ICE SETS GOALS - OBAMA BETRAYS PROMISES MADE

The Los Angeles Times reported on March 31, that the head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement is being called on his actions.

"The agency charged with enforcing the nation's immigration laws is systematically deceiving the president and the American public," said Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Washington-based Center for Community Change.

ICE stated that they are falling behind a proposed goal of 400,000 deportations per year. In the L.A., advocates for immigration reform are arguing that President Obama has betrayed his promises of enforcement actions. Obama had originally stated that ICE would seek criminals and exploitative employers. However, his promises are being broken because homes continue to be broken, jobs are being raided and those being removed from the country have no criminal history. 

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IMMIGRATION SPOILS OLYMPICS FOR CHICAGO

On Friday Oct. 2, 2009 after the disappointing news that Chicago, Illinois had lost the Olympic bid, the broken Immigration laws came back to bite us.

The NY Daily News reported that the bid was lost because of the complicated Immigration system in the United States. “A member of the International Olympic Committee from Pakistan,” Syed Shaid Ali said that the U.S. lost some of “its juice as a destination for foreign tourists." 

Ali noticed that the ability for foreigners to enter the U.S. would be an upsetting “experience.”

President Obama responded by saying that, “America at its best is open to the world” and along with the “White House and State Department,” he would try to make the process easier for international visitors.

The loss of the Chicago Olympic bid is a “victim of America’s Broken Immigration System,” as stated by the Immigration Policy Center. President Obama said that “the U.S. is open for business, but our nation’s actions have proved quite the opposite.”

This outcome should serve as an indication that an immigration reform law needs to be promptly discussed and approved.

We'll be watching the 2016 Summer Olympics live from Rio De Janeiro!

Artivle: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2009/10/immigration-issue-drifts-into.html
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2010... JUST IN CASE...

In an interview conducted by the Associated Press on Friday Sept. 25, Thomas Saenz, “president and general council of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund” said he anticipates to work in immigration law next year, along side congress. He says that if Democrats make any delays with regards to immigration reform, “Congress should” break immigration down into smaller sections or groups.
Saenz said, “Lawmakers [should] address the need for foreign agricultural workers, provide legal status to high school graduates brought to the country illegally as children, and create equity for same sex partners who want to come to the U.S. or get green cards.”

Saenz is convinced that as of right now a “comprehensive immigration reform cannot move in 2010” and needs to start moving. As the immigration issue heats up, Obama himself faces pressure, from the nation and also from Latinos. According to Saenz, the support of Latinos voters given to Obama is “in critical states.”

Saenz calls for an immediate fix in the areas of “Immigration and Customs Enforcements…[the] Homeland Security Department, and suspending agreements that allow local and state law enforcement to enforce immigration laws,” all which have concluded in “civil right abuses… [and] racial profiling.”


Associated Press Article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g_xEohzLeLovYe63wr1NdmuuWWIwD9AUJ0803
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Chicago Leads Immigration Marches

As reported by WBBM 780, a Chicago News Radio, the people of Chicago and surrounding neighborhoods led immigration marches today [Labor Day 2009]. It was a peaceful demonstration that estimated a crowd of about 900 people. Their main concern and message was the following, "Mr. Obama says it's going to take a year - the legislative process - to get immigration reform. So we want a year without deportations, a year without separation of families, a year without enforcement of a broken system and a broken law." This message has become a national concern for advocates of immigration reform.

[Copyright 2009 by WBBM]

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