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Sunday, August 21, 2011

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


     

7 comments:

  1. Please refer to the American Immigration Lawyers Association for further advice about this "change" of law:

    http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=36705

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  2. You must read DHS Secretary Napolitano's letter to Senator Durbin in reference to Obama's "policy change" on deportation.

    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27924754/Napolitano%20Durbin%20letter%208-18-11.pdf

    Page 2, paragraph 1, states in part: "The working group will also initiate a case-by-case review to ensure that new cases placed in removal proceedings similarly meet such priorities."

    I think all DREAM Act Kids who are not in proceedings should take a copy of this memo with them to ICE and ask for an immigration hearing.

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  3. Hi John. Ari Nuncio here. I'm bookmarking your blog and hope to hear a lot more from you. Thanks for the effort.

    EGO VOX CLAMANTE IN DESERTO

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  4. Thank you Ari. Are you on Facebook? I often post there too. John A Randolph.

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  5. 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-nows-time.html

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  6. I completely agree. I have been saying for weeks that there all the dreamers should show up on the same day and ask for this. The system will be overwhelmed and the issue will have to be addressed.

    Thank you for your blog.

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  7. thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights :)

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