Showing posts with label Estudiantes y Students. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Estudiantes y Students. Show all posts

Undocumented Student Fanny Martinez Arrested Protesting Controversial Secure Communities Program

Interview with Fanny Martinez at Democracy Now
Aug 18, 2011

Last night in Chicago, the controversy over the immigration enforcement program called Secure Communities reached a dramatic standoff when six undocumented students were arrested protesting a meeting to discuss the program. Wearing T-shirts that said "Undocumented and Unafraid," the students joined about 300 people in walking out of the meeting. Once outside, they blocked an expressway on-ramp in an act of civil disobedience. Protests against Secure Communities were also held earlier this week in Houston, Boston, Miami, Atlanta and Charlotte. We go to Chicago to speak with Fanny Martinez, a 23-year-old graduate student in Chicago, one of those arrested at the meeting. She was released from jail shortly before we went to broadcast.

Arizona colleges accused of immigrant discrimination in lawsuit - latimes.com

Sep 4, 2010

Arizona colleges accused of immigrant discrimination
Before this year, Phoenix-area community colleges asked legal immigrants to show a green card before hiring them. The Justice Department calls the policy abuse and seeks damages.

By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau
Los Angeles Times
September 4, 2010

Reporting from Washington — Employers who hire illegal immigrants can be fined, but the Obama administration warned this week that they also can be fined for asking legal immigrants to show their green cards before hiring them.

The Justice Department's civil rights division sued the Maricopa County Community Colleges in Arizona, seeking damages from schools for having "intentionally committed document abuse discrimination."

Prior to this year, the local colleges in the Phoenix area asked job applicants who were not U.S. citizens to show a driver's license, a Social Security card and their permanent resident card, commonly called a green card...

Evita EU deportar a estudiantes llegados cuando eran niños: NYT

10 ago 2010

Notimex
Periódico La Jornada
Martes 10 de agosto de 2010, p. 16

Nueva York, 9 de agoto. Al tiempo que deporta a un número récord de inmigrantes condenados por delitos, el gobierno de Barack Obama exime de la expulsión a estudiantes que vinieron a Estados Unidos sin documentos cuando eran niños, reportó hoy The New York Times.

Los casos en que agentes federales identificaron a estudiantes inmigrantes que estaban en el país como indocumentados, éstos fueron liberados y sus deportaciones suspendidas o canceladas, dijeron abogados y activistas citados por el periódico....

ONG piden legalizar a estudiantes

Julio 28, 2010

Notimex
Periódico La Jornada
Miércoles 28 de julio de 2010, p. 41

San Diego, 27 de julio. Una coalición con más de 200 organizaciones latinas en Estados Unidos exigió hoy adelantar la reforma migratoria con la legalización de estudiantes universitarios y campesinos indocumentados antes de que concluya 2010.

El presidente de la Alianza Nacional de Comunidades Latinoamericanas y Caribeñas, Óscar Chacón, dijo que dirigentes de su organización demandaron al Congreso una “versión limitada que permita a los estudiantes y trabajadores agrícolas obtener la residencia legal permanente”...

Students disclose illegal status as part of push for immigration law reform

July 21, 2010

By Tara Bahrampour
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

On a patch of asphalt outside the White House this week, Renata Teodoro, Maricela Aguilar and scores of other students are risking deportation simply by sharing their full names and immigration status with anyone who asks.

Photo: Undocumented students from around the country demand the passage of the Dream Act outside the White House, despite the threat of arrests and deportation.


In an act of defiance unimaginable to many in their parents' generation, they are publicly declaring that they are in the United States illegally as a way to push for change that would help thousands of undocumented young people like them. And they are doing so in one of the most highly patrolled -- and politicized -- spots in the country.

"I'm not going to lie and say that I'm not afraid of someone coming in and trying to arrest me, but I can't let that fear take over my life," said Teodoro, 22, a student at the University of Massachusetts in Boston whose parents were deported back to Brazil a couple of years ago. "The only way of people finding out about my situation is to tell my story."

She and other undocumented high school and college students and graduates have been streaming into Washington this week to demand passage of the Dream Act, legislation that would give unauthorized young immigrants a path to legal residency if they contribute to the country by serving in the military or getting a college education...

Aumentan en EU las acciones de resistencia en contra de la persecución a migrantes

Miércoles 21 de julio de 2010

Activistas se preparan para demandar que se apruebe el proyecto Dream
ONG, artistas, deportistas, políticos, sindicatos, estudiantes e iglesias unen fuerzas

David Brooks, La Jornada


Nueva York, 20 de julio. Frente a la virtual guerra contra los inmigrantes, de costa a costa de Estados Unidos se moviliza un amplio mosaico de agrupaciones.

La ley Arizona continúa generando amplia oposición contra las medidas antimigrantes, no sólo de organizaciones de defensa de los inmigrantes y grupos latinos, sino también de artistas, deportistas y políticos locales. Sindicatos, iglesias, estudiantes y otros se han sumado a la creciente oposición organizada a esta guerra contra los migrantes...

Estudiantes y Students: June 2010

Immigrant Students Stage Die-In at Sen. Schumer’s Office, June 11, 2010
Here in New York, a group of students staged a die-in in front of Senator Chuck Schumer’s office on Thursday. The students called on Schumer to support the DREAM Act, which would grant the children of undocumented immigrants a path to legal status. The die-in occurred after the students ended a ten-day hunger strike.

Estudiantes inmigrantes llevan a cabo protesta frente a oficina del senador Schumer, Junio 11, 2010
En Nueva York, un grupo de estudiantes llevó a cabo una protesta en la que simulaban estar muertos frente a la oficina del senador Chuck Schumer el jueves. Los estudiantes exhortaron a Schumer a apoyar la Ley DREAM, que les otorgaría a los hijos de los inmigrantes indocumentados una forma para legalizar su situación. Esta protesta tuvo lugar luego de que los estudiantes pusieron fin a una huelga de hambre de diez días.

Illegal immigrants less than 1 percent of California college enrollment
Eight years after California's Legislature adopted a tuition break to help undocumented immigrants afford college, these students account for 1 percent or less of all students in the state's three higher education systems.

Federal DREAM Act
The purpose of the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act, also called the DREAM Act, is to help those individuals who meet certain requirements, have an opportunity to enlist in the military or go to college and have a path to citizenship which they otherwise would not have without this legislation. Supporters of the DREAM Act believe it is vital not only to the people who would benefit from it, but also the United States as a whole. It would give an opportunity to undocumented immigrant students who have been living in the U.S. since they were young, a chance to contribute back to the country that has given so much to them and a chance to utilize their hard earned education and talents.

Avanza propuesta para apoyar educación superior de indocumentados
El Comité de Educación del Senado de California aprobó una propuesta que busca ayudar a los estudiantes indocumentados a financiar carreras universitarias a condición de que hayan cursado la educación media completa en el estado. El autor de la propuesta, el senador Gil Cedillo, presidente de la bancada latina, dijo a Notimex que la gran mayoría de esos estudiantes llegaron a California cuando eran muy pequeños y el estado es prácticamente el país que conocen como su hogar.

Escondido HS kids March for immigration reform 3/19/10

Kids from Escondido High School March for Immigration reform 3/19/10. An absolut honor to march with those Kids. We marched from A fast food restaurant next to their HS to City Hall.

See also the Undocumented Students Network




We Undocumented Students ARE Americans

[English version below]


Sufren estudiantes indocumentados en la región
Alexandra Mendoza, Diario San Diego San Diego, Mar 10 2010
http://www.diariosandiego.com/bin/articulos.cgi?ID=84466&q=1&s=1

El profesor William Pérez explica en su reciente publicación las limitantes que deben enfrentar miles de jóvenes sin papeles

Los problemas económicos aunado a los recortes educativos que limitan los espacios a las escuelas, afectan la experiencia universitaria de miles de jóvenes indocumentados, cuyo único propósito es culminar sus estudios en busca de un mejor futuro, así lo documenta el profesor William Pérez en su reciente publicación “Somos americanos: Estudiantes Universitarios en Busca del Sueño Americano”.

En entrevista con Diario San Diego, el doctor de la Universidad de Claremont, recalcó que en el país existen 3 millones de jóvenes indocumentados que deben lidiar con las afectaciones que esto implica, además de las limitantes económicas.

“La mayoría de estos jóvenes vienen de familias de escasos recursos, aspecto que de alguna manera les impacta su experiencia universitaria”, mencionó.

“Para los estudiantes que quieren seguir sus estudios universitarios está el problema económico, es decir, que no califican para ningún programa de ayuda por parte del Estado o de la universidad”, añadió.

Asimismo, señaló que en muchas ocasiones, esta situación lejos de impedirles, les brinda mayor motivación, y la mayoría de estos estudiantes son de lo más sobresaliente en sus universidades.

“Son de los más destacados y sobresalientes, y lamentablemente no se pueden beneficiar porque no hay leyes de migración que reconozcan sus contribuciones”.

En el caso de San Diego, por ser ciudad fronteriza, lamentó que en los alumnos, el miedo a ser deportados esté siempre presente, ya que se han registrado casos de estudiantes que son regresados a su país de origen, interrumpiendo de esta forma sus estudios.

“Para los jóvenes que viven en la frontera, sobre todo en el área de San Diego, el miedo a ser deportados es latente, aunque en otros lugares de California, los estudiantes se espantan psicológicamente aunque estén muy lejos, solamente con verlo en las noticias”, mencionó.

“En el libro tengo la historia de un joven de preparatoria que iba a jugar futbol al Parque Balboa, una vez fue deportado en sábado y en su mentalidad solamente estaba regresar al país porque el lunes tenía que presentarse a clases”, mencionó acerca de un estudiante de esta región.

Afectan recortes educativos

Mientras el Estado atraviesa una crisis en el presupuesto de educación pública, luego de los recortes propuestos por el gobernador de California, muchos jóvenes ven reducidas sus posibilidades de ingreso a las escuelas, de acuerdo a Pérez.

“Con los recortes está ocurriendo que estos jóvenes no pueden ingresar a la universidad, porque van cortando el número de espacios que limitan sus posibilidades, estos son jóvenes que no podrán asistir aunque tengan la calificación, no pueden ir porque se reducen los fondos para educación superior en el Estado y también en las escuelas”

Por otra parte, mencionó que estas decisiones no solamente tendrán consecuencias inmediatas, sino a mediano y corto plazo, ya que se está atentando contra la preparación académica de millones de personas.

“Es una tragedia tremenda, no solamente social, sino económica hacia largo plazo”, finalizó el académico.

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We ARE Americans
Undocumented Students Pursuing the American Dream
William Perez

Foreword by Daniel G. Solorzano
Publisher: Stylus Publishing, August 2009

Winner of the CEP Mildred Garcia Award for Exemplary Scholarship


About 2.4 million children and young adults under 24 years of age are undocumented. Brought by their parents to the US as minors—many before they had reached their teens—they account for about one-sixth of the total undocumented population. Illegal through no fault of their own, some 65,000 undocumented students graduate from the nation's high schools each year. They cannot get a legal job, and face enormous barriers trying to enter college to better themselves—and yet America is the only country they know and, for many, English is the only language they speak.

What future do they have? Why are we not capitalizing, as a nation, on this pool of talent that has so much to contribute? What should we be doing?

Through the inspiring stories of 16 students—from seniors in high school to graduate students—William Perez gives voice to the estimated 2.4 million undocumented students in the United States, and draws attention to their plight. These stories reveal how—despite financial hardship, the unpredictability of living with the daily threat of deportation, restrictions of all sorts, and often in the face of discrimination by their teachers—so many are not just persisting in the American educational system, but achieving academically, and moreover often participating in service to their local communities. Perez reveals what drives these young people, and the visions they have for contributing to the country they call home.

Through these stories, this book draws attention to these students’ predicament, to stimulate the debate about putting right a wrong not of their making, and to motivate more people to call for legislation, like the stalled Dream Act, that would offer undocumented students who participate in the economy and civil life a path to citizenship.

Perez goes beyond this to discuss the social and policy issues of immigration reform. He dispels myths about illegal immigrants’ supposed drain on state and federal resources, providing authoritative evidence to the contrary. He cogently makes the case—on economic, social, and constitutional and moral grounds—for more flexible policies towards undocumented immigrants. If today’s immigrants, like those of past generations, are a positive force for our society, how much truer is that where undocumented students are concerned?

Table of Contents:

PART I: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
1) Penelope: “I know for a fact my success is because of my relentless determination”;
2) Jaime: “It’s almost like I am tied down to the ground with a ball and chain because I don’t have citizenship”;
3) Jeronimo: “It’s like someone giving you a car, but not putting any gas in it”;
4) Lilia: “I want a chance to work in an office with air conditioning rather than in the fields under the hot sun”;

PART II: COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
5) Daniella: “I’ve always had a passion for community service”;
6) Isabel: “They say you can accomplish whatever you want or set your mind to, but they don’t say that it’s just for some”;
7) Lucila: “I don’t belong here because I don’t have my papers, so it’s kind of like I’m in limbo”;
8) Paulina: “I catch the bus at 5:15 a.m., I literally sleep with my clothes on”;

PART III: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
9) Angelica: “I think I will do something big, I just need a chance”;
10) Sasha: “You'll never get an ‘A’ in my class because you’re a dirty Mexican”;
11) Eduardo: “I’m restricted in joining clubs, participating in school events, taking on leadership roles…it’s a bit damaging in the long-run”;
12) Raul: “I am always limited in what I can do”;

PART IV: COLLEGE GRADUATES
13) Lucia: “The biggest disappointment is knowing that there’s no light at the end of the tunnel”;
14) Michael: “It’s like a wound that never heals”;
15) Julieta: “Being undocumented is really depressing”;
16) Alba: “I know I want to be a high school math teacher, but I can’t”;

PART V: DOCUMENTED COLLEGE GRADUATES
17) Jessica: “I wanted to be a public interest lawyer, the kind that helps the community”;
18) Julia: “I would really like to teach college students, be involved in the educational system”;
19) Ignacio: “I would probably be working as a truck driver…earning minimum wage”;
20) Nicole: “Working with the students who are the most underserved….That kind of work is very meaningful to me”