Border Network for Human Rights planning trip to D.C. to promote reform

KVIA ^ | Oct 10, 2009 | Marissa Monroy

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EL PASO -- Cities across the nation are gearing up for a rally in support of immigration reform and a Borderland organization plans to join nationwide efforts.

Officials with the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) will be in Washington D.C. next week to educate officials about what they feel are necessary immigration policies.

"If [reform] doesn't happen between now and March, it's probably not going to happen until 2011," said Zelene Pineda, with BNHR. "Since next year is an election year, we need to put pressure on D.C. now."

It's been several months since president Barack Obama really pushed for changes in immigration policy. The lack of results has organizers with BNHR planning to take action.

Saturday, leaders within the organization met to finalize the details for their trip to the capital. They will join about 80 other Texans who will deliver a petition asking elected officials to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

Organizers say the move is necessary to develop a practical system for the millions of immigrants already in the U.S. and to keep families from being separated by immigration laws.

President Obama had previously touted the issue as one of his top priorities, but his administration has also cautioned that legislation could be a long time coming.

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"Since next year is an election year, we need to put pressure on D.C. now."

[kabar]

Saturday, leaders within the organization met to finalize the details for their trip to the capital. They will join about 80 other Texans who will deliver a petition asking elected officials to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

We have over a million come to DC for 9/12 and the MSM hardly covers it and minimizes it by saying tens of thousands. Less than a hundred come from Texas and it is a news story.

[agondonter]

Those 80 Texans are probably all Mexican. All Mexicans who still embrace their Mexican culture and refuse to assimilate with American culture.

[org.whodat]

So amnesty is now called border reform. Damn!!

[AuntB]

“”If [reform] doesn’t happen between now and March, it’s probably not going to happen until 2011,” said Zelene Pineda, with BNHR. “Since next year is an election year, we need to put pressure on D.C. now.””

It will be ushered through by the GOP beloveds...McCain and Graham.

We have to clean out congress of the ‘progressive’ rinos!

[gubamyster]

ping

[Americanwolfsbrother]

...They will join about 80 other Texans who will deliver a petition asking elected officials to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

I want each and every signature on that petition verified as American signatures. Bet 75% of them are illegals.AWB

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[La Lydia]

Three guesses where Fernando Garcia was born: He is a Mexican national leading a group to lobby our government in DC. He has fought every enforcement initiative the Border Patrol has ever come up with, and he was a leading advocate of fence construction. He is an opponent of any border control or regulation whatsoever, and advocates completely open borders. He has also opposed the Mexican government's attempts to crack down on drug trafficking and drug violence in Mexico. And -- surprise -- he has ties to U.S. and foreign socialist organizations.