Emergency action! Push the YES to save an immigrant family! RIFA and CIR asap are at stake!

Gabe Gonzales with Reform Immigration For America ( RIFA ) has put out a call for donations.  It costs a lot of money to run a reform campaign.  Gonzales says a donation of only $30 bucks will help with 100 calls and 80 faxes!
 

Pass this posting to 10 of your friends!  We need your help!  Un Pueblo Unido… Immediate action is needed to pass reform in 2010!

Picture is from the RIFA web site

The last push for immigration reform was stopped in it’s tracks when faxes came in 20 against reform for each 1 fax for reform.  We must not let this happen again!

1.  If you have 2 cents to add to the immigration reform battle, please donate it now!  Every cent counts!

2.  Pass this posting around to your friends so they can donate.  Sometimes one person does not have as much as he may want to help in the Reform movement.  If he sends in something, and passes the news to his friend, together they meet the goal!

Will you push the YES button for immigration reform?

Y e s

How much does it cost when a father is deported to Mexico and his children and wife are left here to defend for themselves?

Are we willing to work together as a community or are we going to say, “but my contribution won’t make a change?”

Please help, every centavo cuenta!

I do not speak for the Reform Immigration For America people.  We all know this has been a grueling and expensive effort.  If reform is not brought soon, the effort will be a lot more expensive!  Let’s get this done!  A final push could make all the difference!

Hey thanks!  Everyone of you are in my heart and I wish the best for each child, each mother, each father who are battling for justice in this country.  I have not had a chance to meet many of you but I hope I will in the future.   
Tim Paynter
Attorney at Law

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RIFFA CIR ASAP confidential talking points 4 your i’s only, Carlos, disclose with caution!

To: Carlos Velasquez, enlavidanueva@yahoo.com

From:  Tim Paynter

Carlos,  Here are the confidential RIFA Cir talking points I promised you.

• The average English speaker does not know what immigration reform is all about.  It is time English speaking citizens start talking with each other.  Information is power.
• The bill provides comprehensive immigration reform, which means it addresses conservative concerns about border security while resolving immigration problems in the U.S.
• Section 101 of the act addresses border security.  It provides a billion dollars a year to beef up security in major sea ports.  It provides bullet proof vests for all border patrol agents.  It provides a comprehensive assessment of our current border security plan so we don’t spend money foolishly and we make our security investment dollars count.
• We are spending billions of dollars a year catching and rounding up undocumented workers.  The money could be better spent targeting drug traffickers and terrorists instead of chasing down poor people.
• The law in Arizona will make reporting a crime as serious as rape difficult.  A child who is raped or molested will be reticent to report it as the entire family could be deported.  The perpetrator would get away since there would be no witnesses.  Other problems exist including straining police protection and racial profiling.  Immigration reform is badly needed to combat abusive legislation.
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• The bill includes provisions of the Dream Act, which is legislation that will allow immigrant children to go to college and break the chain of poverty.
• While the bill provides an eventual path to legalization, it is not amnesty.  The process requires passing a background check, payment of a fine and on paper will take 6 years.  With backlogs, the process could take 10 to 15 years.  
• The total potential fines could be over 2.5 billion dollars!
• With the recession ending, the U.S. will have difficulty providing adequate labor for retiring baby boomers.  The law provides for how new labor will be admitted to the U.S.
• ICE Raids are on the increase during the Obama administration.  Currently, ICE prides itself on massive round ups which yank mothers and children out of bed at 4:00 in the morning. 
• ICE claims it has a program targeting criminal illegal aliens but you don’t need to break much of a law to considered criminal and therefore worth tracking down.  A simple DUI may be enough, even if it happened years ago.
• Deportations break up families.  They often leave a mother here fending for her children with the father in Mexico.  In other scenarios, a child is deported to Mexico while his mother, father and siblings remain in the U.S. 
• A U.S. citizen child who returns to Mexico with his undocumented mother or father will grow up in the Mexican culture, learn Spanish and not understand the U.S. system.  At age 18 he may re-enter the country and claim his citizenship.  This is a horrible way to treat a U.S. citizen.  A simple solution is to allow his family to complete their migration process and allow the U.S. citizen a chance to grow up in culture of America. 
• Family values don’t support breaking up of families.
• RIFA Stands for Reform Immigration For America.  I think the Spanish version is Reforma Migratoria Pro Amercia.  This is a national movement comprised of several civil rights groups who banded together to bring the message of immigration reform to you and me.

     There are a lot more items you might talk about.  These will get you started.  You will be amazed at how many people are misinformed.  Years of conservative talk radio without a counter-balancing point of view have caused confusion about the issue.

     I wish you the best of luck.  I won’t say guard these with your life, but I can tell you a person with a closed mind will not be able to understand the points.  You might as well not waste your time on them.

     The Philadelphia Immigration Examiner has a good article on the matter.

Here is a real fun one: RIFA Nevada

Some other great resources: 

     The National Immigration Forum

     The Center for American Progress

     The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
     These are my own points of view. I don’t speak for the Reform  Immigration For America people ( RIFA ), or Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR ASAP) proponents.  You can check the RIFA website.  By the way, there will be marches and events on May 1st throughout the nation.  Anyone who is interested in learning about immigration should attend one.  

     Sincerely,

     Tim Paynter

c.c.  Mike Stevens, Phil Shorter, Miguel Aguilar, Raul Serengati, Steven B. Serious, Jes I. Can @ indonesia center for fair treatment

The contents of this communication are confidential and intended for the person addressed only.

Quieren hacer una lea que sea 'ilegal' es ilegal

Una ley del estado de Arizona propuso haría ilegal que un trabajador indocumentado a estar en Arizona. Según la ley, si la policía cree que una persona es indocumentada o "ilegal", que pueden detener a la persona y de verificación. Si la persona es "ilegal" la policía puede detener a la persona y su entrega a la inmigración.

Clip art is of Clipartof.com.  Words are by Tim Paynter

Bajo la ley de los EE.UU. la Policía en cada estado tienen una capacidad limitada para hacer cumplir las leyes federales.  La inmigración es de jurisdicción federal, no la jurisdicción del Estado.  En general, la policía local  no han aplicado la ley de inmigración.

La nueva ley de Arizona que hacen que sea ilegal para ser indocumentados o "ilegales". Que permite a la policía estatal para arrestar a cualquiera que encuentran que es indocumentado.

"Una mujer que ha sido violada, un niño que ha sido abusado sexualmente, un padre cuyo automóvil fue robado, no será capaz de pedir ayuda a la policía si este ley pasa"

La mayoría de la gente cree que esto es una mala ley, porque los inmigrantes que son víctimas de un criminal no se puede pedir la asistencia de la policía. Por ejemplo, una mujer que ha sido violada, un niño que ha sido abusado sexualmente, un padre cuyo automóvil fue robado, no será capaz de pedir ayuda a la policía. si lo hacen, pueden ser arrestados y deportados bajo la ley de Arizona.

"La gobernadora Jan Brewer (un Republicano) ha dicho que apoya y que firmará estas leyes, a pesar del alto costo que pueden tener para el estado...En las últimas semanas, varias organizaciones en Arizona han llevado a cabo una intensa campaña para recaudar miles de firmas a través de todo el estado en contra de la aprobación de esta iniciativa. Estas firmas fueron entregadas a la oficina de la gobernadora republicana en el Capitolio en Phoenix", dice un articulo en La Voz.  Para otros reportes, buscas en Google por La Prensa y otro periodicos.

Si la ley pasa en Arizona, un trabajador indocumenta lo puede ser sabio para salir del estado de Arizona hasta que las leyes de inmigración se han ajustado.  Si no, puede ser ilegal para ser 'ilegal'.  Estamos a la madrugada de la reforma migratoria.  El objetivo final es entrar en el cumplimiento de las leyes de inmigración de EE.UU..   Sin duda, hare' estados mas amable legalmentemente a los indocumentados.  Mientras, hablas a tus primos para votar.  Hasta que cambio la clima politica, es el adminstracion Republicano que quiere pasar este ley, es tiempo a llevar otras personas a servir el gobiverno y los ciudanos en los E.E.U.U.  La governadora anterior, de el partido Democrata, rehuso a firmar este ley por la injusticia.