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    IMMIGRANT RIGHTS CONSORTIUM OF SAN DIEGO : NEW GROUP




    New immigration reform group forms

    By: EDWARD SIFUENTES - Staff Writer

    SAN DIEGO ---- A diverse group of religious leaders, labor unions, legal advocates and community leaders joined Thursday to call on Congress to pass immigration reform that would help legalize illegal immigrants, keep migrant families together and protect immigrants' rights.

    The group, called the Immigrant Rights Consortium of San Diego County, is made up of 25 organizations. They include the American Immigration Lawyers Association of San Diego, the American Jewish Committee of San Diego, the Council on American-Islamic Relations of San Diego, the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and several others.

    More than a dozen members of the group gathered for a press conference in San Diego on the same day the U.S. Senate debated a controversial bill to overhaul the nation's immigration system.

    Rabbi Laurie Coskey of Poway said immigration reform is needed because there are large numbers of workers who are critical to the local economy but live in fear of deportation. She said they often fail to report abuses at work because they are in the country illegally.

    "So often, what we find is wonderful people doing the jobs that make up the backbone of our San Diego economy, yet they are fearful. They live in the shadows together with their families," said Coskey, who serves as the director of the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, a grass-roots group focusing on labor rights.

    Consortium members said the group has objectives beyond immigration reform, such as opposing local policies that discriminate against immigrants, educating immigrants about their rights and showing the public the contributions immigrants make.

    Some local anti-illegal immigration activists said the new group does not represent the views of most Americans on reform.

    "As evidenced by the millions of angry phone calls, faxes and e-mails to their government 'representatives,' loyal Americans are fed up to the point of snapping with law-breaking illegal aliens," said Mike Spencer, who heads the Vista Citizens Brigade, a group of anti-illegal immigration activists in Vista.

    Members of the consortium said at the press conference that they disagree with the assertion that most Americans don't want immigration reform. They said most Americans want fair immigration laws that protect the nation's borders and safeguard immigrant rights.

    Andrea Guerrero, the chairwoman of the group, said the consortium hired a polling company to survey county residents and ask their views on immigration reform. She said the group will announce the poll's results next week.

    Several members of the group said a compromise immigration reform bill being debated in the Senate this week is not perfect, but it could be improved as it moves to the House and later in negotiations.

    The bill would help legalize millions of illegal immigrants, but would change the rules for future legal immigrants.

    Republicans and Democrats have offered dozens of amendments to the bill in recent weeks, including proposals to eliminate its guest worker program and narrow the number of illegal immigrants who would be eligible to legalize their status.

    That's why some members of the consortium said they can't say whether they support the bill until they see its final form.

    "We've had millions of people march for humane immigration reform, but we've not seen that humane immigration reform bill out there, yet. That's what we're asking for," said Enrique Morones, who heads the immigrant rights group Border Angels, which is part of the consortium.

    North County anti-illegal immigration activists said they believe the majority of the public does not want a bill that would legalize illegal immigrants.

    "Americans and San Diegans want our borders secured first and enforcement of our immigration laws before we offer full rights and services to people who have broken our laws," said Jeff Schwilk, founder of the Oceanside-based San Diego Minutemen, a group of anti-illegal immigration activists.

    "This new group does not appear to acknowledge these realities," Schwilk said referring to the consortium. "They should focus on helping legal immigrants assimilate into American society, and on protecting legal workers."

    Edgar Hopida, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in San Diego, said the immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed. He said Muslims and other immigrants often face years of waiting while the government conducts background checks to immigrate legally and become citizens.

    Hopida said the Senate bill offers hope to those waiting because it has provisions to help reduce the immigration backlogs.

    "A lot of people in our community are 'backlogged' three to five years and they've been legitimate green card holders who are trying to get their citizenship," Hopida said. "If you have an Arab-sounding name, more than likely, you're going to be delayed in security."

    Contact staff writer Edward Sifuentes at (760) 740-3511 or esifuentes@nctimes.com.

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    Andrea Guerrero, chairman of the San Diego Immigrants and New Americans Consortium speaks about a new immigration consortium formed in San Diego.

    Ginger Jacobs, an immigration lawyer, speaks during a San Diego press conference at which immigration advocates and other community leaders announced the formation of a new immigration consortium.


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    Now here's a picture of people not in the know. All they care about is helping others, which is a beautiful thing. However, what they don't know is that the very people they are trying to help will do anything to take ANYTHING from them, including their livilihood, their standard of living and their children's future while not giving back anything. They don't realize that most of these people don't want our citizenship or our laws, they want freebees and handouts and don't give two hoots about assimilating. Only a fool would help that kind of character.
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    This is just another group started so that someone can make money off of this "cause".

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    Why is it so complicated to understand that we are for legal immigration?? Why is difficult to understand that we do not want illegals coming to this country without knowing who they are and going through the legal process?? How did it come to this?

    This is just common sense stuff!!!!
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    The second part of this video reports about the pro-illegal reform group.

    Funny thing is that the day they picked to push for reform was the day the Senate shelved the Amnesty bill.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoQQqYWUg9k

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    Why? Because the rose-colored glasses are on and those ultra-leftists have bought into all of the rhetoric. They appeal to people's emotions but when it comes to statistical analysis, they pick and choose anything that can fit their scheme, omitting the truths and actual data.

    Remember when Kennedy put up those posters on CSpan last night? He cited some 400+ illegals were injured/killed while crossing the border into America. Kennedy got very worked up over that problem. Or he was suffering from a lack of his evening booze-intake....Either way, Kennedy doesn't feel that anyone should be hurt while trespassing across our border. He wants them to walk in, unscathed, while trespassing. Where is his common sense? How insipid can he be?

    What I am wondering is why Kennedy didn't put up the OTHER statistics....you know....the stats showing that more than 4,000 American are killed each year by illegal aliens.

    The Violent Crimes Institute has calculated that there are 12 people every day who die as a result of murder by illegal aliens. That translates to 4,380 people. Now why didn't Kennedy cite THAT figure????

    Kennedy's upset that illegals are injured/killed at the border, yet that number is merely one-tenth of the Americans who are murdered by illegal aliens who have already crossed into America. Where is his rationale?

    I suppose it must have been an oversight on Kennedy's part.

    Yeah. That's it. He forgot that chart.....
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    I shall be so glad the day I move out of this county/state!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LynnS
    Remember when Kennedy put up those posters on CSpan last night? He cited some 400+ illegals were injured/killed while crossing the border into America. Kennedy got very worked up over that problem. Or he was suffering from a lack of his evening booze-intake....Either way, Kennedy doesn't feel that anyone should be hurt while trespassing across our border. He wants them to walk in, unscathed, while trespassing. Where is his common sense? How insipid can he be?

    What I am wondering is why Kennedy didn't put up the OTHER statistics....you know....the stats showing that more than 4,000 American are killed each year by illegal aliens.
    We couldn't possibly expect him to disclose those statistics. If he did, he wouldn't be able to distort the truth.

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    Stop The Invasion! wrote on Jun 8, 2007 1:18 AM:

    " First, secure the border. Second, legalization of the law breakers only after fines, back taxes, and touchback requirements. Third, law breakers go to the end of the line after those who have followed the law and have been waiting for years to immigrate legally. Fourth, no amnesty (Z Visas or the like). Fifth, give priority to highly skilled and educated immigrants. Sixth, enforce existing laws before enacting new so-called tougher laws. "

    Check the headlines wrote on Jun 8, 2007 1:41 AM:

    " You should have written a column today explaining why the immigration bill went down to defeat in Washington yesterday. You can't ignore it, can you Edward? Your spin on the reasons for that defeat would be good for a couple of chuckles and you let your public down. About the new group forming....who cares????? "

    Robin wrote on Jun 8, 2007 1:55 AM:

    " This is a great day for America. The Senate's amnesty bill appears to be going down in flames! Illegal alien criminals are destroying this country. Amnesty is not the answer! Enforcment of our current laws is vital to our country. Jail the employers for illegally hiring these people. That will dry up the job market so they will go back to the country where they belong. Taxpayers should not be supporting 20+ million citizens or other countries. The illegals are criminals because they are breaking our laws and they shouldn't be here! We don't need them. Our economy would be much better if they were gone. I am not a racist since this issue has nothing to do with race. It is about our laws! "

    Old Lady wrote on Jun 8, 2007 1:57 AM:

    " Where's the fence? "

    *Adam wrote on Jun 8, 2007 4:09 AM:

    " These people are in la la land! "

    Born in the USA wrote on Jun 8, 2007 4:39 AM:

    " I wonder what other criminals these people would like to see set free! I wonder if someone breaks into their house if they offer them tea? Do they care about the people waiting in line to come here the legal why? "

    *Dyehard in Escondido wrote on Jun 8, 2007 4:42 AM:

    " Illegals rises gas prices by demands. If they were deported, our demand would go down and prices would go down. They are costing the American citizens in more ways than we can imagine. 12-20 million people using gasoline has to affect demand. Next door is 4 cars and across the street is 5. "

    Skip wrote on Jun 8, 2007 4:46 AM:

    " Our federal betray cannot even issue passports to United States Citizens, and they would now have us to believe that 12 to 20 Million Illegal Aliens can be safely and adequately screened into becoming LEGAL Residents and Citizens. Seems to me that if the Amnesty happens, then it will be the biggest Rubber Stamp program in the history of the United States. "

    Skip wrote on Jun 8, 2007 5:01 AM:

    " Every time the state of California mails me a notice on Voting or politics the notices are also printed in Spanish. This morning I was reading a Jury Summons that I received in the mail this week, and I noticed that it was written in English only. I DID NOT SEE AN EXCUSE BOX FOR "SORRY I DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISHâ€

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    Funny...most, if not all the comments, are bashing the writer and singing praise for defeating s.1348 bill!

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