Posts Tagged ‘nashville’
Update on Nashville Family that Lost Children to State after Surviving Violent Attack
2:51 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · children|Family|Immigration|Nashville|Women · 1 Comment
7 Oct 2009It reads like a bad novela if it weren’t the real nightmare that so many families are living in the United States. First, Maria Gurrola is violently attacked and her newborn, Yair Anthony Carillo, is abducted by a woman claiming to be an ICE agent. Then, once reunited with her baby, Maria lost Yair and her other three children, this time to State authorities who cited vague “safety issues”.
Yesterday, the petition to remove the children from the home was withdrawn and Gurrola has been reunited with all of her children.
Tuesday’s hearing was planned at Juvenile Court to discuss allegations that the family may have known of a plot to sell the baby for $25,000. Court documents did not detail who made the allegations.
Metro police spokesman Don Aaron released a press release saying that Metro police agree that the children should be returned to the parents after extensive interviews by Metro, TBI and the FBI over the last day. All the agencies are in agreement, he said.
“At this time, (authorities) do not believe the parents, Maria Gurrola and Jose Carrillo, are involved,” Aaron said. “Significant unanswered questions remain, however, including why Gurrola and her newborn son were chosen by alleged kidnapper, Tammy Renee Silas. Statements made to law enforcement by Silas are part of the continuing investigation.”
Now if only all the babies can be reunited with their mothers, like Cirila and Angeline.
Via / USA Today
Nashville mayor vetoes English-only, calls it “mean-spirited”
12:43 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|language|Politics|States · Comments Off
21 Feb 2007
Nashville‘s music industry might have turned its back on our friends the Dixie Chicks, but the city’s mayor has shown himself strong against English-only activists who were looking to call attention to the rise in immigration:
Even supporters acknowledged that the bill to make English the official language of Nashville was mostly a symbolic slap at illegal immigration.But even that was too much for Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell. He vetoed the measure, saying it was unconstitutional, unnecessary and mean-spirited.
“This ordinance does not reflect who we are in Nashville,” Purcell said.
The Metro Council passed a measure 23-14 last week that would have required all government communication to be in English. But there was a huge loophole: The bill allowed multilingual communication whenever required by federal rules or when needed “to protect or promote public health, safety or welfare.”
The Mayor sent the vetoed bill back to the City Council where he says he hopes “it will remain, never to be seen again.”
Via / CNN
Nashville to Ban Taco Trucks
1:01 pm By Maegan La Mala · Food|Health|Politics · Comments Off
7 Dec 2005
This is a follow-up to last month’s “Cracking down on taco trucks.”
The city of Nashville is currently proposing a ban on all taco trucks due to health concerns. The taco trucks that many of us frequent will only be allowed for special events, and no longer can operate on a daily basis.
City councilman Tommy Bradley, states that the proposed ban is motivated by health concerns and that it’s not meant to target Latinos. Interestingly, Latinos are the ones that are going to be affected since they’re the ones that own the majority of the trucks in the city.
It is very wrong that the city of Nashville would do this to us, especially since taco trucks are the best source for great tacos. Where do you want us to go? Taco Bell? Yeah right.
Latinos work through the system, start their own businesses and then something like this happens. Why doesn’t the Nashville department of Health actually do their job and inspect the trucks to assure the public that they are safe instead of simply banning them?
Via / Univision
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