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NYC : Tell I.C.E. Hands off Victor Toro Today

6:40 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|Chile|Immigration|Justice|New York City · 1 Comment

26 Aug 2009

victor_toro Victor Toro is like familia to me. Whenever I am at a rally/event, I see him and he kisses me and my children warmly. His life exemplifies the ways in which U.S. foreign policy in Latin America is connected with current immigration policy, and how the two work together at attempting to destroy community.

Victor Toro is a citizen and national of Chile who was jailed and tortured there because of his opposition to the illegitimate Pinochet government (1973-1990). For more than 23 years, Victor and his wife Nieves Ayress (also a survivor of torture by the Pinochet regime) have been living in New York City and engaging in activism in the South Bronx, where they founded Vamos a La Peña, a nonprofit community organization that has served as a space for free expression and people’s power for undocumented workers and other disenfranchised community members. On July 6, 2007,Victor Toro was arrested by US Border Patrol, an agency of the US Department of Homeland Security, while on board an Amtrak train in Rochester, New York. He was released on bond on July 9 and is now seeking political asylum with the help of his legal team. His wife Nieves is a US citizen; their daughter, Rosita Toro, is a legal permanent resident.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2009

12PM-3PM

26 Federal Plaza

Corner of Worth & Lafayette

Napolitano Plays Hostess at White House Immigration Meeting Mañana: Is She Gonna Serve More of the Same?

7:56 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Immigration|Obama|Politics · 4 Comments

19 Aug 2009

20070227_napolitano_3-150x150 In an effort to make it look like it’s doing something on the immigration reform front, tomorrow, at around noon, the White House is hosting a meeting on immigration. The last meeting the White House held on immigration pushed NY’s Senator Schumer as the legislative champion of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, with his talk of illegals and biometric ids. The choice of host for tomorrow’s meeting is no less disturbing, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

President Obama has made it clear that Comprehensive Immigration Reform is not a priority, for now. However, the Department of Homeland Security under Napolitano has been laying the groundwork, or doing the dirty work if you will. Dirty work including expanding Bush era enforcement measures like Secure Communities & 287(g) programs. Add to this the horrendous record of human rights abuses inside immigrant detention centers , including deaths that the public learns about in pieces and I.C.E’s inability to follow the Constitution, and it makes perfect sense that Secretary Napolitano be the ambassador for CIR, no?
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