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March to Protest the Border Wall

3:09 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Immigration · Comments Off

18 Aug 2008

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A peaceful March is being called by the Citizens Against the Border Wall starting Wed. Aug 27 through Sunday Aug 31, 2008. They have asked all PRO Bloggers to help announce this event and ask all citizens that oppose the Border Wall to March in Peace with them.

Here is a breakdown of the August 27-31protest march against the border wall.
August 27(Wed). Kick off cultural event in Fort Hancock.
August 28 (Thu). From Fort Hancock, walk to Alamo Alto.
August 29 (Fri). From Alamo Alto, walk to Tornillo, hold community event. End in Fabens.
August 30 (Sat). From Fabens, walk to San Elizario, hold community event. End in San Ysleta del Sur with the Tiguas community.
August 31(Sun). Morning ceremony in San Ysleta del Sur . Then to El Paso. After arriving in El Paso, a bi-national event will be held in Anapra, Chihuahua and Sundland Park, NM.

For More Information about the March, contact Javier Perez (915) 474-4930 or via email chamucos00@hotmail.com

Via / Immigration Talk from a Mexican American

Mother’s Day at the Border

9:57 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · children|honduras|Immigration|mexico|Women · Comments Off

12 May 2008

Flowers, chocolates, cards, perfume. These are the most common mother’s day gifts. Along the U.S. Mexico border, all some mothers and daughters wanted was to hug each other.

You can walk to the U.S. border, Francelia Menchaca’s immigration lawyer advised her, but don’t put your fingers through its fence. It may hinder her immigration paperwork, the lawyer said…..

The Menchacas, who drove from Phoenix, are among those who gather here annually on Mexico’s Mother’s Day along the kinder portion of an otherwise unforgiving border that separates the United States and Mexico….

“We’re hoping that by next year, they have their immigration papers,” she said, clutching a family photo album, as her grandchildren gathered daisies for her and pushed them through the fence.

This is the human aspect of the boder debate that the pundits want to gloss over. Too many want people to look at this as strictly an issue of laws and numbers, not people, faces, women, children, and their families and how they are separated by borders and laws.

Making or Breaking the Wall

2:35 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Immigration|Internet · Comments Off

30 Apr 2008

A recently launched website that claims to “represent both sides of the issue equally and will reflect public opinion of the border wall with a virtual representation” scares me. the website allows people to “buy a brick” on a border wall with the money going to an anti-immigrant organization. “Breaking a brick” will send money to an anti-border wall organization.

Last time I checked more people had contributed to building the wall than breaking the wall, but is this an actual representation of public opinion or a representation of who holds power and money? Do people who are against the wall, including the millions of undocumented and documented immigrants have access to the technology and money that is required to make this a real representation of sentiments?

Argentine president lashes out against border wall

1 Aug 2007

capt.cd8a8acf1de0417b8aaf2af26b04cc40.mexico_argentina_moev101.jpg It seems Latin America has never been as aligned as it is now. Some evidence of this has come in the form of a speech made by Argentine president Nestor Kirchner on a recent trip to Mexico City, in which he condemned the proposed wall between Mexico and the United States. In his speech before the Mexican senate, Kirchner said:

“I want to make it clear to all of you that there in nothing but repudiation of the Argentine people towards the dreadful wall that is being built between our sister nation Mexico, and the United States,” said the president, who couldn’t finish the sentence because he was interrupted by the applause of legislators.

Los Tigres Say No to Walls in Many Languages

12:16 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Music · Comments Off

5 Mar 2007

Los%20Tigres%20del%20Norte.jpg Grammy winners Los Tigres del Norte have been known to lend their talents to a political cause before and now with a new single they are doing it again and not just in Spanish. According to today’s episode ofTelemundo’s Cotorreando, the norteño band will be releasing a song expressing their objection to the border wall between the United States and Mexico. And for those who continue to make immigration a Latino only issue, the song will be sung in Spanish, English, Arabic, French and German.

Image Via / Radio Gladys Palmera

Latinos angered at Obama’s support of fence

3:34 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|Politics · 4 Comments

24 Nov 2006

While many liberals anxiously await the announcement that Illinois senator Barack Obama will make a bid for the presidency in 2008, some Latinos are up in arms over Obama’s support of the proposed fence on the U.S. Mexico border:

Hispanic leaders say he has betrayed the trust of the people who always gave him their votes.

“He’s lost his vision; he’s lost his feet on the ground,” said Hispanic leader Carmen Velasquez.

Obama is being criticized after siding with Republicans in the Senate to approve a 700-mile wall across the Mexican border. The vote happened almost two months ago.

Obama defended his position, saying “I am confident that, if you look at my track record, there hasn’t been a stronger friend to the Latino community than me.” Chicago’s CBS2 reports that Obama met with Latino leaders in Illinois and assured them that the vote was “part of a larger strategy”.

Via / CBS2 Chicago and Hispanic Tips

Mexican President-Elect: Border wall a big mistake

7:19 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|mexico|Politics · 1 Comment

26 Oct 2006

Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderón today called the extension of the border wall proposed by the U.S. government “a serious mistake”.

The comments were made in a press conference during a visit with the Canadian Prime Minister in which, according to Mexican daily El Universal he compared the building of the border wall with that of the Berlin Wall.

Calderón also called the decision on the part of the U.S. to continue with the project “deplorable” and claimed that “it won’t resolve anything”.

Meanwhile, Mexican president Vicente Fox is calling the wall “useless and shameful”, and went on to say:

“I think this is shameful for the U.S. and proof of its inability to see the immigration issue as one of mutual responsibility.”

Via / El Universal

So Much for the Wall Idea

9:35 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration · Comments Off

26 Jun 2006

Most regular readers know that I think the idea of a wall on the U.S./Mexico border is stupid and wasteful pero it’s a bad sign, showing no unity or even communication, when the new head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection says he does not favor building a huge wall. The idea of building a wall to keep illegal immigration down is a measure largely supported in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate (one of the few things they can agree on).

Commissioner W. Ralph Basham said last Tuesday in Tucson: It doesn’t make sense, it’s not practical. You build a 50-foot wall, somebody will find a 51-foot ladder.

But don’t get your hopes up, people. This man does work for the government so he does want improved fencing on the border, including fencing has imbedded sensors. He is also asking for improvements in lighting, vehicle barriers and air operations.

Via / Yahoo

Building a Border Wall – One Brick at a Time

9:36 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Controversia|Immigration · 1 Comment

7 Jun 2006

Just in case those conservative lawmakers don’t get what their conservative constituents want in terms of border security (of course we’re talking southern border security. Ignore the terrorists just beyond the Canadian border), one organization is making the message tangibly clear. Send – A – Brick has been urging people to send actual bricks to their local House and Senate representatives as a symbol of support for securing the borders by building a wall between the United States and Mexico. As you can see by the picture, some people have sent decorated bricks with such charming messages as “Stop the Invasion” and “Cuidado! If you can read this, you are too close.”

Defending the Great Mexican Wall

3:00 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|mexico · Comments Off

18 Jan 2006

Peter T. King, the Republican Congressman who wrote the legislation responsible for the proposed wall on the U.S/Mexican border, defended his project in New York City yesterday. In a brief interview with the NYC Spanish language daily paper El Diaro/LA PRENSA, King said the wall provided needed security to citizens of the United States. At a breakfast sponsored by Americans for a Better New York (ABNY) King stated that one of the other goals of the wall is to save lives. It wasn’t clear if he meant the lives of the many that die trying to come into the United States or the lives of United States Citizens who are threatened by stereotypically dangerous brown people.

Via / El Diaro/LA PRENSA

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