Posts Tagged ‘Georgia’
Andy Mathe Deported to South Africa on Tuesday Night : Family Faces Same Outcome
9:15 am By Maegan La Mala · Georgia|Immigration · 1 Comment
29 Jul 2011
On Tuesday, July 26th Immigration and Customs Enforcement put Andy Mathe on a Delta airplane out of Atlanta to South Africa. He was deported to the country his mom, grandmother and siblings left almost five years ago. As news came in on Tuesday evening, there were updates, tweets, and phone calls. None were enough to stop what the current administration seemed determined to do, deport this young man and separate him from his family here, especially his mother.
Now the rest of the family that remains in the US is preparing to meet the same fate as Andy. On August 2nd the Mathe family will check-in with ICE authorities under their order of supervision. The entire family’s plea to remain in the U.S. was rejected along with Andy’s. Whether the family will be detained and deported at the August 2nd visit remains to be seen, it seems like a very likely possibility given how things went down with Andy earlier this week.
Under the terms of the newly released memo by John Morton this family meets the requirement for discretion. Advocates hope the Obama administration; Rep. John Lewis and immigration authorities do not once again fail the Mathe-Karekezi family. It seems clear to me, as I feared and told people in the days following the release of the Morton memo, that the actual application of discretion would fall far from what advocates hope.
DREAM Activist is asking people to call Rep. John Lewis to act on behalf of the Mathe family members that remain in the United States.
1. Atlanta office: 404-659-0116
2. Washington D.C. office: 202-225-3801Sample Script:
“Hi I was calling to ask that Rep. Lewis stop delaying action, Andy has already been deported and the rest of the family is next. Rep. Lewis needs to contact ICE directly and write a letter demanding the Mathe family not be deported.”
If you are in the Chicago area, there is a rally scheduled for this coming Tuesday in support of the family, organized by Immigrant Youth Justice League.
Georgia Day Without Immigrants Action(s)
1:22 pm By Maegan La Mala · Georgia|Immigration · Comments Off
1 Jul 2011
Today marks the first day of parts of Georgia’s anti-immigrant law, HB 87, going into effect. Despite parts of the law being put on hold thanks to a court decision, there are still portions which threaten the ability of immigrant communities to live without fear, including mandatory E-Verify. For this reason, the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights and others have organized a day of non-compliance in which Georgians against HB 87 and in support of immigrant rights are not going to work or shop, and business owners will be closing their doors.
Additionally, On Saturday, GLAHR and others have called for a March for Justice at the Capitol in Atlanta starting at 10:00am. Marchers will be coming from all over the state of Georgia as well as North Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, DC, New York and more.
In Georgia Legal and Extra Legal Responses to Immigration Policies
8:45 am By Maegan La Mala · Georgia|Immigration · 1 Comment
29 Jun 2011Yesterday in Georgia, 6 undocumented youth were arrested near the State Capital, protesting against anti-immigrant policies in the state including the anti-immigrant law HB 87. HB 87 was passed in April, is considered one of many laws that copy the infamous Arizona SB 1070.
Dulce Guerrero, 18; Jessica Vasquez, 18; Rolando Zenteno, 16; Nataly Ibarra, 16; Felipe Baeza, 24; and Leeidy Solis, 16; have all been arrested by capitol police. All are current high school students except for Guerrero, who graduated earlier this month, and Baeza, who received his Bachelor’s degree from The Cooper Union in New York in 2009. All are Georgia residents except for Baeza, who lives in New York.
As of this morning, the three younger arrestees have been released to their parents, while three remain in custody.
No more Spanish books for a Georgia library system
3:03 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Books|Georgia|language · 4 Comments
21 Jun 2006
Thinking of heading out to the library to pick up a couple of books en español? According to AP, if you live in Gwinnett County, Georgia, think again. The library system in the heavily Latino county has decided it won’t be purchasing any more non-children’s books in the language of Cervantes:
Last week, the library board in this fast-growing county of 700,000 people eliminated the $3,000 that had been set aside to buy Spanish-language fiction in the coming fiscal year. It offered no explanation, but the chairman said such book purchases would lead readers of other foreign languages to demand the same treatment.
I can see it now. All those French residents of this Georgia county taking to the streets to demand original versions of the works of Baudelaire and Victor Hugo.
“We can’t supply pleasure reading material for all language groups, so we’re not going to go down that road,” said Lloyd Breck, chairman of the library board.
Georgia criminalizes immigrants, Mexico reacts
5:10 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Georgia|Immigration|mexico · 1 Comment
21 Apr 2006
This week Georgia governor Sonny Perdue signed into legislation the strictest immigration laws on the books in the United States. The law will deny some aid and social services to those unable to prove their legal status in the U.S. and will penalize employers who employ undocumented immigrants. Fulfilling a promise from months ago (also proposed in other states), Georgia will also demand that local police report undocumented immigrants to Immigration.
American media certainly doesn’t care about Mexico’s take on the whole matter, so it’s a good thing that foreign media does. The BBC quotes Mexican presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar:
“The referred legislation incurs discriminatory acts against the Mexican population and those of Mexican origin,” Mr Aguilar said.“It is a partial measure that fails to resolve the complex phenomenon of immigration between Mexico and the United States in an integral manner.”
Mexico’s El Universal goes on:
Aguilar pointed out that as Perdue was signing the bill in Georgia, border state Arizona’s governor, Janet Napolitano, “vetoed [proposed] legislation that would be anti-immigrant”.“This just shows the complexity of a problem that affects both countries, and that can only be resolved by looking at the phenomenon in an integral way.”
More on Atlanta Latino
Related reading: Ga. town at center of immigrant labor case
Via / BBC News and El Universal (Spanish)
Photo via Henry Herald (Jeffrey Leo)
Full House
12:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Family|Georgia|Immigration|society · Comments Off
18 Jan 2006
It seems that officials in the cradle of the “New Latino South”, Georgia, are looking to make sure too many people don’t occupy a single dwelling. Too many immigrants, that is. In reponse to complaints about overcrowded homes in the state, Georgia officials are inspecting dwellings housing numerous Latino immigrants:
In Cobb County, housing code officers say they need more stringent regulations to handle a growing number of complaints about overcrowded homes. Last week, county zoning officials proposed an ordinance to reduce the number of unrelated people who can live together under one roof from six to four.
Latinos die in pedestrian accidents
6:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Georgia|society|States · Comments Off
2 Dec 2005
This issue is very sad, and really points to how unliveable many American cities are for those without the means to own a car. I know that where I am from is one of these places. Sidewalks are scarce and buses come every 2 hours, if you are lucky.
Since many of the new Hispanic immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries have limited access to vehicles or public transportation, they walk where they need to go. At the same time, pedestrian infrastructure in the South is often lacking, officials say.
Bill Fisher and Chicano Richard A. Lou, both artists, collaborated on creating public art that deconstructed the very public tale of Jennifer Wilbanks, the white runaway bride who used the media and wove a story about being kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a Hispanic man instead of telling the truth.
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