Archive for October 29th, 2010
Viernes Video : The Other 67%, Adding Options to the DREAM Act
8:41 am By Maegan La Mala · DREAM Act|Immigration · 3 Comments
29 Oct 2010This video comes to us via Producciones Cimarrón and features a young Latino named Juan, who would benefit from the passage of the DREAM Act as it stands now, but he argues that DREAM as it stands now, especially the Education clause, would only help a small portion of young immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. Juan argues that the majority of undocumented youth (67%), whose access to quality higher education is limited because of finances and the way the education in our neighborhoods works, would have to opt for the military option in order to become legal residents. Juan proposes adding additional components to the DREAM Act, like community service and financial assistance, in order to lessen the likelihood of DREAM being used as a military recruitment funnel.
67% is Not A Choice. from Producciones Cimarrón on Vimeo.
SB 1070′s Direct to Prison Pipeline?
6:30 am By Maegan La Mala · arizona|Immigration · 2 Comments
29 Oct 2010In August and September of this year, VivirLatino drew your attention to a possible connection between Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signing SB1070 into law and the for profit prison corporation Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). Now a new report from NPR draws a line connecting the author of SB1070, Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, and “a secretive group called the American Legislative Exchange Council. Insiders call it ALEC”. Members of ALEC include the tobacco company Reynolds American Inc., ExxonMobil, the National Rifle Association, and Corrections Corporation of America.
According to Corrections Corporation of America reports reviewed by NPR, executives believe immigrant detention is their next big market. Last year, they wrote that they expect to bring in “a significant portion of our revenues” from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency that detains illegal immigrants.
In the conference room, the group decided they would turn the immigration idea into a model bill. They discussed and debated language. Then, they voted on it.
“There were no ‘no’ votes,” Pearce said. “I never had one person speak up in objection to this model legislation.”
Four months later, that model legislation became, almost word for word, Arizona’s immigration law.
They even named it. They called it the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act.”
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