Subject: Obama Reaffirms Enforcement-Only Policy
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:01:04
From: Mexican American Political Association <newsletter@mapa-ca.org>
To: <pedro_ruiz21@yahoo.com>
Obama Reaffirms Enforcement-Only Policy
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August 21, 2009
Greetings!
Mexican American Political Association CALLS
ON
PRESIDENT OBAMA TO STOP THE
ENFORCEMENT ONLY
POLICY WHILE THE ADMINISTRATION
REVISITS
PROSPECTS
FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM NEXT YEAR
Los Angeles-The Mexican American Political
Association, the oldest political and civic organization
of Mexican Americans and Latinos in the United
States, calls on President Barack Obama to
immediately stop the enforcement only policy while
his administration revisits the prospects of
immigration reform in 2010. MAPA's statement was
made coming on the heeds of a White House meeting
hosted by Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland
Security (DHS), during which some 100 leaders from
labor, business, community, law enforcement, and
faith-based organizations met to discuss the probable
outlines of immigration reform legislation in the
future. MAPA and other long-time advocates for
progressive immigration reform were excluded from
the meeting.
The meeting did not address the enforcement-only
policy of the current administration and essentially
reaffirmed that immigration reform legislation will not
be on the legislative calendar of the U.S. Congress in
2009. "The upshot of this hurriedly convened
gathering was to placate the many national, regional,
and local organizations that have raised criticism with
Secretary Napolitano for the continued aggressive
enforcement of immigration laws with no indication of
any relief on the horizon for immigrant families," stated
Nativo V. Lopez, National President of MAPA.
"Its with great sadness that we observe that the
Obama administration continues to ignore thet
growing clamor from diverse sectors of the immigrant
and Latino communities throughout the nation for an
end to the enforcement-only policy that has wreaked
havoc and destruction on our families and
communities. The demand for an immediate
moratorium of such a policy is more evident than ever
especially considering the president's comments
about deferring immigration reform until 2010." Lopez
concluded.
MAPA founded in Fresno, California in 1960, has been
and is dedicated to the constitutional and democratic
principles of political freedom and representation for
Mexican, Chicano, and Latino people in the United
States of America. END
Our colleague and Director Nativo Lopez, will be
representing MAPA and the Hermandad Mexicana
Latinoamericana on a panel related to the new
immigration changes announced by President
Obama. This informational panel will be
broadcast on
Univision in it's weekly show 'Al Punto' con Jorge
Ramos. Nativo will be part of a panel along with
Clarissa Martinez of the National Council of La Raza
and Jorge Mario Cabrera, Director of public relations
for CHIRLA. This popular program is very
important to
gather more allies to help with our projects that benefit
our community, there are a large number of
spectators that support our causes, but do not know
how to participate, this will then help to direct
interested people to the causes for which we fight.
This program will be televised on Sunday, August ,16
at
9 am pacific time on Univision (34).
Join us in this prolonged campaign for driver's
licenses
and visas for our families. The first step in making
change is to join an organization that pursues the
change we desire. We welcome you to our ranks.
Other organizations leading this movement include:
Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana, Mexican
American Political Association (MAPA), MAPA
Youth Leadership, Southern California Immigration
Coalition, Liberty and Justice for Immigrants
Movement, National Alliance for Immigrant's Rights,
and immigrant's rights coalitions throughout the U.S..
CONTACT:
Nativo V. Lopez, National President of MAPA (323)
269-1575
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Sincerely,
Mexican American Political Association
email:
nativolopez@mapa-ca.org
phone:
323-269-1575
web:
http://www.mapa.org
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