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New Jersey Governor Corzine Supports DREAMs and Other Pro-Immigrant Measures
8:58 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Immigration| New Jersey · 4 Comments
1 Apr 2009
On Monday, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine’s state panel on immigrant policy revealed a decidedly progressive set of recommendations.
For example, Corzine supports undocumented students being able to pay in-state tuition at the state’s public colleges much like the DREAM Act.
Corzine said most of New Jersey’s immigrants are in the state legally, and that the children of the state’s estimated 400,000 illegal immigrants; “are not here because they chose to be, but because of their families, and they should not be discriminated against.”
Corzine wants to reexamine the immigration directive from the New Jersey’s Attorney General ordering police to notify immigration authorities when they arrest someone suspected of being an illegal immigrant and backs a moratorium on federal immigration raids in the state.
Howevere, Corzine is against is undocumented immigrants having driver’s licenses, which the Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policy came out in support of.
More than 20 percent of the Garden State’s population is made up of immigrants, the fifth highest immigrant population in the nation.
Via / Newsday
Unemployed Immigrants Living in Caves
12:23 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration| Labor| New Jersey| housing · Comments Off
12 Jan 2009
As I rode the subway home last night, the cold had brought many homeless underground and around them were perimeters of empty seats because no one wanted to sit near them. As unemployment numbers get higher, as does the number of people requiring assistance to buy food, I was thinking how many would rather have those who struggle to survive and don’t fit into the norms because if their class, race, gender identity, immigration status, disappear. A group of unemployed day laborers have had no choice.
For the last few months, a group of immigrants who lost their jobs and have been unable to find work due to the economic crisis, live on the margins, in improvised caves in Plainfield and North Plainfield. My translation.
Welcome Baby New Year
12:30 pm By Maegan La Mala · New Jersey · Comments Off
1 Jan 2009
We’re not exactly sure who the first baby born in the 2009 in the U.S is. Pero, We’re more than happy to put little Edgar Rafael Moreno as a contender. He was born one second after midnight this morning in Livingston, New Jersey.Racism? Que Racism? Anti-Obama Fliers Appear in New Jersey
2:35 pm By Maegan La Mala · New Jersey| race · 1 Comment
25 Sep 2008
Some New Jersey residents received more than the usual junk fliers in their driveways this past weekend.
Roxbury resident Elizabeth Corsetto says a flier was left in her driveway asking, “Do You Want A Black President?” and showing a doctored photo of Obama with a long beard and turban.
The fliers came from the New Jersey-based League of American Patriots, which notes on its web site that membership is “restricted to adult heterosexual men and women who are entirely of European Christian ancestry.”
The flier claims that “Black Ruled Nations most unstable and violent in the world,” and asks, “Why should we seal our fate by allowing a Black ruler to destroy us?” The one-page flyer, which misspells the Democratic presidential candidate’s first name…
I Am Latino…Ask Me: Americanos ask about the power of the Chancleta…
11:35 am By Maegan La Mala · Bilingualism| Blogs Media| Cities| Culture| Detriot| Entrepreneurs| Features| Las Vegas| Los Angeles| Miami| New Jersey| New York City| Philly| Puerto Rico| San Francisco| Tampa| VivirLatino| Washington DC| chicago| denver| houston| language · 5 Comments
23 Jul 2008
Dear Urban Jibaro,
I work in the toy department of a major retailer in a pretty diverse part of Pennsylvania. I see a lot of Latino families and I am curious about something. Whenever a kid throw a tantrum in my department, I hear their mothers threaten them with “John Kletter” and they immediately start behaving in most cases.
I have 3 kids myself and I would love to know how John Kletter can help me when they act up.
My question is “Who is John Kletter, and why are Latino children so afraid of him?
“Gracias” (thats all the Spanish I know)
Misty (Lancaster PA)
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Ok…so being that fact that I am completely new at this, I honestly did not know what the hell Misty was talking about. I googled “John Kletter” and did not find much…and was about to move on to our next submission…that is until I mentioned the question to one of my friends (she made me swear not to reveal her name) who has a thick accent and she said “que eso de jon kleta?”and then it hit me me like a ton of bricks…we had a phonetic translation issue here….John Kletter doesn’t exist…at least not in the Latino universe what Misty actually witnessed was the power of the almighty “CHANCLETA”.
This whole ASK A LATINO thing is gonna be fun…
So now that we got that squared away…Click below to read my official response to the first “ASK A LATINO” question.
Toby Love & Fuego Vs. Jowel and Randy & Zion to be Guitar Heros
8:00 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Events| Marketing| Music| New Jersey| Puerto Rico · Comments Off
27 Jun 2008
Tomorrow, 6_28_08, The Battle of the Chosen will star reggaetón artists Toby Love and Fuego facing off against fellow artists Jowel and Randy & Zion on one of Xbox 360’s hottest new games, Guitar Hero™ III: Legends of Rock.
Love and Fuego will be located at the Best Buy store in Secaucus, New Jersey, while Jowel and Randy & Zion will be at the Best Buy location in Puerto Rico, all possible through Xbox 360’s online gaming service, Xbox live®.
Fuego and Love will also be autographing copies of their new compilation cd/dvd, Chosen Few III, for fans and showcasing new ways that Xbox 360 can help families connect and have fun together.
When: Saturday, June 28, 2008
11:00 a.m. — 3:30 p.m. est
where: Best Buy
925 Patterson Plank Rd.
Secaucus, NJ 07094
From the Nightmare Files : Lou Dobbs for Gov of New Jersey?
11:50 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bizarro| Controversia| Funny| Immigration| New Jersey| Politics| TV · Comments Off
23 Jun 2008Everyone’s favorite anti-immigrant spokesperson, CNN’s Lou Dobbs, has suggested that he may be interested in running for governor of the state of New Jersey. In response to this scary possibility, America’s Voice has created a website for the maybe candidate based on his racist views. From a press release on the launching of the site:
The site features our take on what a Lou Dobbs campaign platform would look like, inspired by the unrealistic and polarizing views of real Congressional candidates. Visitors are invited to submit their ideas (in English Only) for the Dobbs campaign slogan contest. The winner will receive a free t-shirt featuring their slogan, and activists around the country will have the opportunity to purchase the shirt online.Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice had this to say:
“America’s Voice is glad to take this opportunity to reveal the truth about anti-immigrant, mass-deportation candidates who have stood in the way of real immigration solutions for years.
Lou Dobbs is not a real candidate, he’s a caricature of what is wrong with the current immigration debate. He offers no real solutions to our broken immigration system, and simply uses his program to spread proven lies, stir up racial tensions and fear, and provide a platform to known hate groups.
The site is funny as all hell. Check it out.
Lou Dobbs for Governor
Rapid Response ICE Raid Network Hotline for NY/NJ Launched
9:57 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| New Jersey| New York · Comments Off
17 Mar 2008
If Immigration and Naturalization (ICE) show up at your door, do you know what to do? Do you know what your rights are? Most people don’t, especially in the current climate of fear, which is why NJ the May 1 Coalition and the New Jersey Civil Rights Defense Committee have launched a 24-hour free number (1-800-308-0878) covering New York and New Jersey that will provide immediate, contact with Spanish-speaking volunteers in the event of a raid.
“Most of the ICE raids on homes and workplace are fishing expeditions—ICE does not know who has documents and who does not,” explains Eric Lerner, a member of the NJ May 1 Coalition. “Immigrants are detained and deported mainly as a result of information that they are frightened into providing the agents. If immigrants call the hotline as soon as they hear that knock on the door, the volunteers will explain to them their rights so that they don’t inadvertently give out information that leads to detention.” Experience with Rapid Response Networks in other cities has shown that even immigrants who are aware of their rights can panic when confronted with armed ICE agents and forget those rights. The hotline provides a reassuring, knowledgeable individual who can remind the caller of their rights and encourage them to use them.
Bogota Anti-Immigrant Mayor Hires Undocumented Workers
10:45 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Immigration| Labor| New Jersey · 1 Comment
15 Oct 2007
How do you spell hypocrisy? Bogota (New Jersey, not Colombia) Mayor Steve Lonegan. He’s come down hard on undocumented workers in his city but he had no problem using undocumented labor to build yard signs. Of course, he’s trying to spin the issue, saying the incident is minor and that it just goes to show how hard it is to verify the status of workers.
The workers, who were interviewed on Univision yesterday, said that Lonegan knew they were undocumented workers.
It’s not clear if Lonegan paid the workers a legal wage.
Via / North Jersey.com and Univision
Weekend Mira! : Dueling Immigration Rallies in NJ
4:40 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Immigration| New Jersey · 2 Comments
27 Jul 2007
In what many local media are describing as a “high-noon standoff”, at least three rallies about immigration are slated to take place tomorrow in Morristown, New Jersey. The events were spurred by the actions of Mayor Donald Cresitello, who sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division, hoping to get 10 local police officers deputized as immigration agents, under the federal 287-G program. The officers would be given access to a database to inquire about the individuals’ immigration status and start deportation proceedings on illegal immigrants. One rally is being led by an organization named ProAmerica Society and will feature the mayor, 9/11 Families for Secure America, the Ku Klux Klan, and Stormfront (a white nationalist organization).
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