Posted on 12/21/2009 7:24:38 AM PST by Zhang Fei
The Central American countries will present next year to the U.S. an immigration reform proposal focused on comprehensive care for thousands of immigrants from the region, Salvadoran Foreign Ministry announced today.
“For the first time Central America will have its own immigration reform instrument, which responds to the needs and aspirations of Central Americans living illegally in the U.S.,” said Vice Minister for Salvadorans abroad, Juan Jose Garcia.
The initiative, led by El Salvador, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic with the support of Central American Integration System (SICA), is in “consultations” with Nicaragua and Costa Rica and seeks to add the support of Panama, Belize and even Mexico, which, Garcia said, showed “strong opening” over reform.
“From now on, Central America will sit at the table of dialogue and negotiation with a tool that allows us to have an impact,” the deputy minister in a meeting with the press, saying that they have the support of organizations and unions U.S.
Garcia said that “the commitment of the region is the defense and promotion of human rights of immigrants.”
The proposal provides for a fine to immigrants who stay illegally in U.S. and to enable a fund to finance the immigration reform process, in addition to being granted “facilities” to reunite families and beneficiaries to protect their rights.
It wasn’t confirmed the date on which the initiative will be presented, then, according to Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez, are “calibrating” the “best time” and the “level” to make it known next year, but did not rule out made during a visit by President Mauricio Funes who is “pending.”
Nor was it informed if this proposal would benefit many Central Americans, but Garcia said that in the case of Salvadorans would cover between 750,000 and 1,100,000 U.S. National
“This is an approach to comprehensive immigration reform, in the sense that not only is it the responsibility of the U.S. Government to implement reform,” he said.
“The region is also willing to create conditions to make immigration a choice of life freely assumed and not a necessity dictated by external factors, complemented Garcia.
SICA Secretary General, Juan Daniel German, highlighted this effort as a “step in the right direction.”
“It’s an innovative step, brave, very sensible and very responsible,” he said, as Guatemala’s ambassador in El Salvador, Silvia Caceres, stressed that “Central America is united” to get their citizens with a legal immigration status.
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives filed on 15 December a “historic” initiative for comprehensive immigration reform to allow the legalization of millions of immigrants, but for now, no Republican support.
According to Foreign Minister of El Salvador, there are “plentiful coincidences” between both initiatives.
“We are glad we agree with the proposed strategic lines of the Congressman,” he said, for his part, Garcia.
African nations said they would ‘accept’ $30 billion now and $100 billion later to pay for global warming...
Two words came to mind when I read the headline - the nerve...
This "united front" is a direct assault on our sovereignty and is part of the Balkanization of our country.
“Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives filed on 15 December a “historic” initiative for comprehensive immigration reform to allow the legalization of millions of immigrants”. This is the important statement here. What South America does is up to them, not us. We shouldn’t bend our laws to meet theirs.
“The Central American countries will present next year to the U.S. an immigration reform proposal...”
Are they worried about fleeing US citizens overwhelming them?
So what we are going to do is outsource our immigration policy to the people who are breaking our laws? Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Do I get to keep my house here in Phoenix or do I have to hand it over?
Central Americans think they are going to tell us whether to enforce the laws of our country and “negotiate” with the United States on what OUR laws will be? How about we tell them what their laws should be? Listen the screams of pain about their national sovereignty. ¿Como se dice “pound sand” en español?
In a sane world, this would be a ridiculous satirical piece no one would take seriously. But folks all around the world know a sucker (nation) when they see one.
I’m SICA this crap.
“... living illegally in the U.S.,”
Fair enough: why are they still living?
Yep. The buzzards are circling, Hussein has just about killed the US, the carcass is up for grabs. The envious nations of the world have long wanted to take us down, but they never could have been strong enough to do it to us. They had to wait until enough stupid Americans voted for a traitor to do it to ourselves.
Yep, clueless Americans elected a poser who has the mentality and world view of an envious and resentful Third Worlder. It's possible this 'initiative' by this Latino group might awaken some more Americans to begin opposing Obama, who no doubt agrees with them, even if he might not admit it publicly for political reasons.
Central American Countries will submit an immigration reform proposal to the United StatesAnd how do you say, 'Go To Hades' in 'Central American'?
So these a-hole tinhorn dictators are going to tell zerObama what to do on illegal immigration reform. He will bend over and grab his ankles on this too.
They’re not immigrants....they are criminal invaders who need to be shipped back to their third world crap holes.
Here’s a proposal: How about we vote in a real president in 2012 and hopefully, that president would be nice enough to drop off the illegals in their exact hometowns and not just drop them off outside the border? Works for me!
Just as long as it’s a reciprocal arrangement, what’s the problem? /sarc
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