dr armando vasquez-ramos - cmsc newsletter vol. 2 no. 2 - july 26 2013

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"El Magonista"Vol.2 No.2

July 26, 2013Viva Cuba!!!

The California-Mexico Studies CenterArmando Vazquez-Ramos President & CEO1551 N. Studebaker Road, Long Beach, CA 90815

Phone: (562) 430-5541 Cell: (562) [email protected]@csulb.edu

Website:www.california-mexicocenter.org

Blog:www.californiamexico.wordpress.com

Time for Obama to give help, not hope

on immigration reform promise

By professors Armando Vazquez-Ramos, Gonzalo Santos & Primitivo Rodriguez
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President Obama has a golden opportunity to deliver on hispromise of hope to Latinos on comprehensive immigration

reform (CIR), and to help the nations economy and himselfpolitically, by exercising his executive authority and grantingdeferred action to all 11 million undocumented immigrants inthe US.

Moreover, granting blanket deferred action is not amnestyand would allow the 11 million immigrants to come out of theshadows through an orderly registration process similar to thelong established Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program

granted to millions of immigrants for extraordinary andtemporary conditions*by the Homeland Security Administration(HSA).

President Obama has a Lincolnian opportunity to emancipate themuch demonized and exploited immigrant population in the U.S.today, by granting a temporary status similar to the DeferredAction for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program implemented last

year by the President for the dreamers immigrant population.

The presidents order for deferred action or TPS for allwouldimmediately end the tragedy of family separation that we aresuffering in our communities, with the daily deportation of over1500 immigrants.

This is not hope.

Undoubtedly, deferred action or TPS for all would forcecongress to enact true immigration reform, not reactionarylegislation like the Senates Gang of 8 bill (S.744), before the2014 mid-term election or in 2015 as is most likely to be thecase due to the recalcitrant majority of the Republican party.

If the Republican-controlled Congress fails to act in good faith by
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On the other hand, President Obamas deferred action for alllegacy would temporarily protect the undocumented immigrantuntil Congress responsibly legislates true CIR, and forcerepublican legislators to recognize the economic benefits of

immigrants; and the political consequences of their continueddemonization of immigrants as exemplified by the racistcommentaries of legislators like Rep. Steve King and the hate

mongering of radio and TV jocks.

Mr. President, the economic studies and public opinion pollssupport the argument for comprehensive immigration reform,and granting deferred action for allwould cement your legacyand demonstrate the courage to push back on the poisonous

Tea Party influence that controls the GOP, as well as clear thepath for you to focus on the 2014 budget and raising the debtlimit.

President Obama: we are fired up !...are you ready to go ?

Long Beach, California ~ July 26, 2013

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Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos is a co-founder of the Cal StateLong Beach Chicano and Latino Studies Department and Presidentof the California-Mexico Studies Center (www.california-

mexicocenter.org), Dr. Gonzalo Santos is a CSU Bakersfieldsociologist and Primitivo Rodriguez is a professor at El Colegio deMexico in Mexico City.

*Homeland Security Administration website for TemporaryProtected Status policy:http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=848f7f2ef0745210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=848f7f2ef0745210VgnVCM100

000082ca60aRCRD

**If interested, sign the petition letter to oppose S.744here, or go

to:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGdVWmxIaWY1aldsR1lwSDg5T

1BSdEE6MA&ifq
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Dear colegas, students and fr iends,

I have decided to join the ini tial co-signers of the following letter and respectfu l ly

request that you consider signing as well , to join the growing number of l eaders

and organizations committed to oppose the U.S. Senates regressive and punitive

immigration reform legislation S.744

S.744 mi l itar izes the border, creates a national ID system through E-ver if y,

excludes more than half of the 11 mi l li on undocumented from legali zation, and

creates de-facto indentured servitude for those attaining " RPI " status.

At this time this letter is being sent out to solicit i ndividuals and organizations to

sign through August and is directed to progressive and minor i ty Congressmembers as they begin to consider S.744 or their version of Comprehensive

Immigration Reform (CIR). If you decide to join this national campaign for

progressive CIR, pleasesign onhere!

Sincerely,

Armando Vazquez-Ramos

Sign the Letter to Oppose S.744

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July 21, 2013

Dear Representative:

We the undersigned representatives of Latino, immigrant, and Indigenous peoplesorganizations and communities write to urge you to reject S.744 in its current form. After

much reflection, we have concluded that S.744 does more harm than good to the cause of

fair and humane immigration reform. We expect that the bill will only get worse and evenmore focused on "border security-first" as it goes to the House of Representatives. Recent

polling findings byLatino Decisionsunderscore that Latino voters do not support theborder militarization or ineffective legalization components of S.744.

We marched, we protested, and we voted for real immigration reform. But rather than

fulfill the promise of citizenship for the 11 million undocumented people living in thecountry, we got legislation, S.744, which will plunge millions in immigrant and bordercommunities into a more profound crisis than the one they already face. This flawed

legislation begins with the mistaken and dangerous premise that puts punishment over
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people and enforcement over citizenship. S.744 is neither inclusive nor fair.

We cannot in good conscience support S.744 without major substantive changes. Our

rejection does not condone the defeat of immigration reform. Rather, it represents thedecency and dignity of a community drawing the line against more punishment of

immigrants. These same values will continue to guide our struggle for humane and justimmigration reform in 2013 and beyond.

In practice, S.744 will:

Block Registered Provisional Immigrants (RPI) from seeking lawful permanentresident status or citizenship for decades or forever;

Exclude or disqualify, over time, more than 5 million undocumented persons fromthe Registered Provisional Immigrant program; Subject Registered Provisional

Immigrants to reprehensible and unacceptable conditions for ten or more years in

order to maintain status; Increase discrimination and racial profiling of people of color through nationwide

mandatory E-verify of every worker- citizen and non-citizen- in the country; and Create a virtual police-state and create environmental disasters in the 27 border

counties by militarizing the US- Mexico border including weapons-capable drones,40,000 guards, and 700 miles of border walls.

Such a proposal does not, in any way, reflect the kind of humane, inclusive, and commonsense values that we envisioned before and since the 2012 elections. We write to ask you

to join us in rejecting this legislation in the name of continuing the fight for real

immigration reform.

Please contact Arturo Carmona, Executive Director ofPresente.orgif you have any

comments or questions [email protected].

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

National and Regional Organizations

Dignity CampaignFrente Indgena de Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB)Hermandad MexicanaMexican American Political Association (MAPA)National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade AssociationPresente.orgRed Mexicana de Lideres y Organizaciones MigrantesSouthwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP)Southwest Workers Union (SWU)William C. Velasquez Institute (WCVI)

State and Local Organizations

Alianza Latinoamericana por los Derechos de los Inmigrantes (ALIADI)
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Association of Mexicans in North Carolina

AMEXCANAnahauk Youth Soccer AssociationAssociation for Residency and Citizenship of America (ARCA)Border Angels, San DiegoCesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational FundCoalicion de Derechos Humanos, Tucson, ArizonaCoastal Bend Committee for Human RightsCommunion of Independent Catholic Churches, San Diego, CACommunity Union, Inc.DosCentavos.netDurango Unido in ChicagoFederacion Zacatecana, A.C., (FEDZAC)Gente Unida, San Diego, CAThe Hispanic Community Dialogue, Virginia Beach, VAInstitute for Socio Economic Justice, Inc.Latino/Latina Roundtable of the San Gabriel Valley and Pomona ValleyLos Amigos De Orange County

LULAC, Inland EmpireSan Bernardino Community Service Center, IncMundo Maya FoundationRed Mexicana de Accin Frente al Libre Comercio., Mxico, D. F.Seminario Permanente de Estudios Chicanos y de FronterasTexas Indigenous CouncilTonatierra

Individuals:Barbara AlvarezJess Araujo, Justicia ProductionsDavid AvalosHerman Avilez, Director, California Drug Counseling

Juan Rafael Avitia, Mexican American Political AssociationCarlos Balderas, Hermandad LatinoamericanaElissa Behar Hauptman, SamaritansNelson Bentez Tobar, la Asociacin Ecuador Unido de ChicagoRuben Botello, Director, National League of Latin American Citizens, PA (NLLAC)Juan Jos BocanegraRoberto Bravo, Hermandad MexicanaJosefina CardenasDr. Henry J. Casso, Director, Project UpliftCamilo M. CastrilloRal CejaJorge Corralejo, Chairman, Latino Business Chamber of Greater Los Angeles

Marian CruzMaria CuellarLaura CummingsMark DayAbelardo de la Pea Jr., AdlP & AssociatesAntonio DiazBob Divine, Tucson SamaritansDick Eiden, North County ForumMarie Elwood, Coalicin de Derechos Humanos
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Jason Flores, California Central Valley Journey for JusticeAlan FiszmanCelia GaitzJulie GarcaJose S. Garza, Executive Director,East Harlem Business Capital CorporationRoberto Garza, OPTION COMMike Gmez, Latinos UnidosProf. Emeritus Gilbert G. Gonzlez, Latino Studies, UCIMaria C. Gonzlez, AA Militarized BorderMartina Grifaldo, Alianza MexicanaAlfredo Gutierrez, Author ofTo Sin Against Hope, Former majority leader of the Arizona State SenateBarry Hermanson, Green Party Candidate for Congress - CA 12Raymundo Hernndez,im:artecollectiveSuzanne HeshRodrigo IbarraEugenio A. Juarez Sanchez, United Latino VoicesSam MaestasJose Maldonado, Los Angeles Mission College

Daniel E. Martinez, GWUJose R. Matus, Alianza Indgena Sin FronterasJuan Mayoral, Hermandad MexicanaDiana Montes-Walker, LATINO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEEDorinda Moreno, International Tribunal of Conscience, U.S. RepresentativeJose Moreno, Los Amigos of Orange CountyEleanor NavarroRael Nidess, M.D.Gigi OwenCorina Padilla, Dominican Sisters of PeaceJohn PerezBret PolishSebastian Quinac, Guatemalan Committee

Eduardo QuintanaRosalinda QuintaranAnnette QuinteroMarty RamrezDan Ramos, (former) BCDP ChairRoberto RevelesTom Reyes, President, East San Gabriel Valley-LULACSal RezaPrimitivo RodrguezOscar Rosales Castaeda, El ComitMichael RubinRoberto Rubio

Sara RuskMarta Sanchez, Movimiento Migrante MesoamericanoFidel SandovalPatricia Schano Allen, President, Research ApplicationsClaudia Schwebel, The Seven ChallengesMichael Shane, MECAWIFrank Sifuentes, Compton USDDr. J. Alfred Smith, Jr., Senior Pastor, Allen Temple Baptist ChurchFrancisco Sol, President Executive Director, Latino Voter Registration Project


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Melanie Stuart, Public Policy Chairperson for the American Association of University Women-Chula VistaRick Swartz, President, Strategic Solutions WashingtonVctor Manuel Torres, Spokesperson, El Grupo, North San Diego CountyCarlos ValdezProf. Armando Vazquez-Ramos, President, California-Mexico Studies CenterC. T. Weber, Peace and Freedom Party of CaliforniaTamar Diana Wilson, Community4ImmigrantRightsRachel Winsberg, Coalicin de Derechos HumanosAnn Yellott, Ph.D., Nonviolence Legacy ProjectProf. Chris Zepeda-Milllan, Loyola Marymount UniversityKimberly Ziyavo

Appendix 1: Latino, Immigrant, and Indigenous PeoplesOrganizations and Leaders' Critique of S.744After much reflection, we have concluded that S.744 does more harm than good to the

cause of fair and humane immigration reform.

What follows is a more complete explanation of our major concerns about S. 744:

S.744's Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI) program will exclude and/ordisqualify over time 5 million undocumented persons from adjustment of statusWith the exceptions of the beneficiaries of the Dream Act and AgJobs programs, S.744's

legalization provisions fail most of the 11 million undocumented people in the United

States. According to the recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO)studyonly 8 of the 11plus million undocumented persons in the US will initially achieve RPI status.

Moreover,a recent analysisby leading immigration attorney and national advocate Peter

Schey of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law (CHRCL), of Senate Bill744's legalization provisions found that (1) for several reasons the entire population ofRegistered Provisional Immigrants may never be eligible to apply for permanent resident

status or citizenship, and (2) even if these obstacles are overcome, at least half of theremaining approximately 8 million undocumented immigrants may never qualify forpermanent status (or citizenship) because of the onerous "continuous employment" and

federal poverty guideline requirements, and the high costs combined with the requirementto pay past taxes.Click here for a legal and demographic analysis of Senate Bill 744'sPathway to Legalization and Citizenship by Schey.

The RPI program will have a disproportionately negative impact on immigrant women whoonly have a 60% workforce participation rate according to a recentMigration PolicyInstitute (MPI) study.

In the face of these facts, those positing that "11 million will be legalized" areexaggerating. They do a disservice to both the U.S. public and, more importantly, to themillions of individuals and families who do not know that they may be among the many

excluded by S.744.

S.744's Continuous employment and 125% of poverty income provisions subjectRPI visa holders to workplace discrimination, exploitation and sexual

harassment;

Even those "fortunate enough" to meet the requirements to gain RPI status are at high

risk to become indentured servants locked into overly burdensome continuousemployment and income obligations for at least ten-and perhaps fifteen or more-years
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given the "backlog/back of the line" and "border security" trigger provisions.

RPIs will be without health care and are ineligible for federal safety net benefits. They willbe excluded from access to billions of dollars in previously paid social security benefits.S.744 RPI's will be denied their most basic power as an employee -- the right to withhold

their labor if an employer abuses, harasses or exploits them. Conversely, employers will

be empowered to engage in unlawful worksite and labor law violations. RPIs who resistemployer abuses risk losing employment for 60 days or more. This puts them at high risk

of losing RPI status and/or becoming ineligible for permanent resident status.

Female RPI card holders will be disproportionately affected. For example, S.744 grants

some housewives "dependent" status; i.e. dependent on their husbands' continuous

employment and their continuous relationship. In practice, "dependents" sufferingdomestic abuse, including children, will be significantly discouraged from leaving theirhomes or reporting abuse to the authorities.

Notably, the provisions obligating that permanent resident status not be awarded toqualified RPI card holders upon completion of the multi-year probationary period, unless

the border is "secure" and the backlog of pre- existing visa applications are resolved,create a scenario of inevitable and unpredictable delays. There will be no objective way to"prove" border security concerns have been met as S.744 is written, or assurances that

resolving 100% of the current visa back-log can be accomplished in 10 or 20 years, orever. For example, the current backlog includes cases more than 20 years old. S.744's

"backlog" and "border security" requirements guarantee an indeterminate number of yearsof delay before RPI status holders can even apply for permanent resident status.

At the same time, S.744 significantly increases judges, courts and the legal mechanisms

to detain and deport those excluded from RPI status or ultimately denied lawful permanent

resident status.

S.744's E-verify program is fatally flawed

E-verify will just increase discrimination and racial profiling. It places an undue burden ofcosts on small businesses and if fully implemented will undermine job growth. The extension of E-Verify to every worker in the U.S. lays the foundation for precisely the

national identification system and national database tracking systems that most people inthe U.S. oppose.

The "enhanced driver's license" provision adopts the requirements of section 202 of theREAL ID Act of 2005, requiring the sharing of driver's license photos among the states andfederal government, a program 25 states have opposed by law or resolution. We

understand that only 13 states have joined the enhanced driver's license program of the

REAL ID Act of as of 2012. This law also removes the religious accommodations that 20states offer in the form of driver's licenses without photographs for reasons of religiousfaith.

E-Verify in fact misidentifies about one percent of American job applicants as unlawful. TheGAO has predicted that approximately 164,000 U.S. citizens per year will receive a

Tentative No confirmation ("TNC") just for issues related to name changes. Tens ofthousands more may receive TNCs because of transliteration problems, simple typos inGovernment records databases, or identity theft.


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Even the existing limited use of E-Verify has shown that erroneous TNCs produce

discriminatory outcomes primarily affecting citizens with foreign names, naturalizedcitizens, and legal immigrants. Furthermore, errors will disproportionately impact womenand immigrants about whom the databases have incorrect information due, for example,

to marriage-related name changes or hyphenated last names.

Mandatory E-Verify may also reduce state and federal payroll tax revenues because manyemployers will move existing unauthorized workers not granted RPI status and future

unauthorized workers off the books to avoid detection.

Under S.744, hundreds of thousands of US workers may be required, within 10 days of

getting a TNC, to contact an appropriate Federal agency and "appear in person...." As past

experience shows, a significant number of U.S. workers will fail to correct erroneous non-confirmations, with a disproportionate number being women and other low-incomeworkers.

It has been estimated that mandatory nationwide use of the E-Verify program will costemployers with fewer that 500 employees about $2.6 billion a year.

S.744's border surge is unnecessary as a matter of policy, and will significantly

increase border deaths along with violations of human and civil rights.

Today, $18 billion in enforcement infrastructure is already in place after an unprecedented

ten year build-up that includes 300 towers, hundreds of miles of walls, electronicsurveillance equipment and thousands of border guards. At a border that the FBI certifies

as safe, prioritizing "border security" represents an unacceptable escalation of an alreadyextremely dangerous pattern of waste and violence.

Net migration from Mexico has been zero or close to zero for several years andunauthorized border crossings are the lowest in a generation. DHS Secretary Janet

Napolitano certified the border as "secure."

The "border surge", with a price tag of $47 billion dollars, will significantly increase borderdeaths as unauthorized crossers brave even more harrowing and dangerous

circumstances. This has been documented over the last several years as increased border

enforcement has caused border deaths to increase substantially even though unauthorizedcrossings have gone down significantly.

The "border surge" will cause civil rights violations of U.S. border residents. 40,000 borderguards buttressed by electronic surveillance equipment and dozens of drones will "occupy"border communities combing for "undocumented immigrant" profiles that are in practice

indistinguishable from that of the majority citizen and legal population. Fifty-four percent

(54%) of the 7.5 million border county inhabitants are Latinos according to the 2012Census.

The "border surge" will also adversely impact indigenous communities whose ancestorshave lived in the area and worked the land for hundreds of years, including LipanApaches, Kickapoo, and the Tohono O'odham nation. Indigenous peoples in the border

areas have suffered destruction of their land, loss of land grants, and unilateralextinguishment of land titles, more recently through Operation Gatekeeper, OperationHold the Line (1993/4), Operation Safeguard (1995), the Secure Border Initiative (2005),and the Secure Fence Act (2006).


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Finally, as recent exposes in theNew York Times, and theLos Angeles Timesreport S.744is a boondoggle for the private prison and surveillance technology industries that will geteven more billions of dollars in contracts for border enforcement, for more "immigrant

prisons," and for the implementation of E-verify.

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