ALTO GRADO DE ORGANIZACIÓN DE MIGRANTES MICHOACANOS EN EU/ ERNESTO MARTÍNEZ ELORRIAGA/ LA JORNADA
Durante su tercer día de trabajo por el estado de California, el gobernador Lázaro Cárdenas Batel constató, en Santa Ana, el alto grado de organización que en el condado de Orange se ha logrado y que ha permitido que los migrantes estén accediendo a puestos políticos, empresariales y culturales. (…)
Francisco Moreno (Consejero del IME 2006-2008), de la Federación Californiana de Michoacanos, señaló que es muy importante que todas las organizaciones de michoacanos en Estados Unidos se pongan de acuerdo con una agenda única, que sería Michoacán, ''y de esa manera fortalecernos más en esta nación y en nuestro estado de origen''.
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“PREOCUPA” A CALDERÓN LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE MURO FRONTERIZO Y LÍMITES MIGRATORIOS/ ROSA ELVIRA VARGAS Y ANGELICA ENCISO/ LA JORNADA
Ayer, tras una reunión con el personal de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, encabezado por Luis Ernesto Derbez, el designado presidente electo reiteró su preocupación por las decisiones "que se están articulando en Estados Unidos, relativas a la construcción del muro fronterizo y a la mayor restricción en materia migratoria''.
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CONTINÚAN DEBATIENDO MURO/ JOSÉ CARREÑO/ EL UNIVERSAL
Mientras el Senado debate la idea de construir una barda de mil 100 kilómetros de longitud en la frontera con México, la mayoría republicana en la Cámara baja trata de incluir medidas antiinmigrantes en una ley de presupuesto para defensa nacional.
El debate ocurre entre acusaciones de que una serie de medidas contra inmigrantes indocumentados, promovidas por las mayorías republicanas en las dos Cámaras del Congreso, son “más estilo que sustancia” según el calificativo de The Washington Post.
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MINUTEMAN ANUNCIA NUEVO OPERATIVO DE VIGILANCIA EN LA FRONTERA ENTRE ARIZONA Y SONORA/ CRISTÓBAL GARCÍA BERNAL/ LA JORNADA
La organización antimigrante Minuteman anunció que el próximo 30 de septiembre iniciará un nuevo operativo de vigilancia en los límites entre Arizona, Estados Unidos, y Sonora, México.
Los cazamigrantes vigilarán la región conocida como Three Points, ubicado a unas 20 millas (poco más de 32 kilómetros) de la ciudad de Tucson, Arizona, corredor que tradicionalmente es utilizado para el cruce de indocumentados y drogas, informó Chris Simcox, director del grupo Minuteman Project.
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UNO DE CADA 3 NAYARITAS MIGRA A EU; REMESAS, UNO DE LOS SOSTENES ECONÓMICOS DE LA ENTIDAD/ JESÚS NARVÁEZ/ LA JORNADA
Uno de cada tres nayaritas vive en Estados Unidos y los 400 millones de dólares que envían al año no sólo son una de las principales fuentes de ingreso para la entidad, sino ahora, ante los escasos recursos de que disponen los gobiernos municipales, son base para la realización de obras públicas en varias localidades.
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ANUNCIAN FORO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE EN BAJA CALIFORNIA/ EL FINANCIERO
Se propondrán políticas de desarrollo económico para los estados fronterizos del país.
Empresarios, académicos, funcionarios e intelectuales trabajarán sobre las propuestas que serán presentadas al próximo gobierno federal.
El presidente del Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE), Reginaldo Esquer Félix, anunció el Primer Foro de la Frontera Norte que propondrá políticas de desarrollo económico para los estados fronterizos del país.
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LLEVAN IMÁGENES DE JANITZIO A EU/ SEGIO R. BLANCO/ REFORMA
La muestra En el centro una isla: Janitzio. Fotografías de Luis Márquez Romay viajará a Estados Unidos, para ser exhibida en la Kean University de Nueva Jersey, informaron este domingo fuentes de la Coordinación de Difusión Cultural de la UNAM.
Las imágenes que conforman la exposición pertenecen al Archivo Manuel Toussaint, del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas (IIE) de la UNAM, y la muestra fue curada por Ernesto Peñaloza.
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LAWMAKERS AGREE TO SPEND $1.2 BILLION ON TIGHTENING BORDER / ERIC LIPTON/ NEW YORK TIMES
House and Senate negotiators agreed Monday evening to spend $1.2 billion to install hundreds of miles of fence and vehicle barriers along the Mexican border as part of a $34.8 billion spending plan for the Department of Homeland Security for the coming year.
The border security spending is just one of several major policy initiatives that Congressional leaders decided to insert into the annual appropriations bill. Others include a mandate for antiterrorism steps at high-risk chemical plants nationwide and the reorganization of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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SENADO RECHAZA INCLUSIÓN DE MEDIDAS MIGRATORIAS A DEFENSA/ MARIBEL HASTINGS/ LA OPINIÓN
Negocian agregar propuestas de seguridad a gastos militares
El senador republicano de Pennsylvania, Arlen Specter, quien preside el Comité Judicial del Senado y aboga por una reforma migratoria integral, condenó a sus colegas republicanos en la Cámara de Representantes por abandonar el sistema bicameral y bipartidista al tratar de agregar medidas migratorias enfocadas en seguridad a los proyectos de gastos de Defensa.
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IMMIGRATION SETBACK FOR GOP/ NICOLE GAOUETTE/ LOS ANGELES TIMES
A House-Senate panel refuses to add several controversial measures to a Homeland Security funding bill.
In a setback to Republican-led efforts to promote an enforcement-only approach to overhauling immigration law, a congressional negotiating committee on Monday shunted aside several measures the House passed last week.
With Congress rushing to tie up loose ends by week's end so lawmakers can recess to campaign for the November elections, the committee balked at attaching the provisions to a "must-pass" bill to fund the Homeland Security Department next fiscal year. The tactic would have deprived the full Senate and House of a vote on separate items, some of which are controversial.
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LAWMAKERS SIDELINE SPENDING BILL/ MICHELLE MITTELSTADT/ HOUSTON CHRONICLE
They object to the immigration measures added
Powerful lawmakers dealt a serious blow Monday to House Republicans' pre-election border security push, refusing to insert a series of controversial immigration-enforcement measures into a major spending bill.
With members of Congress in their final week of business before hitting the campaign trail, the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill offered Republicans one of their last, best chances before Election Day to get to President Bush's desk a trio of sweeping enforcement bills approved last week by the House.
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COALICIÓN SE OPONE A CONSTRUCCIÓN DE MURO FRONTERIZO / LA RAZA
Representantes de diversas comunidades se congregaron frente a las oficinas de la senadora demócrata de California Dianne Feinstein para pedirle que vote en contra de las propuestas de ley denominadas "Seguridad en las Fronteras Ahora".
"Esas leyes convertirían a la policía en una entidad de agentes de inmigración, para poder hacer redadas de inmigrantes al interior del país", dijo en conferencia de prensa Angélica Salas, directora de la Coalición para los Derechos Humanos de los Inmigrantes en Los Angeles (CHIRLA, en inglés).
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PIDEN A FEINSTEIN APOYO PARA INMIGRANTES/ RÓGER LINDO/ LA OPINIÓN
Políticos, religiosos y representantes de varias organizaciones que abogan por los inmigrantes urgieron ayer a la senadora Dianne Feinstein a bloquear en el Senado un nuevo paquete de leyes que se encuentra en discusión en el Congreso.
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MEXICO'S CALDERON RIPS BORDER WALL PLAN / NEW YORK TIMES
Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon on Monday slammed U.S. plans to build more fences on its southern border, saying it would not solve illegal immigration.
''We are worried ... about the actions that the United States is discussing concerning building a border wall and tightening restrictions on migrants,'' Calderon said after meeting with Mexico's foreign secretary.
The U.S. Senate is debating legislation to build 700 miles of fence on the U.S.-Mexico border along with other security measures, which the House has already passed.
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A 700-MILE-LONG MONUMENT TO AMERICAN POLITICAL DECEPTION / ANDRÉS OPPENHEIMER/ ARIZONA DAILY STAR
White House spin doctors are painting it differently, but it's becoming increasingly clear that President Bush's Republican Party, forced to choose between courting Hispanic voters or the xenophobic right in the race for the Nov. 7 congressional elections, has opted for the latter.
Last week, the Republican leadership in the Senate decided to shun Bush's previous proposal for a comprehensive immigration reform that was to contemplate both border controls and a path to citizenship for undocumented workers.
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TEXAS SHERIFFS SLAM INACTION ON BORDER/ JERRY SEPER/ WASHINGTON TIMES
A coalition of Texas sheriffs says the Department of Homeland Security has been "doing a lot of talking" about securing the nation's borders, but America's Southwest continues to be overrun with illegal aliens, illicit drugs and rising violence.
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IMMIGRATION RESOUNDS FROM BORDER STATES TO CAPITOL/ JILL ZUCKMAN/ CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Standing under the gnarled branches of an ancient mesquite tree, Gabrielle Giffords takes a tough tone against the flood of immigrants illegally crossing the border just south of here.
"We have no idea who these people are, where they're going or what they want," Giffords, the Democratic nominee for Congress, tells several dozen voters gathered on the patio of a supporter's low-slung Spanish-style home to hear her views. "This is a federal issue, and the federal government isn't doing anything about it."
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PLENTY OF MUD, NOT MUCH CLARITY ON BORDER DEBATE/ JILL ZUCKMAN/ CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Standing under the gnarled branches of an ancient mesquite tree, Gabrielle Giffords takes a tough tone against the flood of immigrants illegally crossing the border just south of here.
"We have no idea who these people are, where they're going or what they want," Giffords, the Democratic nominee for Congress, tells several dozen voters gathered on the patio of a supporter's low-slung Spanish-style home to hear her views. "This is a federal issue, and the federal government isn't doing anything about it."
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IMMIGRATION REFORM, IN PIECES / NEW YORK TIMES
This can’t be what President Bush had in mind when he gave a prime-time speech about immigration in May. “An immigration reform bill needs to be comprehensive,” he told the nation, “because all elements of this problem must be addressed together, or none of them will be solved at all.”
That was then. Now we have the Republican-controlled House passing a pre-election lineup of narrow enforcement measures packaged to give voters a false impression of resolve. Mr. Bush has even given up talking a good game on immigration: he says he will sign the Republican legislation as a “first step” toward the real reform he has said he wants but has done depressingly little to achieve.
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COSTA MESA VOTERS FACE A NATIONAL ISSUE TURNED LOCAL: IMMIGRATION/ DANA PARSONS / LOS ANGELES TIMES
Opposing camps contain members that may surprise some people. The outcome will affect the city's image for some time.
My guess is, Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor thought he had a surefire winner when he took on illegal immigration in his town.
And maybe he does. Nobody I've ever talked to is in favor of illegal immigration, even those softhearted, softheaded liberals that conservatives pity. It's just that lots of Americans think trying to stop illegal entry is a fool's errand and that the contributions illegal immigrants make somewhat dilute the arguments against their presence.
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FLORIDA: PROBLEMAS, PESE A LEY DE COMBATE A TRÁFICO HUMANO/ LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ/ EL NUEVO HERALD
Una nueva ley contra el tráfico de seres humanos en la Florida está ayudando a que las autoridades combatan los abusos a inmigrantes y a otros trabajadores vulnerables, pero muchos casos no se detectan.
Los problemas persisten sobre todo en los casos de trabajadores agrícolas, dijeron el lunes algunos defensores de los inmigrantes.
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LAW CUTS ABUSE OF IMMIGRANTS; MORE AID SOUGHT/ LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ/ ORLANDO SENTINEL
Advocates and police meet in Fort Myers to assist human-trafficking victims.
Florida's new human-trafficking law is helping authorities cut down on the abuse of immigrants and other vulnerable workers, but many cases still go unchecked, especially when it comes to farm laborers, advocates said Monday.
Too often, cases of farmworkers forced to work off ballooning smuggling debts through fraud or coercion are ignored as part of the illegal-immigration issue, they said.
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'BATTLE AT THE BORDER' / STEPHANIE INNES / ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Star Investigation: Along with tougher enforcement has come a spike in assaults on border agents, indicating smugglers are becoming more desperate
When he was 16, Gonzalo Llamas left his home in Zacatecas, Mexico, and illegally crossed the border by paying $20 to use an American citizen's passport.
Though the passport holder was older and balding, Llamas made it across and began his new life cleaning restaurants for $9 a job.
Now 50, Llamas is a U.S. citizen and owns a construction company in San Diego. And he wants the border sealed. The reason? Violent crime.
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COALITION PLANS ANTI-SMUGGLING CAMPAIGN/ARIZONA DAILY STAR
A coalition of law enforcement agencies and other groups opposed to human trafficking plans to be highly visible in Yuma.
A group called ALERT, or the Arizona League to End Regional Trafficking, is launching a statewide campaign October 1st.
Billboards, television and radio spots will deal with themes such as child labor, sex trafficking and migrant workers.
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BORDER INSPECTOR ADMITS AIDING ILLEGAL MIGRANTS/ LOS ANGELES TIMES
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer admitted Monday to helping smuggle hundreds of illegal immigrants through his vehicle lane at the Otay Mesa port of entry.
As part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, Michael Gilliland, 44, pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy, bribery and immigrant smuggling; he faces five to 15 years in prison.
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OFFICIAL LET IN HUNDREDS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS/ ONELL R. SOTO/ SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
A border inspector admitted yesterday that he allowed hundreds of illegal immigrants to enter the country in exchange for cash.
A federal judge told former inspector Michael Gilliland that he faces certain prison time when he is sentenced Jan. 12.
“I can't give you a sentence of less than five years . . . regardless of how good a guy you are,” Judge John A. Houston said during an hourlong hearing in San Diego federal court.
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EL MILAGRO DEL SANTO POLLERO/ DIARIOS RUMBO
Toribio Romo era un cura de pueblo y fue una víctima de la Guerra Cristera. Lo fusilaron soldados federales. Ahora es San Toribio Romo, igual que otros 24 'mártires' de la Cristiada.
Un sacerdote ha convertido la pequeña capilla de Romo, en los Altos de Jalisco, en un destino muy visitado por los emigrantes.
Para ello se inventó la historia de un michoacano que, desesperado en la línea fronteriza, se topó con un extraño que le ofreció: "Puedo pasarte y conseguirte un trabajo".
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CRECE APOYO A DEMANDA A FAVOR DE INMIGRANTES/ VIVIANA MUÑOZ/ EL NUEVO HERALD
Cientos de personas se han movilizado para apoyar la demanda que el próximo 4 de octubre las organizaciones proinmigrantes esperan presentar ante la corte federal, en representación de niños estadounidenses cuyos padres están sujetos a deportación.
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DEBATE FLARES ANEW ON HPD'S IMMIGRANT POLICY/ MATT STILES/
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Months ago, Houston Mayor Bill White and Police Chief Harold Hurtt successfully fought efforts to place on the November ballot a proposal that could have required police to question citizenship of minor offenders.
On Monday, proponents of that effort point to the arrest of a Mexican national in the slaying last week of Houston police officer Rodney Johnson as reason to change police department rules, saying the incident underscores the need for police to crack down on illegal immigrants.
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IMMIGRANTS FEAR SHOOTING WILL CAUSE A BACKLASH, SOME SAY/ ARMANDO VILLAFRANCA/ HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Immigrants fear a backlash in the wake of the arrest of a Mexican national in the shooting death of a Houston police officer, local immigration experts and community activists say.
Even more damaging, they believe, is how the incident will diminish gains made in the immigration reform debate, especially after thousands took to the streets in the spring to protest legislation making illegal entry a felony offense.
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HOSPITALS FEEL STRAIN OF BABIES BORN TO UNDOCUMENTED MOMS / JAMES PINKERTON/ HOUSTON CHRONICLE
First it was a trickle, now it's a flood.
Rising numbers of undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America are streaming into Texas to give birth, straining hospitals and costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, health officials say.
Doctors say they are overwhelmed by both the new arrivals and immigrant mothers who already are in the state.
Feeling the strain is Starr County, an already-poor South Texas county that has the region's only taxpayer-supported hospital district.
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GOP GAMBLES WITH LATINO SUPPORT/ CHICAGO TRIBUNE
By Joshua Hoyt, executive director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
I grew up in the suburbs, and I never thought of Republicans as gamblers. They were the solid types, reassuring with their button-down shirts and wingtips, square-and-steady guys just taking care of business.
Marshall Field's is now Macy's, Carson Pirie Scott is closing on State Street and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) has become a wild-eyed gambler, willing to bet the future of the Republican Party on an anti-immigrant card dealt from the bottom of his deck.
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DISPUTING CITIZENSHIP'S ROLE FOR HISPANICS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE/ STEPHEN BARR/ WASHINGTON POST
Federal employment reports have consistently described Hispanics "as underrepresented in the government compared to the civilian labor force."
The Office of Personnel Management, in a report on fiscal 2005 employment patterns, said Hispanics make up 7.4 percent of the federal workforce, compared with 12.6 percent of the nation's labor force
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HISPANIC EXECUTIVES NEEDED. CORPORATIONS RUSH TO HIRE THOSE WHO CAN REACH GROWING MARKET/ TIM GAYNOR/ HOUSTON CHRONICLE
An unusual mixture of sweet clam broth and thick tomato juice, Clamato was for years a difficult-to-market drink that had failed to connect with a mainstream U.S. market.
But then Cadbury Schweppes took a gamble and reached out to a core group of loyal Hispanic consumers, for whom it was a versatile cocktail mixer, a late afternoon pick-me-up, and a key ingredient for cooking up seafood.
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FIVE QUESTIONS WITH HENRY CISNEROS/ HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Latino housing needs come into focus
Henry Cisneros wants builders and bankers to heed his example and cater to Latinos, who make up 15 percent of the U.S. population.
More than three years ago, the former secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development partnered with builder KB Home to develop a community near Almeda Mall with colorful houses and prices starting at $89,000.
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CELEBRAN EL APORTE DE LOS HISPANOS EN EEUU/ KETTY RODRÍGUEZ/ EL NUEVO HERALD
Los hispanos no sólo son la primera minoría de los Estados Unidos, con un total de 42.7 millones de personas según los últimos cálculos de la Oficina del Censo, sino que también constituyen uno de los grupos étnicos que más aportes ha hecho en todas las áreas del mundo moderno.
Desde la ciencia, la medicina, la tecnología, los negocios hasta en la cultura y el folclore, los hispanos han sido esenciales en el desarrollo de Norteamérica.
De allí que el Mes de la Hispanidad celebre los valores culturales de uno de los grupos étnicos que más ha contribuido al desarrollo de Estados Unidos a lo largo de más de 200 años de historia.
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HISTORIC HISPANIC SITES ARE IDENTIFIED FOR PRESERVATION / MARCIA GAYSUE/ THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
Lisa Urias remembers going to her grandfather's house as a child and finding lawmakers, governors and local activists.
She would often see Sen. Barry Goldwater, former Gov. Bruce Babbitt and real estate entrepreneur George Luhrs. Other regulars included former state lawmaker Alfredo Gutierrez.
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SEPARAN A MIGRANTE ZACATECANA DE SUS CUATRO HIJOS EN EU/ ARTURO TORRES / IMAGEN (ZACATECAS)
Lo que inició como “el sueño americano” en busca del empleo que en su entidad no encontró, terminó como la peor de sus pesadillas al ser separada con engaños de sus hijos y ser deportada a México.
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FAMILIARES QUE NO SE CONOCEN, OTRA CONSECUENCIA DE LA MIGRACIÓN/ ÁNGEL FLORES/ CORREO DE GUANAJUATO
Juan Ramírez Zavala y Manuela Rodríguez Sánchez, son un matrimonio que a pesar de nunca haber salido de México; ha visto afectada directamente a su familia por el fenómeno de la migración al perder a una de sus hijas, quién hace cinco años, partió hacia Estados Unidos en compañía de su esposo. Allá tuvieron tres hijos y ahora, es más difícil que regresen a su tierra, lamenta Juan Ramírez.
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LEG UP FOR SKILLED NEWCOMERS/ LAURA RAMSAY / GLOBE AND MAIL
Goal of courses is to 'Canadianize' workers and help them land jobs in the fields they trained in, LAURA RAMSAY writes
Mohammad Yaser's story is a familiar tale of immigrant employment woe.
Certified as a civil engineer in his native Pakistan, Mr. Yaser worked for six years there as a manager responsible for pricing and sourcing supplies and estimating job costs for a large construction company.
But since immigrating to Toronto in January, 2004, the married father of two young children has been working as a security guard at a warehouse, unable to leverage his international education and work experience into a construction management job in Canada.
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