordability, a strong public plan -- we need to stand up for immigrant coverage as an essential component of just and effective health care reform.
Without immigrant inclusion, people like Ockwhan Her, a 48 year-old Korean-American mother of two from Los Angeles, will continue being relegated to second class status. Ockwhan, uninsured, couldn't afford to visit the doctor when the pains in her stomach became too great to ignore. It wasn't until a personal emergency forced her to return to Korea that she was able to afford seeing a doctor, and learn that the pain in her stomach was cancer. Even though a legal permanent resident in the United States, our laws bar her from receiving health care benefits that could save her life.
It's worth reminding ourselves of why it's so important for immigrants to be included in our national health care system. Here are some common sense reasons:
Contrary to right-wing myth, almost all immigrants pay taxes. Excluding immigrants from a tax-funded health care system is simply unfair.
If immigrants are excluded from coverage, they will continue to go to emergency rooms for medical services, services that we ultimately pay for through public programs or higher insurance premiums. Rather than subsidize inadequate, short-term care, let's provide real preventative care that will actually keep families healthy.
Health is, by nature, a public good. We all benefit when every family in our community is healthy. Leaving out millions of Americans hurts all of us, not just those who are excluded.
There is no reasonable basis for excluding immigrants from access to health care. It's all about bigotry and fear, including the fears of our political leadership. Even many progressive members of Congress are reluctant to take a stand because they don't want to get in the way of health care "reform."
But until we include everyone, universal coverage will continue to be a myth, and tax payers like Ockwhan will continue to suffer needlessly.
Thoughts?
Thursday, July 9, 2009
anti-immigrant ammendments...
Wow. I woke up this morning and did my daily e-mail run and found more emails saying that the senate was voting on anti-immigration amendments again today. Pathetic. Instead of working to enact Comprehensive Immigration Reform, US Senators Vitter and Grassley are pushing dangerous, enforcement-only amendments to the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2010, that would lead to unfair firings of American workers and delay the critical steps Congress and the Obama Administration must take towards passing the reforms that are VERY NEEDED.
Sen. Vitter's amendments would undo the Obama administration's decision to rescind the Bush Administration rule regarding Social Security Administration No-Match letters. Sen. Grassley's amendment would give employers who use E-Verify discretion to verify all of their existing employees at any time of their choosing. Under current law, E-Verify may only be used for new hires.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! Call both your Senators and tell them to OPPOSE THE VITTER AND GRASSLEY AMENDMENTS, 1375 and 1415 respectively.
Tell them:
You OPPOSE the VITTER AND GRASSLEY AMENDMENTS.
and that
You SUPPORT having a real debate about immigration issues and the only way for that to happen is by starting comprehensive immigration reform this year.
Do your part! Call in now and make your voices heard. It's time we fix the broken immigration system and not further damage it....Do it!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
John Tanton and the Anti-Immigration Movement...
An article posted yesterday by Imagine 2050 really just reinforces what I've said all along: behing the anti-immigrant movement there are corrupted and ignorant minds who are not willing to engage in a real intellectual debate about the morality or immorality of keeping or sending immigrants away. It takes one man and one man only to create such a powerful anti-immigration movement, for example. This man is John Tanton. He is at the heart of the most influential anti-immigrant network in the country - he has created an empire of organizations consisting of lobbyists, lawyers, legislators, and “experts” that have permeated the very depths of social and political debate.The strategies used by people like Tanton and his folowers are just sickening. Using innocuous names that sound like they might be pro-immigrant is very deceiving and confusing to people. Research and self-education is very key in combatting the dirty work of people like Tanton. We must keep ourselves on top of things and always engage in what is going on. While there are groups out there that are definitely working for Immigration reform, we must do our part by facing the reality and realizing that anti-immigrants are out there and they are not going anywhere. They have the support of millionaires and racist supremacists.
Respected civil rights groups - including the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League - have uncovered troubling associations with racists, white supremacists, and political extremists. One is the Pioneer Fund, a foundation committed to eugenics and “scientific racism”. (Scientific Racism?!?!?!? Racism is Racism!!! Plain and simple!) These groups have found that The Pioneer Fund has provided John Tanton with the substantial funding he has needed for multi-millionaire operations!
A map has been put together by the Center for New Community detailing the nature of these relationships.
This map shows that behind the long-winded names and complicated connections, the truth is much simpler, it is one network and one message.
IMMIGRANTS ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.
Monday, July 6, 2009
What a weekend...
For many this weekend was all about celebration and excitement - while I share the feeling, it is somewhat of a bittersweet feeling because although I celebrate the birth of this, MY country, this country doesn't celebrate me. And then I wonder, will this ever change? Or will it be doomed an eternal goal of my past, present, and future...
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