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3/28 Open letter to the media re: "Immigrants"
http://alisavaldesrodriguez.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-stupid-are-us-media.html
\_ Interesting article. Too bad 1/2 of the Americans will ignore
it because it's written by a Mexican or it's too liberal to read.
\_ Can't argue with that. Well, except 16.
\_ Sure you can.
Of her point 1: No, 40% of the Hispanic population was foreign-
born. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hhmcensus1.html
Of point 3: No, 40% foreign-born, and there are at least 4.8M
more illegal Hispanic immigrants. So combining the 2 stats,
accounting for the exclusion of non-Mexican Hispanics in the
4.8M illegal immigrants, it's pretty hard to say conclusively
one way or the other whether a majority of Latinos in the US
are immigrants. link:csua.org/u/fct
Of point 4: Yes, but legal immigrants are dominated by people
from Asia and Latin America. In 2004, of 945K immigrants,
314K are from Asia and 385K are from non-Canada Americas.
While it is interesting that there are 100K Nigerians living
in Houston, that is just so much trivia. A discussion on
immigration is a discussion about Asians and Hispanics.
Since 68% of illegal aliens come from Mexico alone, a discussion
about illegal immigration is a discussion about Mexicans and
other Hispanics.
Of point 9: Given point 3, this is highly unlikely.
Of point 13: http://csua.org/u/fcw [usatoday] |
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| alisavaldesrodriguez.blogspot.com/2006/03/how-stupid-are-us-media.html There are, for instance, 100,000 Nigerians in Houston, and tens of thousands of ILLEGAL Irish in Boston. If this debate is truly about immigration, as opposed to racist portrayals of Latinos, please curb your coverage to be more responsible. Lou Dobbs should get his panties out of a knot and realize it is no different than someone waving an Irish flag in Southie or an Italian flag in Queens. These flags are not waved as proof of national allegiance; they are waved in solidarity with a person's cultural heritage. If you failed to learn this in high school, your teachers should be fired. The Pew Center for Hispanic research shows that by the third generation, all Latin American immigrant descendents - 100 percent of them - are English-first, English dominant. Zero percent speak Spanish as a first or primary language by the third generation. To date, not a single terrorist has gotten to the US through Mexico; to date, at least two suspected terrorists have arrived here through Canada. In fact, I would not be surprised if, while the media and xenophobes are focused on the Mexican border, terrorists figure out that it might be a good idea to walk over from Vancouver to Seattle for a latte. Please check for plans to give Haliburton the contract to build a wall along the Mexican border before caving in to the right-wing propaganda about a "crisis" in immigration from Mexico. Please be careful when you discuss these issues not to stereotype or overgeneralize. The anti-Latino frenzy you're creating is leading to a racist backlash against tens of millions of native-born Americans who happen to have Spanish names. The following are also Spanish names: California, Arizona, Florida, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego. Please tell us what the problems are that are caused by illegal immigrants. Tell us in concrete terms what the risks and dangers are being brought to the US by "illegal" immigrants. And the only people who can claim to be true "Americans" are Native Americans. Shut up about this non-issue and get back to BEING JOURNALISTS, covering the REAL issues, like the illegal war in Iraq and the lies that got us there; the fact that our public schools are MORE segregated than they were before Brown vs. the fact that we as a nation have now slipped to having only the 27th freest press in the world; the Plame leak and the consequences of it being that Americans are much less safe than we were before Cheney and his friends played "revenge"; the disappearance of the American middle class and unions; the rapid devaluation of the American dollar on the world market thanks to idiot leaders; the dismantling of the endangered species act by our administration; the rapid and unprecedented rise of a white underclass (the fastest rise in poor whites in American history has occurred under Bush); the enormous and growing gap between rich and poor in America. Thank you for standing up for many in our community who do not have a voice. Many of the people who are undocumented right now come from the American continent, whether it be Argentina, Guatemala or Mexico, and therefore I like to refer to our brothers and sisters as Undocumented Americans. But as the campaign slogan says, "No Human Being Is Illegal." The verb referring to the permanent condition of these people. In Spanish, we have "ser" and "estar", one is permanent the other is transitional. And this is what the slogan refers to: you may be undocumented for now, but you are not "inherently illegal." And you are right in another sense, that the people who preach intolerance and are benefiting from their increased ratings of the gratuitous attacks on our people on the airwaves will be guilty of much more than intolerance before this is over. The division they are fomenting is much more harmful than they realize. I had to walk away from the discussion between Dobbs and his guest. SO patronizing, he was talking to her like she was in 4th grade. I don't watch him regularly so I have to ask: does this jerk have the guts to talk to his white male guests like that? mainly because it's 6 latinas (3 grad and 3 undergrad) all from very different latino backgrounds and our professor, an amazing latino journalist, all yelling/debating/all the while agreeing with each other. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for so eloquently stating the truth of the matter! I was heartbroken to read other blog entries on the issue, there is so much rampant racism, so many illinformed opinions floating around. I'm shocked at how many people believe they have more of a right to this country than people who are native to the continent. The same people who were robbed of all their posessions and land when Spaniards and Europeans showed up and slaughtered 90% of them. Like they say I didn't cross the border the border crossed me! If all illigal immigrants were deported(which BTW is physically impossible) the US economy would collapse into a depression that would make "The Great Depression" look like the fucking tea cup ride at Disneyland! Alisa I wish you could just bust into the CNN news anchor room grab a mic and tell it like it is sister! Please say you'll be a guest on one of those shows some day, you would make Louey and his gobble-gobble chin need to check his shorts. My dear, the modern media would NEVER let someone like me comment on this on CNN or likeminded institutions. That is because this entire thing was masterminded by the Republican NOISE machine as a distraction from the fact that they are the most corrupt, fascistic, criminal group of people to ever run this country. They have spent billions in the defense department studying propaganda techniques, and they have mastered it. If they can distract the poor white and poor blacks from the simple fact that it is the Bush administrations evil policies that are making them poor, if they can terrify the underclass of America into believing the threat is streaming over the border from Mexico, then their job is done. The nation can fall apart and sink to the bottom of the sea, but Haliburton and the oil companies will remain afloat. What they didn't bank on is the sleeping giant of Latino America. If they are going to intentionally confuse "immigrant" "illegal" and "Latino" they BY HELL so will we. And ALL OF US - Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, legal, illegal, fifth-generation or first, whatever - need to get out there and MARCH with our Mexican and Central American brothers and sisters in the name of JUSTICE and dignity. The protests of recent days have been BIGGER than those against Vietnam. I just read the paper (the Daily News) about this topic, I was truly disgusted. Why do this bastards assume that being a Latino is the equivalent of being illegal? and why do they assume that crimes are committed by illegal immigrants? In my opinion the majority of immigrants come to this country looking for an opportunity and work, not to live off the gov. That bill is a piece of garbage, is not looking to keep America safe, but is looking to keep America Latino/Hispanic free. |
| www.infoplease.com/spot/hhmcensus1.html According to this projection, Hispanics would constitute 24% of the nation's total population on that date. Nearly 67 million The number of people of Hispanic origin who would have been added to the nation's population between 2000 and 2050, according to this projection. The projected percentage increase--188%--would amount to a near tripling. Of the remainder, 14% are of Central and South American backgrounds, 9% Puerto Rican, 4% Cuban and 7% other Hispanic origins. More than 3-in-4 Hispanics live in seven states, which have Hispanic populations of 1 million or more. They are California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Arizona, and New Jersey. The Latino Family 85 million The number of Hispanic families who reside in the United States. Of these families, 63% include their own children under 18 years old. Persons Speaking a Language Other than English at Home 29 million The number of US residents age 5 and older who speak Spanish at home. Spanish speakers constitute a ratio of more than 1-in-10 US residents. Among all those who speak Spanish at home, more than one-half say they speak English "very well." Immigrants to US by Country of Origin 40% The percentage of the Hispanic population that was foreign-born in 2002. Among the foreign-born Hispanic population that year, 52% entered the United States between 1990 and 2002. Other Latin American countries of origin with more than half a million foreign-born were Cuba (887,000), El Salvador (873,000), the Dominican Republic (654,000), Colombia (566,000), and Guatemala (511,000). Income and Poverty $32,997 The real median income of Hispanic households in 2003, down 26% from the previous year. Educational Attainment by Race and Hispanic Origin 57% The percentage of Hispanics 25 and over who had at least a high school education in 2003, up from 53% a decade earlier. Native residents of Hispanic origin had much higher high-school completion rates (74%) and college completion rates (14%) in 2003 than their foreign-born counterparts (45% and 10 percent, respectively). Jobs 36,200 The number of Hispanic physicians and surgeons. Latinos are represented in a wide variety of occupations. For instance, there are about 51,400 Hispanic postsecondary teachers; Another 21% work as operators and laborers and 14% in managerial and professional occupations. The percentages of Hispanics working in service occupations as operators and laborers were not statistically different. Proud to Serve 11 million The number of Latino veterans of the US armed forces. About 63,000 Hispanic-origin people were on active duty in 2002 in the United States. |
| csua.org/u/fcw -> www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-07-immigrants-health_x.htm Loose border saps county coffers By Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY The United States' inability to slow illegal immigration from Mexico is fueling a financial crisis in the 24 counties along the 1,951-mile Southwest border, according to a new study. It says the counties are struggling to fund law enforcement, health programs and other necessities because they are spending millions of dollars a year to care for illegal immigrants. By Mark Levy for USA TODAY Illegal immigrants continue to flow across the border even as increased security since the Sept. In 2004, there were 114 million arrests along the border that stretches from California to Texas, the Department of Homeland Security says. The jump in arrests has come to symbolize how localities have been left with much of the bill for border security, according to a study by the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to be released today by the US/Mexico Border Counties Coalition. A funding increase by Congress last year will boost the number of federal detention cells from 18,000 to 20,000. However, that's not nearly enough to handle the waves of immigrants who are being arrested, so such people often end up in local jails. Reimbursements fall short The federal government reimburses localities and states for services they provide to illegal immigrants, but the payments don't come close to matching the localities' costs, the report says. In California, San Diego County spends $50 million a year to arrest, jail, prosecute and defend illegal immigrants, and is reimbursed about $2 million, says county Supervisor Greg Cox, president of the border counties coalition. The $48 million shortfall cuts into the $600 million a year the county has for discretionary spending, he says. "That's money that would support libraries, parks and public safety." Dennis Soden, executive director of the Institute for Policy and Economic Development at UTEP, says the border situation "creates a burden on the court system, the jail system and the prison system. "The fact that the border can't be controlled creates a law enforcement problem that falls on the local jurisdictions," he says. "There's no other place in the country in this situation." Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke says that besides increasing security, the federal government is launching a strategy to reduce the burden on state and local governments by returning illegal immigrants to their native countries more quickly. Knocke says the department hopes to continue increasing the number of federal detention cells in border states. He says Homeland Security also is counting on Congress to create a guest-worker program that would allow the estimated 8 million to 10 million illegal immigrants in the USA to stay here for a limited time -- likely six years. "It's no longer a situation where border security means just Border Patrol agents," he says. This week, the US Senate Judiciary Committee is considering immigration proposals that include registering, fingerprinting and issuing guest-worker permits to illegal immigrants in this country. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has endorsed building a controversial double fence between the USA and Mexico, and tougher penalties for immigration violations. Institute for Policy and Economic Development, University of Texas at El Paso Medical facilities in border counties have to deal with some of the nations highest rates of uninsured patients. Further effects The impact of illegal immigrants on border counties reaches well beyond law enforcement, Soden says: US law requires hospitals to treat anyone who needs emergency care, regardless of their ability to pay or immigration status. The UTEP study found that border counties have some of the nation's highest rates for uninsured patients, and that treating illegal immigrants accounts for nearly one-quarter of the uncompensated costs at the counties' hospitals. County Board of Supervisors Chairman Pat Call estimates that 13% of the solid waste generated in Cochise comes from such sites. Diapers, toilet paper, plastic jugs, backpacks," says Call, whose sparsely populated county in southeastern Arizona has become a favorite pathway into the USA for drug smugglers, human traffickers and Mexicans seeking work. "You name it, we've got to pay the bill for cleaning it up." Like Cox and other officials in border jurisdictions, Call says the increasing cost of illegal immigration on local law enforcement is rippling through his county's budget. Prosecuting and jailing illegal immigrants who commit crimes costs Cochise County about $5 million of its $49 million annual budget, Call says. About 25% of Cochise's budget paid for health care to uninsured people -- most of them illegal immigrants -- who went to the county hospital's emergency room, he says. "The border region has some unique hardships," Call says, citing the UTEP report's analysis of the border counties' relatively high rates of uninsured residents and shortages of doctors and nurses. "The immigration issue, because the feds have not moved fast enough or thoroughly enough to deal with it, just exacerbates the panoply of issues we have here." |