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Courthouse crowd rallies against raid of Mariachi Locos restaurants, threatened deportations

Published: August 23, 2012 - 11:16 PM

Oscar Mata (left) and his sister, Sarahi Juarez, 8, hold a sign at an immigration rally on Thursday on the county courthouse courtyard in Akron. The event showed support for 35 latino food service workers who face deportation after recent ICE raids at Akron-Area restaurants. (Michael ChrittonAkron Beacon Journal)


More than 250 people rallied Thursday in front of the Summit County Courthouse to protest last week’s raid of area Mariachi Locos restaurants and the arrest of 35 cooks, dishwashers and servers alleged to be in the country illegally.

HOLA, a grassroots Hispanic organization from Northeast Ohio, organized the effort to draw attention to the fact many of those facing possible deportation have U.S.-born children.

The raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is separating families and “ripping apart the bonds between children and their parents,” HOLA spokeswoman Veronica Dahlberg said.
Dozens of children were among those gathered, some holding signs asking for their fathers to be released.

Miguel Castro, owner of six Mariachi Locos restaurants in Summit and Stark counties and the Plaza Maya in Tallmadge, launched his chain in Akron 12 years ago and said immigration officials have never bothered him before.

He said he was stunned when agents arrived at all of his restaurants Aug. 16 and immediately began handcuffing all of his employees. Some were released after a few minutes of questioning. Others were arrested and released after posting a $5,000 bond, Castro and Dahlberg said.

Others are still incarcerated, not able to make bail, they said.
“I don’t know why they did this,” Castro said.

He said he also was handcuffed and was asked about his hiring practices.

Castro said he told agents his application form does not inquire about a respondent’s citizenship status. When they are hired, they are required to show a Social Security card and a green card.

Castro said the handcuffs were taken off after about 20 minutes. He said he has not been charged with any crimes.

Three Mariachi Locos restaurants — in Stow and in Akron’s Chapel Hill and Merriman Valley neighborhoods — since have reopened, but Castro said he doesn’t have the staff or the confidence to reopen others.

“We are afraid this will happen again,” Castro said.

Guadalupe Ramos attended the rally, holding 2-week-old Nataly in one arm and hanging onto 5-year-old Yoselin with her free hand. Both girls were born in Akron.

She acknowledged her husband, Juan Jose Ramos, is not a legal citizen. She fears what will happen if he is deported.

“I’m by myself now. I have rent to pay and bills to pay, but he is my supporter,” Guadalupe Ramos said.

She said Juan Ramos wasn’t scheduled to work the day of the raids, but picked up an extra shift “because he is a hard worker. He did it for his family.” She said she has the $5,000 bond to release her husband, but authorities won’t accept it because of another pending immigration case.

Yoselin, wearing a head scarf in the colors of the American flag, pleaded for her father’s release on a hand-decorated T-shirt that read: “Please Don’t Deport My Daddy.”

For an hour, rally supporters heard from a couple of dozen speakers: family members whose breadwinners have been deported after raids of other Northeast Ohio businesses, organizations trying to raise awareness of the plight of separated families and clergy members who support the Latino community.

They also chanted to get the attention of motorists as well as pedestrians in the area of the courthouse and Akron City Hall.

“Arrest criminals, not working families!” “Let freedom ring!” “Border Patrol, use common sense!” “We are God’s children!”

Dahlberg shared with the crowd a federal report that showed in the first six months of 2011, the U.S. deported 47,000 parents who left U.S.-born children behind. More recent data was not available, she said, but she suspects another 100,000 parents could be separated from their children this year.

She asked the crowd to keep fighting for a change in policy.
“Don’t come here for one hour and then you’re done,” she said. “Register to vote. Keep working to make change.”

The Akron Beacon Journal requested information about last week’s restaurant raid from the Cleveland office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The request was not filled by the end of the business day.
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Sounds like HOLA spokeswoman Veronica Dahlberg is encouraging illegal foreign nationals to commit a felony by registering to vote.

It is nice to know Guadalupe has the $5,000.00 for the bail. I would be interested to know if medicaid paid the hospital bill for the new baby, if Guadalupe tells the state of Ohio that she is married and how much welfare she gets and if she and her hubby received unearned income tax credits.

"The raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is separating families and “ripping apart the bonds between children and their parents,” HOLA spokeswoman Veronica Dahlberg said.
Dozens of children were among those gathered, some holding signs asking for their fathers to be released."

Immigration and Customs Enforcement are doing their jobs. The illegals are the ones ripping their own families apart because they chose to take that risk when coming here illegally. It is time they take responsibility for their own actions and stop blaming everyone else.

“I’m by myself now. I have rent to pay and bills to pay, but he is my supporter,” Guadalupe Ramos said.
And you just thought he could get away with whatever he wanted? If you're here, you better know the laws and follow them or pay the consequences instead of expecting others to hand you an easy way out.

If Obama is re-elected you can kiss these raids goodbye forever.

I don't feel sorry any of you . you say you are not a Criminal well what the ar e you doing you have our jobs
& you are not a Citizen are you NO if you came in the way . I said yes but you & your Family . come over for a free ride
& yes obama said that was ok well it not . you all are the fool for voteing for him . & as for the Policey
that Not going to happen why the USA are sick Of this BS come On Congress get some back bone .
No amnesty or dream Act

“Arrest criminals, not working families!” “Let freedom ring!” “Border Patrol, use common sense!” “We are God’s children!”

If you are illegal, you ARE a criminal, there is no fine line. What about the rest of God's children who can't find a job because all you whining illegals feel it's your right to take them? I bet you didn't think of that now, did you?

Dahlberg shared with the crowd a federal report that showed in the first six months of 2011, the U.S. deported 47,000 parents who left U.S.-born children behind. More recent data was not available, she said, but she suspects another 100,000 parents could be separated from their children this year.

Why are we supposed to feel responsible or have sympathy for illegals when they are the ones who made the choice to come here illegally and took the risk of being seperated from their families? You come here and decide to have an anchor baby or two or three or... and you chose to take that risk. Not a very wise choice in my opinion. Then you demand we fix your problems and demand that we disregard the laws because of your poor choices. Sorry, time to blame no one but yourselves and time to pay the consequences.

They don't talk about about how many children they abandoned in Mexico and other home countries to come here to have other children that they get paid for. the Mexican orphanages are bulging and and abandoned children live on the streets all over Mexico. In my opinion, they use children as a tool for money.

http://www.mexico-child-link.org/street-children.htm

Mexican Migrants Leave Kids, Problems Back Home

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=5392227


From University of Albany

Sociology Department

Joanna Dreby

Assistant Professor
Expertise: Immigration, Families, Children
Contact Info:

• jdreby@albany.edu
• Office: 342 Arts & Sciences Building
• Phone: please contact by email
• Mailing Address:
• 1400 Washington Ave.
  Arts & Sciences 351
  University at Albany
  Albany, NY 12222

CV: Curriculum Vitae
Education

• 2007 Ph.D., Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
• 1998 B.A., Sociology and Latin American Studies, Rutgers University

Recent Research Projects

• The Daily Lives of Children Growing Up in Mexican Immigrant Households -- This study is a three-year ethnographic study funded by the Foundation for Child Development that explores the daily life experiences of young children ages growing up in Mexican immigrant households. It involves ethnographic interviews and participant-observation in two social settings, one--in Ohio-- which new immigrants are dispersed in the community and another--in New Jersey--where they are concentrated. The study focuses on children’s experiences in immigrant families with varying legal statuses, including those who have experienced a family member’s deportation. The study reveals how two main features of the contemporary immigrant experience—legality and new destination settlement patterns-- have consequences for young children, in terms of their access to social services, peer group affiliations, identity, and their early educational experiences.
• The Effects of International Migration on Mexican Children-- To date, most research on parent-child separation due to migration highlights the emotional difficulties parents and children experience during periods of separation and the strains such separations place on family relationships. We have less information, however, on how parental migration affects the experiences of children as compared to their peers. This research analyzes 400 drawings collected from elementary school children and over 3000 surveys from children in middle and high school. The goal is to compare the educational outcomes, ideas of family and perceptions of the United States of Mexican children with migrant parents to those of other children in their schools.
• Mexican Transnational Families -- Every year, over 500,000 hundred thousand Mexicans migrate to the United States.
• Tens of thousands leave children behind in Mexico when they do.
• For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do they manage living apart? More importantly, do their expectations bear the intended results? This four year ethnographic study draws on fieldwork and interviews with over 140 members of Mexican transnational families including migrant parents in Central New Jersey and children in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca and children’s caregivers.

http://www.albany.edu/sociology/fac_profile_Dreby.shtml

I see this every day In out City . they don't care about the kids just the money . welfare money & med care
it a mess Obama you have to & mitt . I don't know about you ? yet
I see this you are also for the illegal Immigrants .
No amnesty Or dream act