Posted on 06/06/2005 2:15:52 PM PDT by KeyesPlease
It was still pitch black outside on that February day when Maria Juega's phone rang shortly after 5 a.m.
The caller was a stranger, her voice nearly hysterical.
She told Juega that someone was knocking on the door and yelling "policia." That door, Juega learned, stood between the "policia" and seven illegal immigrants.
If the caller opened the door, like so many others around New Jersey had done in the past year, she would see the home swarmed by immigration agents, and her friends and relatives hauled away in handcuffs and deported.
(Excerpt) Read more at northjersey.com ...
But U.S. citizens must provide ID upon demand-US Supreme Court.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0622/p01s01-usju.html
for case see
HIIBEL v. SIXTH JUDICIAL DIST. COURT OF NEV.,HUMBOLDT CTY. (2004)
Don Quijote no estan aqui
So when stopped by the police I can just claim to be an illegal immigrant?
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You could. But why mess with the police. The problem is with the people you elected to make the law, not the cop who tries to enforce it.
I just sent these losers an email telling them what I thought of their "services" and I think you should all do the same. America for law abiding Americans and not for these millions of illegals using our services, wasting our money and turning our laws to their own purposes.
BTTT
I've been saying for awhile now that I should enter Canada (legally) denounce my U.S. citizenship, re-enter (illegally) and continue on with my life....No hablo inglés
Better yet, don't bother with health insurance. If you have a medical problem, go to the emergency room and claim to be an illegal. They have to treat you for free then.
Wouldn't it be an absolute shame if that number ended up on all the porno usenet groups as a hotline for free phone sex? Hmmmmm..... Not that I'd DO anything like that to a company that's providing such a valuable service, seeing as how it's an 877 number and they would have to pay long distance charges for every call......
Thanks, I'll do the same thing. BTTT
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!
More of my liberal friends are turning around on the immigration issue. The now are observing that illegals are above the law. A liberal is a conservative that has not had a traffic accident with an undocumented, unlicensed and uninsured motorist..who just walks on the summons, the summons for the license offense and the summons for lack of insurance and continues on his was.
I don't know if they have a connection to MALDEF, or if they just swiped the name.
I found http://www.towntopics.com/jan1905/other3.html
"Created in the fall of 2004, LALDEF grew out of the Latin American Task Force, a coalition of Princeton area agencies and individuals that has been helping the local Latino community in various ways for more than a decade. In response to the recent increase in the level of immigration enforcement in the community, those in the task force have joined with other concerned Princeton area residents to form a new group that could raise funds to address some of the many problems faced by this community. Operating as an affiliate of the Quaker Settlement at Stony Brook, a non-profit organization, LALDEF expects to continue to rely primarily on community volunteers for its work."
They're listed here:
www.alipac.us/ftopict-2744-.html
They attended the meeting described here: http://www.nuestrogiron.com/2005/Inmigration/NEWS/Debate.html
I seem to recall an English-language news report about that meeting. Apparently mayor Palmer declared his city an illegal alien sanctuary.
God Bless the internet, our fountain of unlimited knowledge at our fingertips. :)
A great idea!!! I hope you do it.
MALDEF is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and promote the civil rights of the more than 40 million Latinos living in the United States. Making sure that there are no obstacles preventing this diverse community from realizing its dreams, MALDEF works to secure the rights of Latinos, primarily in the areas of employment, education, immigrants' rights, political access and public resource equity.
MALDEF's goals are:
1. to foster sound public policies, laws, and programs that safeguard the rights of Latinos; and
2. to expand the opportunities for Latinos to participate fully in society and to make a positive contribution toward its well-being.
The overall objective of the political access program is to enhance Latino influence in the political process by ensuring meaningful participation. This program encompasses:
* voter registration
* ballot access issues
* methods for electing governing bodies
* the counting of populations for reapportionment
The remarkable population growth of the Latino community in recent years must translate into increased political representation. More Latinos must be registered to vote and cast their ballots to ensure that their needs are met in important policy issues. Ensuring that the election system presents Latinos with a fair opportunity to elect representatives and to run for elective office of their choice is the goal of our Political Access Program.
MALDEF is also preparing for upcoming redistricting work which promises to present a challenge to the voting rights of Latinos. MALDEF provided input for national policies concerning census data and its use in post-census redistricting efforts. With MALDEF's support, the Department of Justice agreed to take a position on the issue of tabulating race data from the census so that civil rights enforcement could be maximized. We also advocated successfully so that the Census Bureau would be able to issue two sets of census numbers. In addition to the actual census figures, the Census Bureau will now also announce adjusted numbers which utilize statistical sampling methodology to ensure a more accurate count of the Latino population.
MALDEF is updating the redistricting "blue print," an analysis of the Latino community's national demographics. This analysis will advise MALDEF on how resources for the Latino community can be most effectively distributed. MALDEF is preparing for the redistricting challenges that lie ahead by identifying experts, initiating outreach to other groups who will or should be involved in redistricting and beginning discussions with legislators regarding redistricting. MALDEF is pleased to spearhead a project with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and NAPALC, our counterparts in the African American and Asian American communities, to publish a training manual to help each local community participate in redistricting in a meaningful way.
Fair Share and Equal Access
Safeguarding the Latino community's access to public services is one of MALDEF's greatest concerns. MALDEF's Public Resource Equity Program seeks to ensure that the needs of Latinos are considered equally for the distribution of funds. MALDEF accomplishes public resource equity by monitoring land use decisions, the distribution of public resources, the administration and delivery of public services, and by ensuring the availability of bilingual public agencies. Through these means, MALDEF secures greater access for the Latino community to health, housing and youth and family services.
As the Latino community and its yearly tax contribution to the nation grows, the Public Resource Equity Program seeks to ensure that Latinos receive their fair share of public resources. This requires that MALDEF closely monitor the legislative process at each state level. This year in California, for example, MALDEF examined and produced budget summary documents based on the Governor's proposed budget year. MALDEF distributed its findings to assist various public agencies, including a group of health care advocates who work to expand health care access for California's 7.4 million uninsured residents, as well as to a coalition of children's advocates seeking increased funding for family support programs through the state budget and legislative process.
Further, MALDEF provided extensive oral and written comments to the California State Commission on the implementation guidelines for Proposition 10, the tobacco tax set to fund early childhood development for California's infants and toddlers. As a result the state commission guidelines now explicitly recognize that all young children are eligible for initiative-funded programs, regardless of their immigration status. At MALDEF'S urging, the funding distribution guidelines also included commitments to create childcare facilities in urban Latino communities, to focus on the issue of pesticide exposure to children of farm workers, to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate media/outreach efforts and to utilize a diversity task force as part of the program.
Another aspect to ensuring equality of access is the elimination of language barriers for the utilization of public services. We are pleased that MALDEF continues to protect the rights of limited English proficient individuals living in the United States. For example, in Texas, MALDEF succeeded in improving services delivered by the Texas Human Rights Commission, the state agency charged with the investigation and enforcement of state law protections barring employment discrimination and unfair housing practices. The Commission is now required to provide a bilingual toll-free hotline for complainants and to draft bilingual outreach materials. Further, MALDEF's lead role in the California Language Access Task Force included the drafting of legislation to strengthen state law mandates requiring state and local agencies to provide services in Spanish.
In Chicago, MALDEF worked to ensure that the Department of Housing increased Latino participation in its programs. MALDEF also reviewed the budgets of childcare services, domestic violence programs and domestic violence shelters within the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS). MALDEF's aim was to determine if Latino community-based organizations had received a fair share of public funding and to determine if Latinos were getting equal access to these publicly funded programs.
In Washington, D.C., MALDEF worked with the Social Security Administration to ensure that newborn citizen children are issued social security numbers. Previously, parents of newborn children were being asked for their own social security numbers before the child would be issued a number. MALDEF worked to eliminate the unconstitutional practice and assisted the agency in creating directives and outreach materials to clarify the matter for patients. MALDEF also supported numerous bills in both the House and Senate to ensure a variety of benefits for legal immigrants. We supported the restoration of food stamp eligibility to legal immigrants cut off from aid by 1996 reform legislation. MALDEF supported the allowance of states to provide Medicaid coverage to poor, legal immigrant women and children, and permitting states to provide health insurance coverage for legal immigrant children.
Because a just distribution of public resources and services works to remedy many of the inequities faced by the Latino community, MALDEF is committed to continuing its successful work in this area.
Whats the phobe number? I will call it every 10 minutes and have them scattering like cuchrachas.
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