No Borders Reports: Conversations at the Wall
by Seth Porcello
Monday Nov 5th, 2007
This 4.5min report listens to voices from both sides of the border fence in Calexico California, as people meet their loved ones through the barrier that separates them. This report is part of the No Borders Camp convergence on the US Mexico Border. For more information see:
http://noborderscamp.org/
audio:
no_borders_1_ mp3.mp3
MP3 at 5.3 MB
Transcript:
To walk from Calexico, California to Mexicali Mexico is only a matter of walking down a sidewalk, through some steel revolving gates, and out onto the Mexicali streets. To walk from Mexicali to Calexico however, requires papers, visas, interactions with border patrol, and usually waiting in a huge line. The two cities, while divided, are economically and socially one. In any other north american city they would be considered different neighborhoods, but here, they are divided by a steel wall, policed on only one side.
Families and friends who have been separated by the border, often meet on both sides of the fence to talk, or squeeze money through the steel grid to relatives in Mexicali, and see what little they can of their loved ones. Standing in Calexico, I interviewed one man in Mexicali through the border fence.
what I can say about this fence, this fence is a form of discrimination. Its a form of discrimination because all Americans can come to Mexico without a problem but Mexicans cannot go the United States. Every American can enter and leave through this fence, but Mexicans cannot, WHY? Because they need papers. When I look at this fence, it's something that has no right to exist. Why did they put up this barrier? Is it discrimination against Mexicans, or, I don't know, something racial.
I met Maria, who ask that her real name not be used, why she had come to the Calexico side of the border fence.
Seth: Why?
Maria: I came to see my family.
Seth: Through?
Maria: Through the fence, yes. They have to be on the other side of the fence, and me inside. Its a difficult situation, yes, but they have to. We have to be strong, for many things, for our families who we don't see them, for the home. For many things, we have to have courage.
Seth: And you can't cross the border.
Maria: No I can't cross the border.
Seth: Is this fence just?
Maria: No, it's not just, but what can we do. If it could be done I would go. No it's not just.
Reporting from Calexico, Mexicali, and the imaginary space in between,
this is seth porcello
Thanks to:
Ne74
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
ARTICLE: Conversations at the Wall
Sunday, November 4, 2007
ARTICLE: Service Recalls Dead, Implores Living
Video: Their altar was a folding table covered by a white tablecloth.
Their church was the bare desert.
But about 500 people came to the binational All Souls' Day Mass on Friday on the border between Sunland Park, N.M., and Anapra, Mexico.
They tried to ignore the chain-link fence that separated the crowd of faithful into two groups.
"I'm glad to be here," said Prisciliano Dominguez, a resident of Lomas de Poleo in Mexico.
Dominguez and his wife clutched the fence to talk to
"It is different from the church. Here we are separated by a fence, but that's how human beings are," Dominguez said. "It's good to be here anyway."
El Paso Catholic Bishop Armando X. Ochoa said the Mass, a tradition on the border, was meant for the living as much as for the dead.
"We gather together to remember all those who have lost their lives and to challenge the living to do what we can to look for a comprehensive (immigration) law," he said.
The faithful waited for two hours for the Mass to start because of a scheduling confusion. A one-hour time difference exists between Juárez and El Paso this week because the two countries did not go on daylight saving time together.
Friday at 2 p.m., Las Cruces Bishop Ricardo Ramirez and Juárez Bishop Renato Ascencio de León took turns leading the religious service, each one on his side of the fence.
Ramirez spoke of the border as "the demarcation that means either 'Welcome' or denial of entry, and these days it means denial of entry."
The Mass was a new experience for Elsa Gual, a recent arrival to El Paso who was in Sunland Park with her children.
"They know the tradition, but they don't know how to celebrate it," Gual said of her children. "This is very interesting. We all gather for the same end."
Antonia Muñoz, of Canutillo, attends every year.
"It's for our tradition and for the tradition of being together," she said. "It's a little sad. It makes one think about our family members who are over there (in Mexico) and can't be here with us today."
State Rep. Paul Moreno, D-El Paso, said the binational Mass is even more meaningful this year because of current events.
"This year is most special because of what our country is doing to Mexican people. It is a great shame to see a fence like that where people can't even shake hands," he said.
Sister Frances Hicks, a member
"It's a wonderful reminder of why the people are coming (to the United States), not just for a better life but to survive," she said.
Louie Gilot may be reached at lgilot@elpasotimes.com, 546-6131.
El Paso Bishop Armando X. Ochoa, right, and Juárez Bishop Renato Ascencio de León talked on Friday through the border fence near Anapra, Mexico. The bishops said Mass in memory of immigrants who have died trying to cross into the United States.
Border Mass
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TUCSON: Indigenous Border Summit -- NOV 7-10
Indigenous Border Summit welcomes extraordinary speakers and Blackfire
The Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit of the Americas II welcomes extraordinary speakers from the Americas, including Bill Means, Lakota, and board members of the International Indian Treaty Council. Delegations of Mohawks include the Mohawk Women Title Holders from Quebec and Ron Lameman from Six Nations.
Indigenous border rights of mobility, human rights and the United Nations are among the topics at the summit, Nov. 7 - 10, 2007 at San Xavier District on the Tohono O'odham Nation (near the Tucson International Airport and South Tucson.)
Mike Wilson, Tohono O'odham who puts out water for migrants, will speak on humanitarian aid. Lenny Foster, Navajo, will speak on Native prisoners' rights and focus on Leonard Peltier. Speakers include Karen Lowe, Tohono O'odham Nation ecologist, speaking on the border and the environment; Margo Tamez speaks on women and children at the border; Jay Johnson Castro on the imprisonment of migrant children in Texas and protests of the border wall in Texas.
Other speakers' presentations will focus on militarization of the border, human rights abuses and new border policies. The United Nations requested that the border summit be held for a second year, following the successful summit in 2006. Time is reserved each day for testimony from Indigenous Peoples living in border regions.
The Indigenous Border Summit will be webcast, Nov. 7 - 10, at http://www.earthcycles.net/
Blackfire will perform at the Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit of the Americas II, Saturday night, November 10, 2007. The Border Summit welcomes Blackfire, the Navajo family band whose voices have proclaimed Indigenous Peoples' rights around the world.
Camping is available on site. Breakfast and lunch are provided each day at the four-day summit, hosted by San Xavier District with support from the International Indian Treaty Council.
PROVISIONAL AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7th
6 am – Sunrise Ceremony
7 am – Breakfast
9 am – Introductions, Human rights, Indigenous Peoples and impacts current Border policies
12 pm – Lunch
1 pm – Humanitarian Aid and saving lives along the Border
3:30 pm – Break
4 – 5 pm – Indigenous Peoples' Rights and the Border: Human Rights, Treaty Rights and Rights to Traditional Lands and Territories
6 pm -- Dinner
7 pm -- Oral Testimony
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8th
6 am – Sunrise Ceremony
7 am – Breakfast
9 am – Immigration/Indigenous Traditional Mobility
12 pm – Lunch
1 pm - HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING:
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: a new international framework for upholding our human rights
Current Review of the US by the UNCERD: "Using the UN to hold the US Accountable for Racism towards Indigenous Peoples"
Other international developments to defend the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples Questions and Discussion.
Presenters: Bill Means, Lakota and cofounder of IITC, Andrea Carmen, Yaqui and executive director; Ron Lameman, Six Nations; Francisco Cali, IITC Board President
6 pm – Dinner- on your own
7 pm - Oral Testimony
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9th
6 am – Sunrise Ceremony
7 am – Breakfast
9 am – Implications on Lands, territories, and national resources & environment: Karen Lowe, Tohono O'odham Nation ecologist
12 pm – Lunch
1 pm – Religious/Cultural/Spiritual Rights, traditional mobility, ceremonial practices and sacred sites: Delegations of Mohawks, including Kahentinetha and Katenies of the Mohawk Women Title Holders from Quebec
Ron Lameman from Six Nations
3:30 pm – Break
4 pm – Women/Children and the Borders: Margo Tamez
6 pm – Dinner – on your own
7 pm Oral Testimony
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10th
6 am - Sunrise Ceremony
7 am – Breakfast
9 am – Humanitarian Aid: Tohono O'odham Mike Wilson
10 am - Detentions and prisons: Lenny Foster, Navajo, Native inmates rights, including ceremonial rights, focus on Leonard Peltier
Texas: Imprisoning migrant children and border wall protest: Jay Johnson Castro from the Texas border
11 am – Oral Testimony
12 pm - Lunch
1 pm – Conclusions, Summaries, Recommendations & Resolutions
2 pm – Break, dinner on your own
7 pm – Concert: BLACKFIRE
This is an alcohol-free and drug-free event.
Indigenous Border Summit responds to human rights crisis
Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit of the Americas II, Nov. 7 -- 10, focuses on human rights and right of mobility
SAN XAVIER, TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION -- A human rights crisis for Indigenous Peoples living along borders in the Americas threatens their survival, with rapidly expanding militarization and new laws which limit their mobility in their ancestral territories.
Responding to this crisis, the San Xavier District of the Tohono O'odham Nation will host the Indigenous Peoples Border Summit of the Americas II, Nov. 7- 10, with support from the International Indian Treaty Council.
Mike Flores, Tohono O'odham summit organizer, said, "It is necessary for Tohono O'odham and other Indigenous Peoples of the border regions to collectively address the adverse impacts that are increasingly occurring on tribal lands. The Border Summit of the Americas II will provide us the opportunity to do just that."
San Xavier District Chairman Austin Nunez joins Flores in welcoming Indigenous Peoples to the Border Summit on Tohono O'odham land, located near South Tucson.
"Welcome," Nunez said, "Our community is pleased to be hosting this year's conference."
The Border Summit will host a human rights workshop by the International Indian Treaty Council. The summit will be broadcast live on the Internet at http://www.earthcycles.net/ as was done in 2006.
From the southern Andes to the northern Arctic, corporations intent on seizing natural resources have increased the oppression and displacement of Indigenous Peoples, resulting in their forced mobility across national borders. Further, free trade agreements, mining and exploitative development have forced Indigenous Peoples into exile in the Americas, displaced from their lands where they farmed, hunted or fished for survival.
In the United States, corporate profiteering for private migrant prisons, experimental spy technology, poorly trained border agents, privatized security and new laws for immigration threaten the right of mobility in ancestral territories. The human rights crisis at the southern border of the United States and Mexico has resulted in over 4,000 migrant deaths in recent years, including deaths of women from Guatemala on Tohono O'odham tribal land in Arizona who died walking with their children in 2007. Migrants, including Indigenous Peoples from Mexico and Central America, die of dehydration and severe temperatures while walking in search of a better life. The Border Summit speakers will include Tohono O'odham Mike Wilson, who puts out water for migrants on tribal land. "No one should die for want of a drink of water," Wilson said.
The privatization of prisons, including the T. Don Hutto Residential Center and Raymondville migrant tent encampment, both near Austin, Texas, reveals the sinister motivation of profiteering from the plight of migrants. Hutto imprisons migrant and refugee infants and children. Speakers will include Jay Johnson-Castro, Sr., of Texas, among those organizing protests against the prisons and border wall. In May, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for migrants, Jorge Bustamante, was denied entrance into Hutto, and Johnson-Castro helped organize the human rights protests that followed.
The border wall and border vehicle barriers along the southern border have resulted in the removal of ancestors' remains of the Tohono O'odham and Kumeyaay from their final resting places. Further, the barrier wall on Tohono O'odham land is a barrier interfering with an ancient annual ceremony.
Since ceremonial leaders from Mexico often lead ceremonies in the United States, new immigration laws threaten the survival of ceremonies, culture and languages. Because many Indian people are born at home, or lack funds for visas and passports, crossing the border has become a harsh ordeal.Further, at both the northern and the southern borders of Canada and Mexico, federal border agents ransack and violate ceremonial items.
Speakers on the right of mobility at the northern border include a delegation of Mohawks from Turtle Island. With the increased militarization and surveillance at the borders, the dangers from speeding border agents, aerial vehicle crashes and abuse and harassment by border agents increase. Women, children and elderly along the border are most often the victims of oppression and suffer most often from the lack of food, safe drinking water and medicines.With the militarization and oppression increasing for Indigenous Peoples around the world, the Border Summit of the Americas invites Indian people to offer their testimony while receiving information and training on human rights.
The International Indian Treaty Council will present a human rights training, following the United Nations adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The US will be examined by the UN Committee for Racial Discrimination (CERD) Committee in March of 2008, in Geneva, Switzerland.
"This workshop will provide information as to how Indigenous Nations, tribes and organizations can use this historic opportunity to inform the CERD Committee on the true state of racial discrimination in this country and how it affects Indian Nations, Peoples and communities. This information will be very important to help the UN CERD experts get a more accurate picture of racial discrimination in the US and hold the US accountable to their obligations under international human rights law," IITC said.
"An additional focus will be on strategies to defend our human rights, border rights, and protecting our sacred sites and traditional land rights using the newly-adopted UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from the local to the international levels."
The human rights workshop presenters will be Bill Means, Lakota cofounder of the Treaty Council; Andrea Carmen, Yaqui and Treaty Council executive director; Ron Lameman, Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations, and Francisco Cali, CERD Member and Treaty Council board president.
Treaty Council presents human rights training during Border Summit
Human Rights Training
Using the United Nations to hold the US accountable for Racism towards Indigenous Peoples & Strategies for Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
You are invited!
The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) will conduct a workshop focusing on holding the United States' accountable to its legally binding obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
The US will be examined by the CERD Committee in March of 2008, in Geneva, Switzerland. This workshop will provide information as to how Indigenous Nations, tribes and organizations can use this historic opportunity to inform the CERD Committee on the true state of racial discrimination in this county and how it affects Indian Nations, Peoples and communities. This information will be very important to help the UN CERD experts get a more accurate picture of racial discrimination in the US and hold the US accountable to their obligations under international human rights law.
An additional focus will be on strategies to defend our human rights, border rights, and protecting our sacred sites and traditional land rights using the newly-adopted UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from the local to the international levels.
PRESENTERS: Bill Means (Introduction & MC); Andrea Carmen (IITC Executive Director); Ron Lameman (Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations), Francisco Cali (CERD Member, IITC Board President)
This workshop is being held in conjunction with the Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit of the Americas II" from November 7-10, 2007 which will be held at the San Xavier Community Center, 2018 W. San Xavier Rd, Tohono O'odham Nation. For more information on the Indigenous Peoples' Border Summit.
Indigenous Border Summit Website:
http://indigenousbordersummitamericas2007.blogspot.com
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Connecting the Dots...Making a Difference
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(830)768-0768 (when in Del Rio)
(830734-8636 (cell-when on the road)
Please read my column: Inside the Checkpoints http://www.riograndeguardian.com/columns3.asp
Thursday, November 1, 2007
AUSTIN: Save our Youth! Community Forum -- NOV 13
MAKE YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!!!!
Join us for a Community Conversation about improvements in the Texas Youth Commission (TYC)
TYC is a center run much like a prison for youth. The majority of youth in TYC are youth of color. TYC has had a history of verbally and physically abusing these youth.
Come hear reccommendations and give your input on what needs to change!
WHEN: TUESDAY - NOVEMBER 13, 2007
WHERE: CONLEY GUERRERO CENTER
808 NILE ST.
TIME: 6:00 - 8:00pm
FOOD AND REFRESHEMENTS WILL BE SERVED
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL PODER: 472.9921 or visit www.poder-texas.org / www.myspace.com/poder_austin_texas
Sponsored by PODER and TCAJJ (Texas Coalition Advocating Justice for Juveniles)
Erika
erika-poder@sbcglobal.net
No Borders Camp Update / Boletín del Campamento Contra las Fronteras
ALSO SEE: http://la-nueva-raza.blogspot.com/2007/10/califas-no-borders-camp-nov-5-11.htm
please forward widely / por favor manda por todos lados
español al fondo
November 1, 2007
Greetings campamentistas! There's only one week(!) left until the first ever No Borders Camp on Turtle Island, AKA North America. noborderscamp.org is being updated daily with bilingual information and analysis so please check it out.
NEW!
Logistics
Legal, transportation, health and wellness, what to bring and how to plug in.
Frequently Asked Questions
noborderscamp.org/frequently-asked-questions
Events/Workshop/Actions Schedule
noborderscamp.org/camp-schedule-days
Monday and Tuesday 11.5 & 11.6 Convergence and Regional Prep Events
Wednesday 11.7 Camp Begins, Binational Rally and March
Thursday 11.8 Day of Action Against Capitalism and for Mutual Aid and Respect
Friday 11.9 Day of Action Against Detention and for Freedom of Movement
Saturday 11.10 Day of Action Against the Wall and for a World Without Borders
Sunday 11.11 Solidarity Events and Day of Artistic Expression
Are you planning a workshop, event or action at the No Borders Camp?
Post it here - noborderscamp.org/node/add/event
Boards
Find/offer a ride/couch. Post your individual or your group's needs for the camp or hook other people up. Start to plan to physical organization of the camp by posting who you want to camp with. All this can be found on the boards.
Global Solidarity Actions
noborderscamp.org/solidarity-actions
Check out the awesome solidarity actions being planned in Tacoma and Montreal!
Donate
We need funds to be able to pull off all the amazingness that we have planned!
Calls to Action
noborderscamp.org/calls-action
Check out new calls to action for media makers, artists, food not bombs, medics, musicians and clowns.
Contacts/Get involved
noborderscamp.org/2007-no-borders-camp-contact-info
No Borders Media
noborderscamp.org/no-borders-media
Check out two new trailers for the camp as well as tons of video, audio and images related to the border and the camp.
Invitation to the Camp
List of Endorsers
noborderscamp.org/list-endorsers
Points of Unity
Boletín del Campamento Contra las Fronteras
1 de Noviembre 2007
¡Saludos campamentistas! Solo falta una semana(!) hasta el primer Campamento Contra Fronteras en Isla de Tortuga (Norte América). noborderscamp.org diario se esta actualizando con información bilingüe y análisis. ¡Míralo!
NUEVO!
Logística
Información de transportación, salud y bienestar, que se debería traer y como involucrarse.
Preguntas Frecuentes
noborderscamp.org/preguntas-importantes
Calendario de Eventos, Talleres y Acciónes
noborderscamp.org/es/event/2007/11/02
Lúnes y Martes 11.5 & 11.6 Convergencia y Eventos de Preparación Regionales
Miércoles 11.7 El campamento empieza, Manifestación binacional
Jueves 11.8 Día de acción contra capitalismo y por autogestión y respeto
Viernes 11.9 Dia de acción en contra de las detenciónes y por el movimiento libre
Sábado 11.10 Dia de acción en contra del muro y por un mundo sin fronteras
Domingo 11.11 Eventos de solidaridad y un día de expresiones artísticas
¿Estas planficando un taller, evento o acción durante el Campamento Contra Las Fronteras?
Publicalo aqui – noborderscamp.org/es/node/add/event
Foros
Busca/ofrece un raite/sofa. Publica tus necesidades o las de tu grupo para el campamento o ayuda a otras personas. Empieza a planificar la organización fisica del campamento y publica con quien quieres acampar. Todo eso puede estar encontrado en los foros.
Acciones de Solidaridad Globales
noborderscamp.org/solidarity-actions
¡Chequea las acciones de solidaridad que han planificado en Tacoma, Washington y Montreal, Canada!
Donate
¡Necesitamos fondos para poder realizar toda el espectaculo que hemos planificado!
Llamadas de Acción
http://noborderscamp.org/es/llamadas-de-acci-n
Chequea las nuevas llamadas de acción para los medios independientes, artistas, comida no bombas, médicos, músicos y payasos.
Información de Contacto/Involucrate!
noborderscamp.org/informaci-n-de-contacto
Media sin Fronteras
noborderscamp.org/no-borders-media
Chequea los dos trailers nuevos para el campamento y también un monton de video, audio y imagenes relacionados con la frontera y el campamento.
Invitación al Campamento
noborderscamp.org/hacia-el-campamento
Lista de Endosantes
noborderscamp.org/lista-de-endosantes
Puntos de Partida
noborderscamp.org/puntos-de-partida
Courtesy of:
Carina
carina_souflee@hotmail.com
REPORT: Immigration Raids Create Economic Distress and Emotional Trauma For Children, New Report Finds
Washington, DC– A new report released today by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the Urban Institute found that for every two people detained in immigration enforcement operations, one child is left behind. Two-thirds of these children are U.S. citizens and a similar share is under age ten.
The report, Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America's Children, details the consequences of immigration enforcement operations on children's psychological, educational, economic, and social well-being. It also outlines the heavy burden that workplace raids are placing on communities, school systems, social service providers, and religious institutions, which have acted as first responders for families in these incidents.
"The local governments and communities we studied did not have adequate resources to deal with children's needs in the aftermath of the raids," said Randy Capps, a demographer with the nonpartisan Urban Institute. "At the same time, the federal government did not have in place policies and procedures that explicitly consider the protection of children."
A team of researchers from the nonpartisan Urban Institute studied three communities that experienced large-scale worksite raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents within the past year: Greeley, Colorado; Grand Island, Nebraska; and New Bedford, Massachusetts. A total of 912 people were arrested and 506 children were directly affected.
NCLR funded the study to obtain an independent, objective assessment of how recent immigration actions have affected the children of immigrants.
"That we are putting the youngest, most vulnerable members of our society at profound risk is something that must be taken into consideration in any policy decision. This report clearly demonstrates that it may be years before we know the full effect of the worksite raids on these children and the long-term costs to our society," stated Janet Murguía, NCLR President and CEO.
The study found that the raids forced schools, child care providers, and extended families to act swiftly as important safety nets for children. On the day of the raids in all three sites, for example, the school districts made sure that children were not dropped off to empty homes or left at school overnight.
"Strong extended networks of families and friends took on significant caregiving and economic support responsibilities for children with parents arrested in the raids," said Urban Institute researcher Rosa Maria Castañeda. "These resourceful networks were effective in ensuring that no children were left alone or taken into the custody of the state."
Additional findings from the report include:
- ICE's processing and detention procedures - especially the lack of telephone access and the holding of many detainees outside their home states - made it difficult for detainees to contact their families or other caregivers to arrange for child care.
- The vast majority of children remained with a second parent, but some were without their single parent or both parents following the raid. For example, in Grand Island, 17% of children affected had both parents arrested.
- The resources of extended families and friends were depleted quickly, and support from the nonprofit sector generally lasted for only three or four months. Yet, some parents remained in detention for up to six months, and it took even longer for some parents to have their immigration cases adjudicated.
- Children experienced the emotional trauma of their parents' sudden absence, often personalizing the cause of the separation and feeling abandoned or fearful that their parents could be abruptly taken away from them.
- In all three cities, affected families hid in their houses and were reluctant to open the door to visitors offering assistance for weeks after the initial raid.
- Mental health experts noted that children's and parents' fears and the events surrounding the raids led to depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, separation anxiety, and suicidal thoughts in children.
The report makes a series of recommendations for policy-makers, local officials and service providers, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ensure that children are protected when raids occur. These recommendations include:
- ICE should assume that children will be affected whenever adults are arrested in worksite enforcement operations and should develop a consistent policy for handling detained parents.
- Congress should provide oversight of immigration enforcement activities to ensure that children are protected and should also consider providing resources to school systems and local agencies that respond to children's needs.
- Schools should develop systems to ensure that children have a safe place to go in the event of a school-hours raid.
- Social services and other public agencies should prepare plans to respond to immigration raids and develop outreach strategies to assure parents and other caregivers that it is safe to seek emergency assistance and support for children under such circumstances.
In light of the report, NCLR has asked Congress to hold hearings as soon as possible regarding the status of children in the aftermath of raids.
Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America's Children, by the Urban Institute's Randy Capps, Rosa Maria Castañeda, Ajay Chaudry, and Robert Santos, can be downloaded from NCLR's website at www.nclr.org/
### The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) - the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States - works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations (CBOs), NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.
The Urban Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research and educational organization that examines the social, economic, and governance challenges facing the nation.
Courtesy of:
Mike Espinoza
m_espinoza13@hotmail.com
