With no response to our letter from President Biden in almost 2 weeks, we’ve sent the following letter to our former California Senator and now Vice President Kamala Harris. We are hopeful that she will be more responsive and understanding of our plea, but also the golden opportunity that we are proposing the President.
For questions or comments, please write to me at armando@calmexcenter.org
Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos, CMSC President and CEO
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By Rhina Guidos | Catholic Spirit | FEB. 2, 2022 | Photo: Go Nakamura-Reuters
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Immigration supporters say that while they welcomed President Joe Biden’s 2020 election, when it comes to immigration policy, his administration, a year into its first term, has left much to be desired.
“There’s no doubt that the Biden administration is a welcome departure from the appalling cruelty and blatant racism of the Trump years, but in key (immigration) areas, the Biden White House continues to uphold the hateful spirit of Trump migration policies,” Hazel Contreras, of the nonprofit Alianza Americas, said Feb. 1.
The organization was one of various groups to voice discontent with the White House on immigration policy one year after the Biden-Harris administration unveiled its strategy to address immigration flows at the... READ MORE
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By Pema Levy | Mother Jones | JAN. 29, 2022 | Photo credit: Ed Jones
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It’s not Republicans’ first shot at breaking up families, and it probably won’t be their last.
Eight Republican-led states sued Friday to stop a Biden administration program that allows Central American child refugees to legally join their parents in the United States.
The Central American Minors Refugee and Parole Program, which allows minors in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to join their parents the United States, began under President Barack Obama to provide a legal alternative for children who relied on smugglers to rejoin their parents. The Trump administration halted the program in 2017, and it remained defunct until last year, when it was restored and expanded under President Joe Biden. CAMP now includes legal guardians in addition to parents and step-parents, as well as those who have applied for asylum or visas granted to... READ MORE
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By Jacob Soboroff & Teaganne Finn | NBC News | FEB. 1, 2022 | Photo: Twitter
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the Biden administration is pushing Congress to pass legislation that would help the families.
WASHINGTON — The White House said this week for the first time that it backs permanent legal status for families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration.
The new stance comes at the anniversary of a task force the Biden administration set up to help reunify family members.
"We are advocating to Congress that they provide these individuals with legal status — that requires a statutory change," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in an interview... READ MORE | LEER EN ESPAÑOL
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By Ruben Vives | LATimes | JAN. 27, 2022 | Photo credit: Greg Gibson (AP)
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The eight-term Congressman was a champion and icon of Chicano Civil Rights and the moment that it spurned in the late 1960s.
A former union leader who served in President Carter’s administration, Torres died of natural causes Tuesday, according to a family statement.
“Torres was a pathbreaking public servant and a lifelong fighter for the common good,” U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla said in a statement. “Torres’ pride in his working-class, immigrant roots and his belief in the American dream drove his dedication to labor activism and community organizing.”
Janet Murguia, president and chief executive of UnidosUS, recalled working with Torres to protect workers and enhance investment in border communities during the debates over the North American Freedom Trade Agreement, the pact signed by Mexico, Canada and the U.S.... READ MORE
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By Kristen Taketa | LATimes | JAN. 18, 2022 | Photo credit: Nancee E. Lewis
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Far-right, fascist organizations have spent several months working against initiatives such as ethnic studies courses and equity training for school staffers.
SAN DIEGO — California is deleting the often-used In Lak’Ech affirmation from its model ethnic studies curriculum to settle a lawsuit from a San Diego group that claims the affirmation constitutes an Aztec prayer.
The California Department of Education also is removing an Ashe affirmation from the curriculum. Ashe is a concept from the Yoruba people of Nigeria that refers to the power to effect change. The lawsuit argued it constitutes a religious chant.
Last year, California became the first state to make ethnic studies a high school graduation requirement. It will be required starting in 2026.
This lawsuit is one of the first major legal challenges to the state’s model curriculum, which was finalized in March to serve as a recommendation, but not a requirement, for schools.
In September, a group called Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, along with three San Diego parents, sued California education officials over the affirmations included in the curriculum. They accused the state of violating the Establishment Clause of the state constitution, which prohibits the state from supporting a religion.
The foundation is one of several groups in San Diego that has been fighting anti-racism initiatives in K-12 schools, labeling such efforts as “critical race theory.”
Although state officials denied the lawsuit’s allegations, they agreed to the settlement last week to avoid further litigation costs, according to the settlement agreement. State officials are not admitting any liability... READ MORE
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By Swarnali Ahmed Hannan | International Monetary Fund | JAN. 24, 2022 | Photo credit: Getty stock
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New study argues for higher spending on social programs to combat skyrocketing poverty.
Mexico has long suffered from high poverty and social exclusion. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has likely exacerbated these problems, an increase in social program spending helped lessen the negative impact on employment, retail sales, and poverty.
Our recent staff paper argues that higher and more efficient spending on social programs, education, and health would reduce socioeconomic gaps, mitigate economic scarring from the pandemic, and foster an inclusive... READ MORE
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