Archive for June 30th, 2010
VL At The Cine: Despicable Me
30 Jun 2010
This review isn’t going to be too long because I absolutely adore the film Despicable Me! It is a children’s film and in 3D, which seems to be the new route films are going these days, but it’s the kind of 3D film that is amazing!
When I first was invited to attend a screening I didn’t think there would be too much I’d enjoy about the film. The trailers didn’t really give a good idea of what the film was about or the humor that was presented. So when I arrived at the screening and sat in a theater filled with children under the age of 10, I really asked myself: “Bi, are you ready for this?”
And the answer was: No I wasn’t ready.
Conviction in Second Trial Against Second Killer of José Sucuzhanay
4:42 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|New York City|Violence · 1 Comment
30 Jun 2010As racially profiling Latinos gets more legal backing across the country, in New York City, where there is often an assumption of safety for Latinos, Keith Phoenix, the second accused killer of José Sucuzhanay, an Ecuadorian immigrant who two years ago was attacked along with his brother (who survived), was convicted of second-degree murder as a hate crime as well as attempted assault as a hate crime. Phoenix and Hakim Scott yelled anti-Latino and homophobic slurs at brothers Jose and Romel as they walked home from a party.
The first trial against Phoenix ended in a mistrial after the jury couldn’t come to a unified decision. Phoenix now faces life in prison.
In Custody in Tennessee? Show Me Your Papers Please.
8:49 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Nashville · 1 Comment
30 Jun 2010Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen signed into law House Bill 670, which requires any person arrested in the state to be able to prove legal status within three days or else la migra gets called in.
The only way a county can be exempt is if they already have an immigration enforcement agreement with the Feds like 287(g) or Secure Communities.
This law has the potential of looking like it’s not as bad as other measures because it would only impact “bad” people, that is people arrested for committing a crime. Of course this simplistic binary approach assumes that every arrest in the United States is conducted in good faith without an ounce of racial profiling involved.
We must also remember that Tennessee already has the fear of I.C.E. within the immigrant community there as evidenced by the terror of the Gurrolla familia.
Sources : Border Action Network, Memphis Commercial Appeal,
Breaking : Obama Cares About Immigration Reform, Again
6:28 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Obama|Politics|U.S.-Mexico Border · 3 Comments
30 Jun 2010Tomorrow, the President is expected to make a public statement declaring his support for comprehensive immigration reform, again. On Monday, Obama met with immigration advocates, again, although details of the meeting have not been released, at least not to me, beyond what has been reported in the press and that is Obama and his Democratic party blaming the Republicans. On Tuesday, Obama met with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
And all of this action is supposed to impress us, the Latino voters. This action and a memo released by I.C.E telling them to remember to deport only the “bad immigrants” not the “good ones” is suppose to impress us and make us forget other actions, like National Guard troops on the U.S. Mexico border and the death of an unarmed child at the hands of border patrol.
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