Immigration News, Rants and More.: Business as usual. Rant on the new prosecutorial ...

Immigration News, Rants and More.: Business as usual. Rant on the new prosecutorial ...: There has been a lot of hoopla about the prosecutorial discretion memos issued by ICE Secretary John Morton and the recent White House annou...

Article: Calderon Calls On U.S. Society To Curb Its Drug Use

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2011/08/mexico-drug-war-obama-calderon-reaction-twitter-society-casino-attack.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LaPlaza+%28La+Plaza%29&utm_content=FaceBook


Here are a couple of articles for your information on the Mexican drug war and US involvement:

http://narcosphere.narcone

ws.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2011/07/us-court-documents-claim-sinaloa-cartel-protected-us-government

http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=1855

The US backed drug war in Mexico is creating the conditions for mass exodus/asylum.

I support US asylum for Mexicans persecuted by the US backed drug war. No governments are above the deaths of 40,000.

Maybe the good people of Mexico can peacefully persuade Washington to make Calderon clean up his act. How about 10 million undocumented and another 500,000 fleeing the drug war all protesting the war via asylum applications to the US?

You know they would not come here or stay here if they could make a decent living wage working safely at home. But without US drug and immigration reform, the bodies will keep piling up, and the elite who profit on both sides of the border will continue to do so at the dead's expense, and the expense of US taxpayers.

http://twopesos-protestfortheundocumented.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html

Mexico's Casino Tragedy Aug 25, 2011

At some level the cartel elite of Mexico and the corporate elite of the US share in the responsibility for this tragedy.

Drug wars and illegal immigration are symptoms of their chilling, murderous greed. Read what Professor James Petras believes:

http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=1...

US taxpayers pay with their taxes, and many Mexican citizens (40,000 since 2006) pay with their lives.

The US government refuses to deal with failed banking, immigration, and drug wars. I no longer wonder why.

The elite pay their politicians to push propaganda that blames the symptoms
(drug addiction - illegal immigration) , and not the cause (their greed).

We could shut this down if American voters would see beyond their propaganda and think for them selves..

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/08/26/122100/mexico-mourns-casino-dead-in-act.html#ixzz1WAAOpSmS

Protection for Human Life and Mass Protest

 In response to:  http://latindispatch.com/2011/08/25/mexicos-drug-war-refugees-rarely-secure-asylum-in-united-states/comment-page-1/#comment-272476

As a retired US Border Patrol/INS/ICE agent, I have worked within and witnessed America's failed immigration system for over 35 years.

Professor James Petras' explained to me what I sensed yet could not put my finger on during all those years.

http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=1855

Politicians from both sides of the border place the elite's greed above human life and welfare of both countries' citizens. 

I support mass Mexican drug war exodus and mass asylum as not only protection for human live, but also as a protest against the US backed drug war in Mexico.

Both countries' governments must be brought to their senses.

http://twopesos-protestfortheundocumented.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html

Congress: Shut Up and Decide

In response to:  
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/25/139931008/new-u-s-deportation-policy-spares-some

How many of the pending 300,000 immigration case backlog will be administratively closed, or shelved, like the one in this article?

How many hundreds of thousands of low priority immigration cases (Dream Act, Mexican drug war Asylum, non-criminal workers etc.) are out there across our country who are not part of this 300,000? Perhaps 500,000, one million, or ten million?

What happens if all of those undocumented people line up at ICE offices across the country and ask for immigration hearings in order that their cases may in turn can be administratively closed?

Perhaps this will force our government to make real immigration reform decisions and not keep "kicking the can down the road"!

Congress: you can't have it both ways. Once and for all, you have to shut up and decide.

http://twopesos-protestfortheundocumented.blogspot.com/2011/08/dream-act-kids-

Judge Rules Mexican Citizen Was Persecuted By Cartels

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/beyondtheborder/2011/06/judge-rules-mexican-citizen-was-persecuted-by-cartels/

 

Posted on 06/07/2011 by Jason Buch

 

A recent immigration court ruling out of San Antonio granted asylum to a Mexican citizen who said he was being persecuted by drug traffickers.
A blog post from San Antonio immigration attorney Juan Gonzalez outlines the case of the unnamed Mexican citizen. Immigration court records are sealed unless the immigrant grants permission to make the file public.
Gonzalez writes that the judge found the immigrant in question was a member of a “social group that suffered past persecution.” From his blog post:

The Immigration Judge found that because the Mexican National participated in and work with the Mexican police to prevent the trafficking of drugs into the United States, but was not a member of the Mexican police or could be associated with the law enforcement authorities, he met the requirements for persecution on account of a particular social group.

The number of asylum seekers from Mexico jumped from 1,393 in 2009 to 2,320 in 2010, according to U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services. That number does not include those who requested asylum after deportation proceedings against them began. But it’s not clear if the increase is because of violence in Mexico. Even though about 7,500 people died 2009 from Mexico’s drug war, up from about 5,600 in 2008, asylum requests from Mexican citizens actually fell in 2009, to 1,393 from 2,144 the year before. Of course, last year saw an incredible increase in the violence, with more than 15,000 killed.
The ruling, quoted in Gonzalez’s blog post, also suggests that the judge realizes the Mexican government, at least at lower levels, was complicit in the immigrant’s persecution:

The Immigration Judge stated that even internal relocation would be a problem because ” the country conditions documentation supports the proposition that many Mexican officials in law enforcement are corrupt and assisting the drug cartels.” Finally, the Immigration Judge reiterated that “drug related violence in Mexico is a countrywide phenomenon. Even the Department of State has urged American Citizens to use extreme caution when traveling to Mexico.”

Blame the Symptom, Blind to the Cause

In reference to many American voters and the undocumented:

They blame the symptom and are blind to the cause unaware that embracing the symptom would eliminate the cause.

They have been brainwashed by government immigration propaganda which has become an institution in our lives. 

DREAM ACT KIDS - NOW'S the TIME in Spanish and English

Hola, chicos del Dream Act.

Soy un agente retirado de la Patrulla Fronteriza. Déjenme decirles que después de trabajar durante 25 años dentro del sistema migratorio fallido de los Estados Unidos, estoy completamente con ustedes.

En base a mi larga experiencia, tengo dudas fundadas sobre las intenciones y la efectividad del más reciente cambio en la política migratoria del presidente Barack Obama. Para aquellos de ustedes que tengan casos pendientes en las cortes, relacionados con su estado migratorio, por lo que entiendo, sus casos serán “cerrados administrativamente”. Eso significa que sus casos serán declarados inactivos o archivados. Sin embargo, está acción no implica gozar de una situación migratoria normal dentro de la Unión Americana. El hecho es que sin cambios en las leyes, sus casos podrían ser abiertos de nuevo y ser objeto de deportación.

Se ha comentado que podrían recibir autorización de trabajar en el país. Pero eso podría ser más difícil de lo que creen. Para empezar, ¿podría la medida ser aprobada en el Congreso?

El Departamento de Seguridad Interior (DHS) ha usado el rezago de trescientos mil casos migratorios en las cortes y lo ha politizado.  El presidente Obama nos prometió una reforma migratoria. Y bajo dicha promesa está promocionando esta “nueva política”.

Lo que el gobierno está haciendo es ejercer su facultades discrecionales de actuación. En otras palabras, pueden escoger y concentrarse en casos de mayor prioridad y llevarlos a las cortes. Pero no es nada nuevo. El DHS siempre ha contado con esas facultades.

El problema, mis estimados chicos del Dream Act, es que aquello que puede ser cerrado administrativamente puede ser reabierto en el futuro. Así que háganse la siguiente pregunta: ¿Qué haría una administración republicana anti inmigrante con sus casos inactivos, si el presidente Obama pierde la elección de dos mil doce?

Les aseguro que ustedes tienen otra opción además de la que ellos tomaron para determinar su futuro.

Con base a mi experiencia les confieso que hay algo que en verdad preocupa a esta y a cualquier administración: no le gusta la publicidad negativa y no desea quedar en ridículo.

Pienso que ya es momento de conocer las cartas que están jugando. ¿Impulsan una reforma seria e integral o sólo los están tratando de impresionar?

Este es el momento para que todos los posibles beneficiarios del Dream Act soliciten una audiencia de migración.

Ustedes ya vieron lo incómodos que se sintieron con un rezago de trescientos mil casos. ¿Qué haría el gobierno si todos decidieran exigir sus derechos y aumentar dicha cifra a un millón de solicitudes?

Les advierto, soy un activista pro migración, no un abogado migratorio. Lo menciono porque no puedo darles asesoría legal.

Puedo contarles sobre  las cosas que conozco. He trabajado y he sido testigo del fenómeno migratorio durante más de treinta y cinco años. Ellos suelen prometernos muchas cosas pero cumplen muy pocas. Es el juego que practican.

Ustedes tienen la oportunidad, como un solo grupo, de arriesgarse y obligar a las autoridades a tomar una decisión. De lo contrario, terminarán por hacer lo que siempre han hecho: hacer muchas promesas, poner excusas y hacer lo menos posible o nada.

Organízense. Vayan a la Oficina de Imigración y Aduanas (ICE) y soliciten una audiencia migratoria. Podrían tener en sus manos más poder del que pensaban.

Para Cenit, reportó John Randolph, desde el estado de Colorado.

Visita mi blog:

http://twopesos-protestfortheundocumented.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html

Hi Dream Act Kids,

I am a retired US Border Patrol Agent.  Let me say that after working for 25 years with a failed US immigration system, I am totally on your side.

From my experience I have serious doubts about the intentions and effectiveness of President Obama's recent policy change decision.    For those of you who have immigration cases’ pending in immigration court, my understanding is that your cases will be “administratively closed”.  That means your cases will be held inactive, or shelved.      This action does not give you legal immigration status in the US.  The fact is, without a change in the law, your cases could be reopened and you still could be deported.

There has been some talk of giving you work authorization.  That may be more difficult than meets the eye.  Will this type of change pass congress?   

DHS has taken this backlog of some 300,000 immigration court cases and made it a political issue.  President Obama promised immigration reform.  He is parading this “new policy’ announcement in that light. 

What they are actually doing is exercising prosecutorial discretion.  In other words, they can pick and choose what cases they prioritize and take to court.  This is not new.  DHS has always had that power.

The problem is that your cases that they say they will administratively close can be reopened in the future. Please ask yourselves this question:  “What will an anti-immigrant republican administration do with your inactive cases if President Obama loses the election in 2012?”   

I say that you have another choice beside the one of letting them decide your future.  

I can tell you from my experience what really troubles this or any administration.  They don’t like negative publicity and they don’t want to be embarrassed.    

I say now is the time to call their hand.  Are they serious about reform or are they just shinning you on?

Now is the time for every eligible Dream Act person to ask for in immigration hearing.  You saw how uncomfortable they were with a backlog of 300,000.  What would they do if you all stood up for yourselves and boosted that number to one or two million?

Please be advised, I am an immigration activist; I am not an immigration lawyer.  That is my disclaimer because I can’t give you immigration advice.

I can give you the insights that I know.  I have worked in and watched immigration for over thirty five years.  They promise many things, and deliver few.  That is the game they play.

You have the opportunity now to take the risk as a group, and force them to decide.  Otherwise, they will do what they always do;  make lots of promises, excuses, and do very little or nothing.

Organize.  Go to ICE by the tens of thousands and ask for immigration hearings.  You have more power than you know. 

http://twopesos-protestfortheundocumented.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html

     

Forty Years of Failed Drug / Immigration and Forty Thousand Dead

Things are never what they appear to be when it comes to Washington politics and immigration.   They are masters at giving the appearance of doing something, when it fact, they do nothing.

I have worked as a Border Patrol Agent and watched this dog and pony show for over thirty years.  Generally, republican administrations pretend that they will boot them all out and democratic administrations pretend that they will let them all in.  Meanwhile the passing parades of politicians go by and nothing really changes much.

Voters’ heads are filled with so much propaganda that they seem to have only one or the other choice to make.   That one or the other myth is by our politicians’ design.   

You know this is very similar to failed health care, failed wars, failed economies, failed jobs, and the ever increasing cost of living.   The rich are getting richer at the US taxpayers’ expense.  And despite all of the rhetoric, they are getting richer at the undocumented’s expense too.

You want the truth?  Can you handle it? 

http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=1855

Forty years of failed immigration and drug wars and forty thousand people dead in Mexico.

We could stop this if you would educate yourselves and stand up for the truth.

This Narco News article below indicates the US and Mexican governments are in bed with the Mexico’s richest cartel leader.

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2011/07/us-court-documents-claim-sinaloa-cartel-protected-us-government

Are you tired of their never ending lies and greed and want to peacefully do something about it?

http://twopesos-protestfortheundocumented.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html

  

The Border is More Secure Than Ever?

The Border is Safe, Federal Officials Say

How in God's name can the border be more secure than ever when the US backed war on drugs in Mexico has left close to 40,000 people dead since 2006?

If it is so secure, do you see any politicians having lunch in San Ysidro, CA?

This is simply American propaganda brainwashing people into believing that the narco war in Mexico does not exist or endanger them.

This dog and pony show is no different than President Obama going to El Paso on May 10th of this year and dangling immigration carrots in front of the Mexican undocumented. Obama, Bersin, and the rest of these politicos ignore the Mexican narco and NAFTA crisis in Mexico and the truth about the US involvement in those crises.

Please read Professor James Petras in order to educate yourselves about what these puppets are not telling you.

http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=1855

How about this Narco News article indicating that the US and Mexican governments are in bed with Chapo Guzman?

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2011/07/us-court-documents-claim-sinaloa-cartel-protected-us-government

Are you tired of their never ending lies and want to peacefully do something about it?

http://twopesos-protestfortheundocumented.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html

Our Ignorance only Matches Their Greed

In response to : 

Suit dismissed in shooting death of Juárez boy by Border Patrol agent

by Armando V. Durazo \ El Paso Times

Posted: 08/18/2011 12:30:36 AM MDT

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18702055?source=most_viewed

The US and Mexican governments continually set up agents, kids, and drug users for these kinds of disasters. 

Meanwhile, the elite who orchestrate both governments’ failed immigration/drug wars continue to prosper while good people on both sides of the border are being killed.

Read all of the posts.  Back and forth the brainwashed argue (just as the elite want them to do).  How can it possibly be that everyone is right, and no one is wrong?

Forty thousand dead from the US backed drug war in Mexico that started with President Felipe Calderon’s “winning” the Mexican presidency in 2006.

Read what Professor James Petras has to say about the root cause of this nightmare:  

http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=1855

The Narco News article below indicates that Washington, Calderon, and Chapo Guzman are all in bed together trying to wipe out other cartel competition.

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2011/07/us-court-documents-claim-sinaloa-cartel-protected-us-government

The greed that oils this machinery is no different than the greed that runs failed health care, failed mortgages, failed economies, failed wars, and the failure of the US middle class. 

Why does no one here question this horrid set up?  And if you question it, why are you not doing something about it?

Help me do something about it.

http://twopesos-protestfortheundocumented.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html

Our ignorance matches their greed.  Both will do us in if we let them.

Tuition Is More Important than Immigration Status

In response to: 

Texas doesn't track legal status of immigrant college students under Perry-backed law

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/08/17/121077/texas-doesnt-track-legal-status.html#ixzz1VOrnhdrl

Could it be that the undocumented's  tuition is more important to the state, the states' schools, and political candidates than the immigration status of the undocumented?

Don't wait for ICE to clean up this mess.  They have an unwritten policy to stay away from schools (unless a student has committed a real crime).

This is another shining example of our failed immigration system.  Finger pointing and shunned responsibilities rule while the elite profit at the expense of not only the American taxpayers, but the undocumented's expense too. 

Another shining example of how American taxpayers and the undocumented are being raped so that the rich get richer on both sides of the border. 

Will you ever act instead of complain about it?

http://twopesos-protestfortheu...

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/08/17/121077/texas-doesnt-track-legal-status.html#ixzz1VOrS7ObY

Brainwashed American Voters

In response to:
http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/report-u-s-mexico-border-more-secure-than-ever-35079/

What would happen if the Mexican government actually provided a living wage and security for its own citizens? The undocumented would not come here or stay here.

The elite who run both countries profit at the expense of US taxpayers and Mexico's poor. Their politicians have brainwashed American voters into believing that there is an enforcement fix to not only illegal immigration, but illegal drugs too.

We have been lied to, just as in mortgage meltdowns, debt ceilings, failed health care, and the loss of the standard of living for American taxpayers.

http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=1...

The US backed drug war in Mexico is creating the conditions for a mass exodus from Mexico. As a retired US Border Patrol Agent, I welcome mass asylum as a slap in the face to the elite who rape the good people of the US and Mexico.

http://twopesos-protestfortheu...

The Truth Festers Below

In response to:  http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/23/2360957_p2/mexican-refugee-exodus-grows-along.html

It is possible to uncover the truth festering below the US/Mexican immigration/drug wars.    For decades this truth has been twisted and propagandized by and for the benefit of politicians and their super rich employers.  

Educate yourselves if you dare.  Dare to believe this article by Professor James Petras: http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=1855

And this one below by Narco News:

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy/2011/07/us-court-documents-claim-sinaloa-cartel-protected-us-government

Just like tax ceilings, loss of jobs, mortgage meltdowns, and failed health care, US taxpayers are getting raped and are not aware of by whom. 

Forty thousand Mexican citizens have been murdered by the US backed war on drugs in Mexico.  The good people of Mexico know who is raping and killing them.  

US corporate politicians have buried the truth and made the Mexican undocumented the enemy of this tragic saga.  These paid politicos have brainwashed the common US taxpayer and made life so difficult those taxpayers that they do not have the time or energy to figure out the truth behind this deadly scam.

As a retired US Border Patrol Agent, I despise what is going on.  We need to pick one fight with these people and peacefully bring them to their knees.

Unite with the undocumented and victimized people of Mexico.

Here is a plan that will work if enough people on both sides of the border organize themselves.    

http://twopesos-protestfortheundocumented.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html