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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).
No Doughnuts for Jersey Radio Racists
10:50 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|New Jersey|radio · Comments Off
25 Apr 2007
Late last month Jen wrote about a racist radio show in New Jersey that called for listeners to report and round up undocumented immigrants. New Jersey Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo wanted to put his money where his mouth was in terms of protesting the radio show and trying to bring it down. The way to do this? By targeting advertisers with threats of boycotts. Just as many advertisers pulled their dollars from Don Imus‘s show following his statements regarding the women’s basketball team at Rutgers University, advertisers are doing the same with “Jersey Guys” of Millennium Radio. Major names have pulled their ads, including AT&T, CVS Pharmacy, Verizon, Hyundai, Volvo, Fox TV Station, Sleepy’s, PNC Bank, Nissan Parts and Services,and most recently Dunkin Donuts.
NJ radio station calls for “illegal” roundup
5:11 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|New Jersey|radio · Comments Off
22 Mar 2007
There’s something ugly on the radio waves in the Garden State. Some radio DJs (always the source of such high-brow entertainment) in New Jersey have put the call out to their listeners to report “suspected illegal immigrants” to the radio station, 101.5 FM, or to authorities:
The leaders say the radio station’s campaign – named “La Cuca Gotcha” – is clearly anti-Hispanic and may encourage racial profiling and other bias incidents against Hispanics.“It’s a despicable campaign and clearly slanted at Hispanics,” said New Jersey Assemblyman Wilfredo Caraballo. “The campaign describes us as bugs that have to be stamped out.”
Freehold : Where “Those ” People Have a Certain Flavor
10:24 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|New Jersey · 1 Comment
2 Mar 2007
Something in New Jersey stinks and it ain’t garbage. It’s the words of Freehold Councilman Marc LeVine.
In the web site of PEOPLE (Pressing Elected Officials to Preserve Our Living Environment), Councilman Mark LeVine wrote that there, “a very promiscuous flavor” in parts of the Hispanic community, the Asbury Park Press reported.
LeVine went on to say that some of “these people” often expect the state to subsidize their mistakes when they have large families that they can’t afford to support.
Maestro Ray Barretto Passes
8:57 am By Maegan La Mala · Music|New Jersey · Comments Off
17 Feb 2006
WBAI Pacifica Radio station 99.5 FM in New York City reported that Latin Jazz great Ray Barretto passed on this morning at about 5:30 am EST. The 76 year old maestro had been struggling following open heart surgery earlier this year. Ray Barretto was born to Puerto Rican parents in Brooklyn on April 29, 1929. He is credited with being the first U.S.-born percussionist to integrate the African-based conga drum into jazz, affirming through the medium of music the African roots of Puerto Rico. Barretto played with Tito Puente’s band in the late ’50s and later recorded with Cannonball Adderley, Freddie Hubbard, Cal Tjader and Dizzy Gillespie. Rest in Peace maestro. You live on through your talent and gift of music.
Via / WBAI
Latin Jazz Legend Ray Barretto Recovering
2:09 pm By Maegan La Mala · Music|New Jersey · Comments Off
6 Feb 2006
Leyenda of Latin Jazz, 76 year old Ray Baretto is recovering at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey after heart surgery. Brooklyn born Baretto is a Grammy-winning Latin jazz percussionist played with Tito Puente’s band in the late ’50′s and recorded with such musical greats as Dizzy Gillespie and Celia Cruz. Barretto was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 1999 and is credited with introducing the integrating the conga drum into jazz. VL wishes this maestro a speedy recovery so that he can keep cocinando suave.
Via / Newsday.com
Play “Yo Soy Latina” tackles Identity Issues and NJ Area Gente Can See It Now!
3:32 pm By Maegan La Mala · New Jersey|theatre · Comments Off
20 Jan 2006
Are you a Latina struggling with your family over your relationship with someone outside “la raza”? Are you just discovering your historical and cultural roots? Maybe you’ve been told you’re “too light skinned” to be Latina or “too dark”? As a mixed Latina do you find yourself often defending your “Latinidad”? No there is no magic pill to deal with all the issues of Latina identity there is an ensemble play that tackles these issues frankly and with a sense of humor.YO SOY LATINA! can be seen on the Crossroads Theatre Company stage from February 10 through February 19. For tickets call 800-766-6048 or visit http://www.tickets.com/browse.cgi?pgid=2015314. Student Matinees: Feb. 15 and 16 at 12:00 noon. The show runs for 90 minutes with no intermission. For student matinees there will be a post-show discussion .For Group Information call the Customer Service line at 732-545- 8100.
Via / Latino Flavored Productions
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