Americans And Cuban Americans Support Jay Z And Beyonce, End The Travel Restrictions To Cuba
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MIAMI, April 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- An Open Letter of support to Jay-Z and Beyonce:
We, the undersigned, Americans, Cuban Americans, and organization representing millions of citizens, wholeheartedly support and endorse your recent trip to Cuba. We apologize in advance for certain Cuban American lawmakers, who in their obsession to maintain failed policies with our island neighbor attacked you and the rationale for your trip, which they always knew was legal. You discovered certain things that we know, that the Cuban people and island are a beautiful one, rich with culture, art, and music, yearning to share that with us who are in America. Our citizens are denied that experience freely. While Cuba has its problems and we look forward to becoming a positive influence and friend to our neighbor, we also know travel restrictions on our own people make no sense and yield no results other than aggravation and misery. We ask and hope that you will do the following:
Tell President Obama about your trip and your experience. Let him know if he should open more travel to Cuba.
Encourage all your friends in the world of arts and entertainment and sports to make the trip to Cuba too.
Join us to become active participants in the campaign to end all the travel restrictions once and for all.
Generation Cambio Cubano
Hugo Cancio ( President)
USCubaPolitics.com U.S. Cuba Now
Antonio Martinez ( Director)
Cuban Americans For Engagement CAFE
Arturo Lopez Levy ( Director)
Andres Ruiz ( Director)
Romy Aranguiz ( Director)
FORNORM
Elena Freyre(Director)
SOURCE ONCUBA Magazine
CONTACT: Hugo Cancio, Fuego Entertainment Tel. 786 546 8304 hugo_cancio@yahoo.com
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
High-tech English
It is interesting that the school is using a commercial product to teach the kids and having good luck with it. This is one way to deal with a shortage of ESL teachers. - - Donna Poisl
BY ERICA ERWIN, Erie Times-News
Twelve students are hunched over computers in the Erie's Wilson Middle School library, headphones on, working to sound out the words or decipher the pictures on the screens in front of them.
It's a foreign language-learning class, but with two twists: This group of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders includes students from Nepal, Iraq, Congo and Eritrea, and the language they're learning is English.
And they're doing it with the help of Rosetta Stone, a popular computer software program designed to teach language through immersion.
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It is interesting that the school is using a commercial product to teach the kids and having good luck with it. This is one way to deal with a shortage of ESL teachers. - - Donna Poisl
BY ERICA ERWIN, Erie Times-News
Twelve students are hunched over computers in the Erie's Wilson Middle School library, headphones on, working to sound out the words or decipher the pictures on the screens in front of them.
It's a foreign language-learning class, but with two twists: This group of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders includes students from Nepal, Iraq, Congo and Eritrea, and the language they're learning is English.
And they're doing it with the help of Rosetta Stone, a popular computer software program designed to teach language through immersion.
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Teach for America: California schools need their talent
These teachers, trained in the TFA program are needed to teach ESL to high school students. - - Donna Poisl
By Chris Funk, Special to the Mercury News
The English Learner Authorization embedded within the intern credential is a very hot issue for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing due to the concerns over incomplete education and preparation of intern teachers who serve students who are English Learners.
As the superintendent of East Side Union High School District, it is my privilege and duty to support my principals and teachers in creating learning environments that allow our students, many of whom are English Learners, to uncover their potential and thrive. For my district and others in California, Teach For America has been a key part of that equation for over 20 years.
You will find outstanding educators from TFA and other alternative certification programs throughout our Bay Area school districts and in successful local charter schools like Rocketship and KIPP. This is why the current statewide conversation about changes to how alternatively prepared teachers can receive certification to teach our English Leaners has me so concerned.
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These teachers, trained in the TFA program are needed to teach ESL to high school students. - - Donna Poisl
By Chris Funk, Special to the Mercury News
The English Learner Authorization embedded within the intern credential is a very hot issue for the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing due to the concerns over incomplete education and preparation of intern teachers who serve students who are English Learners.
As the superintendent of East Side Union High School District, it is my privilege and duty to support my principals and teachers in creating learning environments that allow our students, many of whom are English Learners, to uncover their potential and thrive. For my district and others in California, Teach For America has been a key part of that equation for over 20 years.
You will find outstanding educators from TFA and other alternative certification programs throughout our Bay Area school districts and in successful local charter schools like Rocketship and KIPP. This is why the current statewide conversation about changes to how alternatively prepared teachers can receive certification to teach our English Leaners has me so concerned.
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People in America need to learn how to speak English
This is an interesting piece; he talks about immigrants learning English and also about American kids not knowing English well enough for a good job. A very true and sad situation. - - Donna Poisl
By Kenneth Kowald
In the current discussion of immigration reform, learning to speak, read and write English with some efficiency is one of the requirements for citizenship that everyone seems to agree on. It is something someone applying for citizenship today has to be able to do, but there are some exemptions to that requirement. They should be few in number.
Some years ago, I was called for grand jury duty at the Supreme Court building in Kew Gardens. During the opening session, all of us were in a large courtroom and the judge went through information which we needed. At one point, one of those who had been called asked to be excused because he claimed he might not understand the proceedings because of his poor English.
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This is an interesting piece; he talks about immigrants learning English and also about American kids not knowing English well enough for a good job. A very true and sad situation. - - Donna Poisl
By Kenneth Kowald
In the current discussion of immigration reform, learning to speak, read and write English with some efficiency is one of the requirements for citizenship that everyone seems to agree on. It is something someone applying for citizenship today has to be able to do, but there are some exemptions to that requirement. They should be few in number.
Some years ago, I was called for grand jury duty at the Supreme Court building in Kew Gardens. During the opening session, all of us were in a large courtroom and the judge went through information which we needed. At one point, one of those who had been called asked to be excused because he claimed he might not understand the proceedings because of his poor English.
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Survey says ESL teachers use The Beatles to help students learn English
This makes sense, think of how many songs in other languages that we learned as little kids. - - Donna Poisl
by David Burger
A new study has found that 40 percent of surveyed ESL teachers play songs by The Beatles to help their students learn English.
Research by Kaplan International Colleges, a leading provider of English courses, revealed that 86 percent of ESL teachers play music during class to enhance lessons and help students improve their understanding of the English language.
Kaplan discovered that The Beatles were the most popular band used by ESL teachers, with 40 percent stating that they used the songs of The Fab Four such as "Hey Jude," "Love Me Do" and "A Hard Day’s Night" during lessons.
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This makes sense, think of how many songs in other languages that we learned as little kids. - - Donna Poisl
by David Burger
A new study has found that 40 percent of surveyed ESL teachers play songs by The Beatles to help their students learn English.
Research by Kaplan International Colleges, a leading provider of English courses, revealed that 86 percent of ESL teachers play music during class to enhance lessons and help students improve their understanding of the English language.
Kaplan discovered that The Beatles were the most popular band used by ESL teachers, with 40 percent stating that they used the songs of The Fab Four such as "Hey Jude," "Love Me Do" and "A Hard Day’s Night" during lessons.
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How Young People Are Leading the Call for Immigration Reform
Young immigrants have so much at stake here. They have the education, the dreams and plans and can't get jobs without documents. - - Donna Poisl
by Joy Lawson
Three years ago, Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez and three fellow college students walked from Miami to Washington, DC.
It took four months for the group to complete their 1,500-mile trek -- what they called the "Trail of Dreams" -- on foot. They treaded through snow and slept on couches because they had a message to share with Washington: We need immigration reform. We need an end to the deportation of undocumented students. We need solutions, now.
Sousa-Rodriguez had been a part of the Young People For leadership development program, and the young organizers who have followed in his footsteps share the same extraordinary commitment to fixing our country's broken immigration system. As the director of that program, my respect for the passion and effective organizing of young people on this issue today -- as the highly anticipated bipartisan immigration bill is expected to be introduced -- is no less strong than it was then.
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Young immigrants have so much at stake here. They have the education, the dreams and plans and can't get jobs without documents. - - Donna Poisl
by Joy Lawson
Three years ago, Felipe Sousa-Rodriguez and three fellow college students walked from Miami to Washington, DC.
It took four months for the group to complete their 1,500-mile trek -- what they called the "Trail of Dreams" -- on foot. They treaded through snow and slept on couches because they had a message to share with Washington: We need immigration reform. We need an end to the deportation of undocumented students. We need solutions, now.
Sousa-Rodriguez had been a part of the Young People For leadership development program, and the young organizers who have followed in his footsteps share the same extraordinary commitment to fixing our country's broken immigration system. As the director of that program, my respect for the passion and effective organizing of young people on this issue today -- as the highly anticipated bipartisan immigration bill is expected to be introduced -- is no less strong than it was then.
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Small Business Wants Immigration Reform for More Than Cheap Labor
All businesses need more customers, and small businesses know that immigrants are customers. Many are lower income people and they are definitely consumers; clothing, food, cars, etc.. - - Donna Poisl
By Patrick Clark
Business leaders often portray U.S. immigration reform as a necessary means to increasing the supply of workers, whether as high-skilled engineers for the technology sector or, say, minimum-wage housekeepers for the hotel industry. A pair of recent polls suggest that small business owners also see immigrants as important customers, job creators, and taxpayers.
In a survey released today by the Main Street Alliance and the American Sustainable Business Council, 82 percent of Democrat small business owners and 62 percent of Republicans supported a road map to citizenship for immigrants already living in the U.S. as well as for future immigrants. Seventy-one percent of the 515 respondents, meanwhile, said that immigration policies should encourage economic integration, and that such policies would strengthen the customer base for small businesses.
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All businesses need more customers, and small businesses know that immigrants are customers. Many are lower income people and they are definitely consumers; clothing, food, cars, etc.. - - Donna Poisl
By Patrick Clark
Business leaders often portray U.S. immigration reform as a necessary means to increasing the supply of workers, whether as high-skilled engineers for the technology sector or, say, minimum-wage housekeepers for the hotel industry. A pair of recent polls suggest that small business owners also see immigrants as important customers, job creators, and taxpayers.
In a survey released today by the Main Street Alliance and the American Sustainable Business Council, 82 percent of Democrat small business owners and 62 percent of Republicans supported a road map to citizenship for immigrants already living in the U.S. as well as for future immigrants. Seventy-one percent of the 515 respondents, meanwhile, said that immigration policies should encourage economic integration, and that such policies would strengthen the customer base for small businesses.
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40% OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OVERSTAYED VISAS
Most Americans think immigrants without documents all sneaked in. Actually almost half of them came in legally and stayed when they should have returned home. - - Donna Poisl
by WILLIAM BIGELOW
Roughly 40% of the 11 million undocumented workers in the United States are foreigners who came legally mostly through visas but have overstayed the length of the visas or overstayed their legal residence here, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. These immigrants did not cross the U.S. border with stealth but rather obeyed the laws when they arrived. The scant hard evidence about this group indicates that they are better educated than non-visa illegal immigrants, and often speak English with greater fluency. They also tend to emigrate from Europe, Asia and Africa, rather than Central and South America. In many cases, they used tourist visas to enter the U.S.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.), who is working on the Senate immigration bill, “Whenever I use that statistic, people seem completely surprised. They assume that, yeah, some people overstay—but 40% of the illegal population here?" Flake commented that a sizable group of the overstayers exceeded the time limit on H-1B visas, which apply to highly skilled workers
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Most Americans think immigrants without documents all sneaked in. Actually almost half of them came in legally and stayed when they should have returned home. - - Donna Poisl
by WILLIAM BIGELOW
Roughly 40% of the 11 million undocumented workers in the United States are foreigners who came legally mostly through visas but have overstayed the length of the visas or overstayed their legal residence here, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. These immigrants did not cross the U.S. border with stealth but rather obeyed the laws when they arrived. The scant hard evidence about this group indicates that they are better educated than non-visa illegal immigrants, and often speak English with greater fluency. They also tend to emigrate from Europe, Asia and Africa, rather than Central and South America. In many cases, they used tourist visas to enter the U.S.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.), who is working on the Senate immigration bill, “Whenever I use that statistic, people seem completely surprised. They assume that, yeah, some people overstay—but 40% of the illegal population here?" Flake commented that a sizable group of the overstayers exceeded the time limit on H-1B visas, which apply to highly skilled workers
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Young immigrants blame high fees as deportation deferral applications drop dramatically
What a shame, if the fees cause the immigrants to pass up the chance to apply and they don't get the guarantee they won't be deported. - - Donna Poisl
By Arturo Garcia
Interest in the two-year deferred-deportation program has flagged heavily in recent months, with some immigrants pointing to high application fees as an obstacle to taking part.
Univision News reported on Monday that applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative have decreased steadily (PDF) since October 2012, when 117,213 application were turned in, to just 16,778 for the month of March 2013. Overall, 469,530 applications have been turned in for the program, meaning that about 25 percent of DACA-eligible immigrants have attempted to take part in it.
The program, instituted by President Barack Obama in June 2012, was seen as a salve to younger immigrants who were in danger of being deported after the failure of the DREAM Act. It is open to applicants under 30 who were brought to the U.S. before their 16th birthday and requires a $465 fee, on top of legal and scholastic guidelines.
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What a shame, if the fees cause the immigrants to pass up the chance to apply and they don't get the guarantee they won't be deported. - - Donna Poisl
By Arturo Garcia
Interest in the two-year deferred-deportation program has flagged heavily in recent months, with some immigrants pointing to high application fees as an obstacle to taking part.
Univision News reported on Monday that applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative have decreased steadily (PDF) since October 2012, when 117,213 application were turned in, to just 16,778 for the month of March 2013. Overall, 469,530 applications have been turned in for the program, meaning that about 25 percent of DACA-eligible immigrants have attempted to take part in it.
The program, instituted by President Barack Obama in June 2012, was seen as a salve to younger immigrants who were in danger of being deported after the failure of the DREAM Act. It is open to applicants under 30 who were brought to the U.S. before their 16th birthday and requires a $465 fee, on top of legal and scholastic guidelines.
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Expanded immigration would reduce the federal deficit, some conservatives say
This new report has said the same thing many people say; immigration helps the economy. - - Donna Poisl
By Jim Tankersley
Conservative champions of opening the flow of legal immigration into the United States are invoking economics in hopes of winning Republican lawmakers’ support — specifically, the idea that more immigration will increase growth and cut the federal budget deficit.
The American Action Forum, a conservative think tank, will release an analysis on Tuesday that projects that an overhaul of immigration laws could boost gross domestic product growth by a percentage point each year over the next decade. That growth would produce tax revenue that would reduce federal deficits by a combined $2.5 trillion, according to the group’s president, the economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin.
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This new report has said the same thing many people say; immigration helps the economy. - - Donna Poisl
By Jim Tankersley
Conservative champions of opening the flow of legal immigration into the United States are invoking economics in hopes of winning Republican lawmakers’ support — specifically, the idea that more immigration will increase growth and cut the federal budget deficit.
The American Action Forum, a conservative think tank, will release an analysis on Tuesday that projects that an overhaul of immigration laws could boost gross domestic product growth by a percentage point each year over the next decade. That growth would produce tax revenue that would reduce federal deficits by a combined $2.5 trillion, according to the group’s president, the economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin.
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg: Immigration and the knowledge economy
This is a good opinion piece about why we need immigrants and need them to succeed, especially in our new knowledge economy. - - Donna Poisl
By Mark Zuckerberg,
Earlier this year I started teaching a class on entrepreneurship at an after-school program in my community. The middle-school students put together business plans, made their products and even got an opportunity to sell them.
One day I asked my students what they thought about going to college. One of my top aspiring entrepreneurs told me he wasn’t sure that he’d be able to go to college because he’s undocumented. His family is from Mexico, and they moved here when he was a baby. Many students in my community are in the same situation; they moved to the United States so early in their lives that they have no memories of living anywhere else.
These students are smart and hardworking, and they should be part of our future.
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This is a good opinion piece about why we need immigrants and need them to succeed, especially in our new knowledge economy. - - Donna Poisl
By Mark Zuckerberg,
Earlier this year I started teaching a class on entrepreneurship at an after-school program in my community. The middle-school students put together business plans, made their products and even got an opportunity to sell them.
One day I asked my students what they thought about going to college. One of my top aspiring entrepreneurs told me he wasn’t sure that he’d be able to go to college because he’s undocumented. His family is from Mexico, and they moved here when he was a baby. Many students in my community are in the same situation; they moved to the United States so early in their lives that they have no memories of living anywhere else.
These students are smart and hardworking, and they should be part of our future.
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Syracuse refugee population needs a one-stop shop
It is hard to help refugees and immigrants from many different locations, organizing the help in one location would help everyone. - - Donna Poisl
By Marnie Eisenstadt
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Makene Yelusa is one of 12 refugees from the Congo who came to Syracuse over the past decade.
She’s struggled to find work and is still learning English. But she’s also started a sewing business with another woman from the Congo. And she can sleep again.
“Before, you don’t sleep. Maybe soldiers are coming to take me,” said Yelusa, who lived in a refugee camp in the Congo for 13 years before coming to Syracuse.
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It is hard to help refugees and immigrants from many different locations, organizing the help in one location would help everyone. - - Donna Poisl
By Marnie Eisenstadt
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Makene Yelusa is one of 12 refugees from the Congo who came to Syracuse over the past decade.
She’s struggled to find work and is still learning English. But she’s also started a sewing business with another woman from the Congo. And she can sleep again.
“Before, you don’t sleep. Maybe soldiers are coming to take me,” said Yelusa, who lived in a refugee camp in the Congo for 13 years before coming to Syracuse.
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America’s Assimilation System Is Broken
In the past, new citizens could not return to their homeland easily and had very little contact with their family. Now everyone is connected and there is not much necessity to assimilate. - - Donna Poisl
By John Fonte
On Monday, the Hudson Institute published a paper entitled “America’s Patriotic Assimilation System Is Broken,” which I co-authored with social scientist Althea Nagai.
Nagai’s quantitative analysis of Harris Interactive survey data revealed that the evidence of patriotic assimilation of immigrant citizens to American identity is weak and ambiguous compared with that of native-born citizens.
Over 20 survey questions on issues of patriotic attachment and civic knowledge, there was a large gap between native-born and naturalized citizens. Some findings of the Harris survey (originally commissioned by the Bradley Foundation Project on American National Identity) are listed below:
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In the past, new citizens could not return to their homeland easily and had very little contact with their family. Now everyone is connected and there is not much necessity to assimilate. - - Donna Poisl
By John Fonte
On Monday, the Hudson Institute published a paper entitled “America’s Patriotic Assimilation System Is Broken,” which I co-authored with social scientist Althea Nagai.
Nagai’s quantitative analysis of Harris Interactive survey data revealed that the evidence of patriotic assimilation of immigrant citizens to American identity is weak and ambiguous compared with that of native-born citizens.
Over 20 survey questions on issues of patriotic attachment and civic knowledge, there was a large gap between native-born and naturalized citizens. Some findings of the Harris survey (originally commissioned by the Bradley Foundation Project on American National Identity) are listed below:
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Students languishing under Massachusetts' bilingual education law, critics say
Students are having difficulty in immersion classes and are asking for the law to be changed. - - Donna Poisl
By COLLEEN QUINN
BOSTON — Alternating between speaking English and Spanish, mothers, teachers and students urged lawmakers Tuesday to revamp a decade-old law that nearly eliminated bilingual education, arguing it has left students learning to speak English “languishing” and struggling to advance academically.
Advocates want lawmakers to revisit English language learning programs that promote dual-language instruction. In 2002, backers of a successful ballot question argued that allowing students to continue instruction in their native tongue hindered them from learning English.
The voter-approved law called for immigrant students to be immersed into English-only classrooms, with their native language used minimally and only when necessary.
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Students are having difficulty in immersion classes and are asking for the law to be changed. - - Donna Poisl
By COLLEEN QUINN
BOSTON — Alternating between speaking English and Spanish, mothers, teachers and students urged lawmakers Tuesday to revamp a decade-old law that nearly eliminated bilingual education, arguing it has left students learning to speak English “languishing” and struggling to advance academically.
Advocates want lawmakers to revisit English language learning programs that promote dual-language instruction. In 2002, backers of a successful ballot question argued that allowing students to continue instruction in their native tongue hindered them from learning English.
The voter-approved law called for immigrant students to be immersed into English-only classrooms, with their native language used minimally and only when necessary.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Watch the Rally for Citizenship today live from your computer
from Gabe Ortiz, America's Voice Education Fund
As you read this, thousands of immigrant rights activists like you are gathering at the Capitol in Washington for a massive rally to demand immigration reform with a clear and direct path to citizenship for 11 million Americans in waiting. Our immigration system is broken, and we need to tell our leaders that it's too late to turn back now.
Even if you can't make it in person, you can still be a part of this event -- watch the Rally for Citizenship live from your computer today at 3 PM EST/12 PM PST.
We're approaching what could be a turning point in the fight for immigration reform. As our elected leaders in Washington finalize a bill to present in the coming days, our job is simple yet vital -- to make sure that their plan reflects the needs of our community.
Join us today and be a part of this historic event.
Thanks for your support.
Gabe Ortiz
America's Voice Education Fund
PS: Use the #A10 and #TimeIsNow hashtags to follow and tweet news about the event!
from Gabe Ortiz, America's Voice Education Fund
As you read this, thousands of immigrant rights activists like you are gathering at the Capitol in Washington for a massive rally to demand immigration reform with a clear and direct path to citizenship for 11 million Americans in waiting. Our immigration system is broken, and we need to tell our leaders that it's too late to turn back now.
Even if you can't make it in person, you can still be a part of this event -- watch the Rally for Citizenship live from your computer today at 3 PM EST/12 PM PST.
We're approaching what could be a turning point in the fight for immigration reform. As our elected leaders in Washington finalize a bill to present in the coming days, our job is simple yet vital -- to make sure that their plan reflects the needs of our community.
Join us today and be a part of this historic event.
Thanks for your support.
Gabe Ortiz
America's Voice Education Fund
PS: Use the #A10 and #TimeIsNow hashtags to follow and tweet news about the event!
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Immigration Reform: Path to Citizenship, Path to Growth
Fox News agrees that immigration reform is good for the economy. - - Donna Poisl
By Antonio Garza, Fox News Latino
Immigration reform is at the top of Washington’s to-do list. It’s not the first time in recent memory that the issue has received serious attention from lawmakers. But unlike six years ago when the last bipartisan effort fell apart, it now looks as if there may be the right combination of public support, leadership (public and private) and political will to make sensible reform a reality.
This turnaround, regardless of the reasons for its occurrence, is good. That’s because the country’s economic vitality and future competitiveness depends on getting immigration right.
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Fox News agrees that immigration reform is good for the economy. - - Donna Poisl
By Antonio Garza, Fox News Latino
Immigration reform is at the top of Washington’s to-do list. It’s not the first time in recent memory that the issue has received serious attention from lawmakers. But unlike six years ago when the last bipartisan effort fell apart, it now looks as if there may be the right combination of public support, leadership (public and private) and political will to make sensible reform a reality.
This turnaround, regardless of the reasons for its occurrence, is good. That’s because the country’s economic vitality and future competitiveness depends on getting immigration right.
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We Can't Keep Ignoring The Spanish Language Problem For Long
This article compares immersion and bilingual classes for learning English . - - Donna Poisl
David Francis, The Fiscal Times
Lawmakers in Washington appear to be inching closer to a long-anticipated immigration overhaul that would address issues from pathway to citizenship to border security. But the bill is not expected to address issues affecting tens of millions of families across the country: how to educate students who don’t speak English.
The fight over bilingual education has been especially passionate. Some believe that students should be forced to learn English through immersion, while others argue that students who do not speak English should receive education in their own language while they learn English. Some believe it should be a combination of both. Hints of anti-immigrant sentiments soil the debate.
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This article compares immersion and bilingual classes for learning English . - - Donna Poisl
David Francis, The Fiscal Times
Lawmakers in Washington appear to be inching closer to a long-anticipated immigration overhaul that would address issues from pathway to citizenship to border security. But the bill is not expected to address issues affecting tens of millions of families across the country: how to educate students who don’t speak English.
The fight over bilingual education has been especially passionate. Some believe that students should be forced to learn English through immersion, while others argue that students who do not speak English should receive education in their own language while they learn English. Some believe it should be a combination of both. Hints of anti-immigrant sentiments soil the debate.
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'Gang of Eight' needs to deliver immigration fix
This is definitely our best hope, if they don't do it now, I fear it won't get done for years. - - Donna Poisl
The Sacramento Bee, the following editorial appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Wednesday, April 3:
Republicans and Democrats working on an immigration overhaul bill missed their goal of unveiling a draft by March. Now they hope to present a bill to the Senate Judiciary Committee by April 8, when they return from a two-week recess.
The so-called Gang of Eight in the U.S. Senate crafting a bill has hit another of the usual stumbling blocks - what to do about future legal flows of lower-skilled immigrants who traditionally fill jobs that native-born workers shun. The failure to address this issue in the 1986 immigration reform fueled new ranks of illegal migrants.
The "Gang" does agree on admitting more highly skilled immigrants and is close to consensus on much-needed agricultural workers, a big issue for California's Central Valley.
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This is definitely our best hope, if they don't do it now, I fear it won't get done for years. - - Donna Poisl
The Sacramento Bee, the following editorial appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Wednesday, April 3:
Republicans and Democrats working on an immigration overhaul bill missed their goal of unveiling a draft by March. Now they hope to present a bill to the Senate Judiciary Committee by April 8, when they return from a two-week recess.
The so-called Gang of Eight in the U.S. Senate crafting a bill has hit another of the usual stumbling blocks - what to do about future legal flows of lower-skilled immigrants who traditionally fill jobs that native-born workers shun. The failure to address this issue in the 1986 immigration reform fueled new ranks of illegal migrants.
The "Gang" does agree on admitting more highly skilled immigrants and is close to consensus on much-needed agricultural workers, a big issue for California's Central Valley.
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Immigrants See Chance to Be ’Real’ Americans: House Bill
With more people believing this, immigration reform has a better chance. - - Donna Poisl
By Roxana Tiron
A group of U.S. House members will propose steps to legal status for undocumented immigrants, who shouldn’t be living here permanently without a chance to become “real Americans,” said Representative Mario Diaz-Balart.
Bringing many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. “out of the shadows” and improving the immigration system would be “great” for businesses, Diaz-Balart said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Peter Cook for “Capitol Gains” airing April 7. The Florida Republican is a member of a bipartisan House group negotiating a plan.
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With more people believing this, immigration reform has a better chance. - - Donna Poisl
By Roxana Tiron
A group of U.S. House members will propose steps to legal status for undocumented immigrants, who shouldn’t be living here permanently without a chance to become “real Americans,” said Representative Mario Diaz-Balart.
Bringing many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. “out of the shadows” and improving the immigration system would be “great” for businesses, Diaz-Balart said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Peter Cook for “Capitol Gains” airing April 7. The Florida Republican is a member of a bipartisan House group negotiating a plan.
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'Illegal immigrant': what words to use becomes a debate itself
This is a good start, the other news groups will probably follow soon. - - Donna Poisl
By Cindy Chang and Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times
As lawmakers in Washington debate the possibility of legalization for 11 million immigrants, a more basic question has emerged in the nation's newsrooms and beyond: what to call those immigrants.
Most news organizations have long used the term "illegal immigrant," which some people find offensive. They prefer "undocumented," arguing that "illegal" is dehumanizing and lumps border crossers with serious criminals. Some even view "illegal immigrant" as tantamount to hate speech and refuse to utter it, referring only to the "I-word."
On Tuesday, the Associated Press revised its influential stylebook and jettisoned "illegal immigrant," reversing a decision from six months earlier. The AP did not offer an exact replacement, instead recommending that writers fully describe a person's immigration status.
Click on the HEADLINE above to read the rest of this story! This is only a small part of it.
This is a good start, the other news groups will probably follow soon. - - Donna Poisl
By Cindy Chang and Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times
As lawmakers in Washington debate the possibility of legalization for 11 million immigrants, a more basic question has emerged in the nation's newsrooms and beyond: what to call those immigrants.
Most news organizations have long used the term "illegal immigrant," which some people find offensive. They prefer "undocumented," arguing that "illegal" is dehumanizing and lumps border crossers with serious criminals. Some even view "illegal immigrant" as tantamount to hate speech and refuse to utter it, referring only to the "I-word."
On Tuesday, the Associated Press revised its influential stylebook and jettisoned "illegal immigrant," reversing a decision from six months earlier. The AP did not offer an exact replacement, instead recommending that writers fully describe a person's immigration status.
Click on the HEADLINE above to read the rest of this story! This is only a small part of it.
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