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In Republican Debates, Ideology Trumps Intelligent Immigration Policy

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Latinos, National Review, Cato Institute, 2012 Elections, Peter Dixon, Rick Santorum, Hispanic, Obama, Immigration, Newt Gingrich, Center for American Progress, Cir, Politics, Conservatives, GOP Debate, CNN Debate, Gop, Evangelical Christians, Maureen Rimmer, Tea Party, Daniel Griswold, Republicans, Latino Voices News
Fernando Espuelas

As last week's "pile-up" showed, it's time to reveal the candidates' proposed solutions for the wrecks they truly are.

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Joaquin Luna's Unfinished Blueprint

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: President Obama, Dhs, Cir, DREAM Act, Joaquin Luna, Suicide, Illegal Alien, Texas, Deportations, Ice, Chirla, Mission, Undocumented, Dreamer, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Who was this Joaquin, and why is he the subject of conversation, especially amongst immigrant rights advocates who ask ourselves if we could have done something to prevent his suicide? The answers do not come easily.

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Calling the Question: Why Cecilia Muñoz Is Not the Issue

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: White House, Immigration Reform, Coalition Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles, Anti-Immigrant Legislation, President Barack Obama, Cir, Immigrants, Unauthorized Immigration, presente.org, Cecilia Muñoz, Legalization, Chirla, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Talk of resignation, retraction, and silly questioning of CHIRLA's intentions and values is of lesser importance to the immigrant community than proactive, timely, and common-sense solutions.

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Dogs Bark Because We Gallop

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: President Obama, Kfi, Xenophobia, Cir, Jorge-Mario Cabrera, Alabama, Jack and Ken, Los Angeles, Deportation, Ice, Immigration Reform, Anti-Immigrant Legislation, Racism, Enforcement, Hate Speech, Milford, Chirla, Latino Voices News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

There is no room for second-guessing, Mr. President. Congress and the White House must hold onto courage, heart, and mind to stop the types of ill-intentioned, myopic, inhumane laws such as SB1070 and SB56, and get back to work on smart, humane, and sensible updates to our nation's broken and inconsistent immigration laws.

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A Record as Straight as Immigration Reform's Broken Promise

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: White House, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, President Obama, Los Angeles, Cir, Chirla, Latino-Politics, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

If there were any doubts the administration is feeling the heat over their unstated approval of more than a million deportations, none exist now.

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Takes Two to Tango

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, President Obama, Nclr, Dhs, Cir, Janet Napolitano, Immigraition, Immigrants, Enforcement Policies, Immigration, Deportations, Chirla, Ice, Latino Voters, Barack Obama Latino Voters, Chicano, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Although Obama's political advisors are telling the president he has Latinos in the bag in 2012, the jury is out deliberating whether or not he means it when he says he will fight the fight with us on immigration reform.

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Too Close for Comfort: President Obama Should Meet With Families of Unauthorized Immigrants

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Illegals, President Obama, Illegal Aliens, Cir, Immigration Enforcement, Mixed-Status Families, Immigration, Border Security, Anti-Immigrant, Undocumented, Chirla, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Now that President Obama has met with influential Latinos, legislators, and community advocates, he should request a meeting with US-citizen families who live with unauthorized immigrant loved ones.

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Arizona's SB1070: A Year After

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Cir, Xenophobia, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, sb1070, Arizona, Chirla, Anti-Immigration Legislation, Chicano, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Not much and yet all has changed since the first major anti-immigrant legislation in a quarter of a century became law one year ago.

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Courage to Change More than a Slogan

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, President Obama, Dhs, Illegal Aliens, Janet Napolitano, Cir, Immigration, Deportations, Ice, Chirla, Undocumented, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Americans would be surprised to know that our immigration laws are unfairly, unjustly, and inconsistently enforced. And it's not just unauthorized immigrants that suffer the consequences.

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State of an Immigrant Union

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigrants, Unauthorized Immigration, Immigrant Workers, Los Angeles, Cir, Chirla, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

The president has an opportunity, make that a responsibility, to tell the American people that reforming our nation's broken immigration system is not an issue that concerns only those on the right or the left, but one that concerns us all.

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We Are All Arizona -- Now More Than Ever Before

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Cir, Arizona, sb1070, Chirla, Arizona Shooting, Latinos, Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

The mood in my household of war refugees was subdued immediately after we heard of the shooting. Our thoughts went back to our years living in El Salvador during the civil war.

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Non-Breaking News: GOP Opposition to DREAM ACT Is About Race

Gabe Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arizona SB1070, 14th Amendment, Immigration, U.S. Constitution, Arizona, Race, Cir, Tea Party Movement, Jan Brewer, Conservatives, Arizona Immigration Bill, sb1070, Racism, Rohrabacher, Arizona Immigration Law, Constitution, Tea Party, sb1070 Arizona, Republican Party, Fox News Channel, Governor Jan Brewer, California, Arizona Immigration, Racist, Conservative, Glen Beck, Dana Rohrabacher, Immigration Reform, Angle, Jan Brewer Immigration, DREAM Act, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Jan Brewer sb1070, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Sharron Angle, Republicans, Politics News
Gabe Gonzalez

The immigration debate is not about law, not about fairness, not about justice. It's about race. Plain and simple. It's about the fear of more brown people coming into our society, our culture.

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Five Ways to Move Forward on Immigration

Philip Wolgin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Agjobs, Skilled Labor, DREAM Act, Cir, Employment, Harry Reid, Immigration, Refugees, Department of Justice, State Department, Asylum, Eb-1, Politics News
Philip Wolgin

Despite the election results, the fight for immigration reform is far from over. There are five reasonable suggestions to move forward on immigration.

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National Self-Interest: The Reason to Pass the Dream Act Now

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Workers, Federal Law, America, Economy, Economic Growth, Immigrants, Immigration, Navy, Undocumented Students, Citizens, Cir, Politics, Military, Kids, Air Force, Legalization, Tea Party, College Degree, Latinos, Path to Citizenship, Edcuation Reform, Hispanic, Human Capital, Scholoships, Democrats, Students, Univesity, Harry Reid, Education, Army, College, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, United States, Republicans, Capital, Dreamact, Mid-Terms, 2012 Election, Barack Obama, Los Angeles News
Fernando Espuelas

While the opposition cries out that the DREAM Act is a kind of back door amnesty for undocumented workers, it is actually a sensible, rational strategy to meet America's economic and social needs.

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What Is 'Back of the Line' Citizenship for Unauthorized Immigrants in the U.S.?

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Citizenship, Harry Reid, Raúl M. Grijalva, Immigration, Latin America, Pew Hispanic Center, Cir, Hispanics, Politics News
Pablo Manriquez

"Back of the line" carries denigrating racial undertones rooted in America's past. The term assures a frustrated non-Latino electorate that unauthorized immigrants will be punished and remain second-class residents.

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The (Un)Sexy Side of Immigration Reform

Philip Wolgin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration, Ufw, Agjobs, Cir, Visas, Immigration Reform, Visa, Illiegal Immigration, Border Patrol, Border Security, Undocumented Workers, Politics News
Philip Wolgin

I am amazed at how much of the current immigration debate still centers around only two things: border security, and earned legalization. We are missing one of the most important facet of reform: fixing the visa system.

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Federal Government: Step Up on Immigration Reform

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Jan Brewer, Cir, Judge, Jan Brewer, Arizona Immigration, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, SUSAN BOLTON, Immigration, Arizona, Arizona Immigration Law, Politics News
Deepak Bhargava

It's unacceptable that because Congress doesn't want to anger virulent anti-immigrant forces, immigration reform remains stalled.

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From My Family to Yours: Immigrant Youth Shout Out

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Detention Centers, President Obama, Youth, Children, Cir, Immigration, Immigrants, Detentions, Deportations, Ice, Rifa, Unauthorized, Illegal Aliens, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Migrants, Chirla, Undocumented, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

This week thousands of children will gather in small and large cities in the United States and Mexico to ask Congress to push immigration reform forward and keep families together.

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Why the U.S. Needs More Immigrants

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Latinos, Population, Baby Boomers, Aging, Social Security, Hispanic, Italy, Spain, United States, Immigration, Demographic Trend, Geopolitical Status, Immigration Reform, Economic Decline, Tax, Germany, Superpower, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Japan, Sb 1070, China, Arizona Illegal Immigration, Economic Growth, Cir, Anti-Latino Law, Arizona-Anti-Immigrant-Law, Illegal Immigrants, Los Angeles News
Fernando Espuelas

If we want to maintain our superpower status, assure economic growth, save Social Security and other entitlement programs, we need a growing pool of (immigrant) tax payers to fund it.

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Arizona's SB1070 Is a Cry for Help

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cir, Racism, Immigration, Immigrants, Discrimination, sb1070, Arizona, Chirla, Rifa, Jan Brewer, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Seconds after signing with an "unwavering" hand one of the most anti-immigrant pieces of legislation in the United States, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer audibly sighed.

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The Daryl Gates "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Order 40, Cir, Anti-Immigrants, Immigration, Immigrants, Lapd, Community Policing, Police Abuse, Los Angeles, Chirla, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Former Los Angeles Police Department Chief Daryl Gates lost his battle to cancer this past week, and the immigrant community also lost an ally of sorts.

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Costa Mesa at War Again

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Costa Mesa, Immigrants, Cir, Chirla, Arizona Immigration Law, Sanctuary Cities, Rule of Law City, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Something funny happened on my way to Costa Mesa this week. The plateau by the coast declared itself a sanctuary for intolerance and bigotry.

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Now Onto Immigration

David Gray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sen. Lindsey Graham, Schumer-Graham-Immigration, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Border Control, Cir, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Politics News
David Gray

Now that the main legislative push on health care is completed, the oxygen should return to the legislative process on a host of other domestic issues. Prime among them is immigration.

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In Search of the Skittish 60 Votes to Pass Immigration Reform

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rifa, U.S. Senate, Border States, Cir, Jorge-Mario Cabrera, Immigration, Immigrants, Los Angeles, Chirla, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Why are voters not storming the congressional offices of these Republican senators who have conveniently adopted cowardly if not outright antagonistic positions on the issue of immigration reform?

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The Lion, a Green Card, and Arizona

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rifa, Immigration Reform, Activist, Civil Disobedience, Los Angeles, Cir, Chirla, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

I met Daniel recently on our way to Arizona. He was one of 56 CHIRLA bus riders making the personal decision to demonstrate there as "undocumented" citizens.

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