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Department of Homeland Security Road Show : Next Stop Today in Arlington, VA
8:09 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Secure Communities|Virginia · Comments Off
24 Aug 2011Apologies for taking a few days off from the site to spend time with visiting familia. One thing is for sure, that in spite of little earthquakes, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) demonstrates that the passage of time doesn’t change a thing.
After holding such successful taskforce meetings in Los Angeles and Chicago, DHS is holding another meeting tonight at George Mason Law School at 3351 Fairfax Drive in Arlington, Virginia to hear testimony on the Secure Communities deportation policy.
Like with the other meetings, local organizations are holding press conferences and actions to show their appreciation. Today at 5:15 p.m. ET, followed by March at 5:30 p.m, there will be a press Conference at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 3304 Washington Blvd., Arlington, VA.
Virginia tries to Change It’s Tune In Terms of Immigrant Policy
6:20 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Virginia · Comments Off
25 Nov 2008For over a year, we’ve been covering the various anti-immigrant measures in Virginia and the Latino community’s struggle against the hate.
The Washington Post is reporting that the state is attempting a different approach, with the aim of assimilating, not isolating, the undocumented…
Recommendations include shortening the Medicaid residency requirements for certain qualified immigrants, offering in-state tuition to immigrants who meet specific criteria and creating an immigration assistance office.
In the coming weeks, the Virginia Commission on Immigration will send Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) two dozen recommendations, most of which would help immigrants instead of penalizing them…
The commission proposed increasing the number of English classes and creating a plan to address the needs of foreign-born residents. It also urged the federal government to compile more complete immigration statistics, increase the number of visas for foreign workers and pass comprehensive immigration legislation.
So You Thought Prince William’s County Anti-Immigrant Stance Was a Good Idea Huh?
1:36 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Education|Immigration|Virginia · 3 Comments
28 Apr 2008
Some of our readers praised local anti-immigrant measures, like the one Prince William County, Virgina passed, but to used a cliched phrase, what happens when those chickens come home to roost. More specifically, what happens when the impact of these policies impact you, the non-immigrant, the non-Latino, where it hurts, your wallet?
Hundreds of foreign-born families have pulled their children from Prince William County public schools and enrolled them in nearby Fairfax County, Arlington County and Alexandria since the start of the school year, imposing a new financial burden on those inner suburbs in a time of lean budgets.
Prince William County : Racism Against Latinos
7:15 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|race|Virginia · Comments Off
28 Feb 2008I’ve done a few post on that followed the development of the plan in Prince William County, Virgina to make it legal to discriminate against undocumented people, which in reality is a license to harass and racially profile Latinos. Don’t believe me you say? Just watch this video via ProInmigrant, that shows children berated by a man, demanding if they are citizens and speak English, not to mention the curses and lewd images the young people are exposed to. Check the video after the jump.
Obama Wins the Potomac
8:29 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Maryland|US Presidential Race 2008|Virginia|Washington DC · 3 Comments
13 Feb 2008
Naysayers are shaking their heads as Barack Obama came out as a winner in three primaries yesterday (Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland). The press is having a field day with the win, pointing that Obama pulled the vote of women and ::gasp:: Latinos (you mean they will vote for a black candidate?).
In Virginia, Obama outdid Clinton among women by a margin of 58 percent to 42. He also captured the majority of those voters who make less than $50,000: 59 percent to 40 percent. And even bested Clinton among Latinos by a margin of 55 to 45, though the later made up a small portion of the voting public and should be taken with a grain of salt.
Latinos make up about 4% of the electorate there.
Prince William County Losing Latinos : Documented and Not
10:18 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|Virginia · Comments Off
23 Oct 2007When Prince William County, Virginia passed an anti-immigrant measure earlier this month, a wave of Latinos began moving out of the county. And it’s not just undocumented Latinos. A climate of fear has permeated the county causing one-way U-haul rentals to go up and business at a money transfer store to go down. Schools teaching English have lost 80 percent of their students. Locals say that those who haven’t moved out , don’t dare step outside.
What a way to live.
Prince William County Passes Anti-Immigrant Policy
12:13 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|Justice|Virginia · 2 Comments
18 Oct 2007They’ve been planning it for awhile and while the state of Virginia rejected a controversial proposal to create the country’s first state-run facility where illegal immigrants arrested for certain crimes could be held while awaiting trial or until federal officials deport them, Prince William County‘s supervisors unanimously voted yesterday to move forward with a plan to deny certain county services to illegal immigrants and to direct the police to enforce immigration laws.
Prince William Latinos Fight Back With Their Wallets
12:26 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Immigration|Money|Shopping|Virginia · 2 Comments
28 Aug 2007
Economic boycotts are an extremely difficult political tactic. They require widespread mass support in order to be effective. But the difficulty of using such a weapon isn’t stopping Latinos in Prince William County, Virginia from using it as a tool against anti-immigrant policies. The boycott, which began yesterday, is a week long campaign targeting all non-immigrant-owned businesses, including such chains as Wal-Mart and McDonald’s. At such an important time for businesses, back to school time, the impact of a boycott could be great. Although, those that back the measure aren’t so sure.
“They don’t have a prayer of reversing this resolution, which has the support of 80 percent of county residents,” said Greg Letiecq, an activist who heads Help Save Manassas. “This is an attempt to bully immigrant businesses.”
Virginia is for Lovers. One Virginia County isn’t for Latinos
1:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Virginia · 4 Comments
13 Jul 2007
The Board of Supervisors in Prince William County, outside Washington, D.C., says police will be able to ask about immigration status and county officials will be able to deny services to undocumented persons, ranging from non-emergency medical care to public parks, to libraries. They say they feel compelled to do something in the wake of Congress’s failure to overhaul immigration law. Opponents call the measure racist and say it opens the door to legalized racial profiling. And before anyone tells me that the law will only impact undocumented immigrants let me leave you with a quote from someone in Virginia.
“I don’t see a white [county] employee asking a person with blue eyes and white skin for proof of residence,” said Ricardo Juarez, a leader for Mexicanos Sin Fronteras in Prince William County.
Via / The Examiner
No Cinco de Mayo celebration in Virginia
1:53 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events|Immigration|Virginia · Comments Off
7 May 2007
Virginia‘s Mexican-American community had to do without their annual Cinco de Mayo celebration this year, as a result of a curious phone call from ICE officials and fears that possible immigration raids might make attendees an easy target for ICE officials:
An organizer said she called off the traditional May 5 celebration of Hispanic pride after she said she received a phone call from the Fairfax office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.“I don’t want to be responsible for one single parent to be taken from their home, whether they’re illegal or not,” said Maria Roe, who launched the festival three years ago.
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