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OHIO OHIO March/marzo 1, 2006 Spanglish Weekly/Semanal 28 Páginas Vol. 38, No. 25 : : : : : Columbus • Findlay Fostoria Bowling Green Perrysburg Leipsic Elyria Toledo Cleveland Painesville Lorain Akr Columbus • Findlay Fostoria Bowling Green Perrysburg Leipsic Elyria Toledo Cleveland Painesville Lorain Akr Columbus • Findlay Fostoria Bowling Green Perrysburg Leipsic Elyria Toledo Cleveland Painesville Lorain Akr Columbus • Findlay Fostoria Bowling Green Perrysburg Leipsic Elyria Toledo Cleveland Painesville Lorain Akr Columbus • Findlay Fostoria Bowling Green Perrysburg Leipsic Elyria Toledo Cleveland Painesville Lorain Akr : : : : : Detroit • Monroe Blissfield Adrian Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Dundee Saline Detroit • Monroe Blissfield Adrian Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Dundee Saline Detroit • Monroe Blissfield Adrian Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Dundee Saline Detroit • Monroe Blissfield Adrian Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Dundee Saline Detroit • Monroe Blissfield Adrian Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Dundee Saline Strickland, HR 4437, the Senate, and Specter, page 2 Find the 9’s, p. 10 DENTRO: Temporary Protected Status Extended ....... 3 Letter to the Editor by FLOC.................... 3 Charter One & Gov. Granholm partner ... 4 Davide García .......... 5 Events .................10-11 Obituaries ............... 10 Carla’s Corner ...... 12 In attendance at the highly successful 2006 Ohio Business Women’s Conference Niños’ TV ................ 13 HOROSCOPE ........ 13 and Expo, held on Feb. 16-17 at the Cleveland Renaissance Hotel & Conference Lazo Cultural ....16-19 Center, were, L-R: Mike Ferrer, Mily E. Rodríguez-Weiss (Cleveland’s HBA, Event Deportes .................. 20 Committee Chair), Enrique Carrillo (Detroit’s HBA and chair of the Hispanic Higher Death Rate in Business Expo & Economic Summit), Richard Romero, and Dan Poras (director of Puerto Ricans ......... 21 Cleveland’s HBA)—Photo by Rubén Torres of La Prensa. Classifieds..........21-27 Breves: Saca: El Salvador quiere voz en reforma migratoria de EEUU Por NESTOR IKEDA WASHINGTON (AP): El presidente salvadoreño Tony Saca dijo que le expresó el viernes al presidente George W. Bush el interés de El Salvador de participar en el debate de una reforma de las leyes de inmigración a través de gestiones de influencias en las cuales podría incluso OHIO OHIO OHIO OHIO OHIO intervenir él personalmente. (Continua en la p. 9) : Defiance • Lima Wauseon Napoleon Leipsic : Defiance • Lima Wauseon Napoleon Leipsic : Defiance • Lima Wauseon Napoleon Leipsic : Defiance • Lima Wauseon Napoleon Leipsic : Defiance • Lima Wauseon Napoleon Leipsic Neighborhood Findlay fundraiser for children of Central Tax Office America highlights top aides to El Salvador’s • Tax Returns First Lady Ana Ligia de Saca • Bookkeeping By Alan Abrams • Secretarial La Prensa Senior Correspondent the news that the First Lady Services There’s an old show Ohio this Saturday at the of El Salvador—Ana Ligia business adage that acci- 10th annual fundraiser for de Saca—was flying into J. Delgado dents happen, but the Children’s Wishing Star. Findlay to personally Tax Preparer show goes on. And it is Up until last week, the thank supporters of the 3568 Fulton Road Maggie Rios being proven in Findlay, community was abuzz with (Continued on Page 7) Cleveland, Ohio 44109 Agente Asociado 216.351.4TAX 419-242-7377 216.351.5155 Your Neighborhood [email protected] Insurance Agency 800-828-8564 3011 Council St., Toledo OH 43606 Habla Español on • Fremont on • Fremont on • Fremont on • Fremont on • Fremont Tenemos todo para 4642 West 130th Street Taquerías, Mariscos, Necesito Cleveland, OH 44135 Tex-Mex, y toda Panadero clase de Se Habla Español Se habla español... 216-251-1888 restaurantes. p. 21 Escuche La Onda Cultural Latina 89.1 FM cada día 9AM-5PM • Visit Grandma’s Country Cookin’ for Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner, 3312 Glendale Ave. • 419-382-1115 • Página 2 La Prensa Político March/marzo 1, 2006 Salvadoran president asks Bush for U.S. immigration overhaul Specter’s version of HR 4437 By JOHN PAIN Associated Press Writer before Senate Judiciary Washington, D.C. (AP): cism that the program was While in Florida, Saca El Salvador’s president, never meant to be permanent. also appeared at a luncheon Committee, FLOC issues Tony Saca, urged President Immigrants and their advo- with likely 2008 presiden- alert, following Strickland’s George W. Bush last Friday cates say allowing the spe- tial candidate U.S. Sen. John to overhaul U.S. immigra- cial status to expire would McCain, R-AZ, who was also admitted misstep tion laws to both secure U.S.- devastate not only these in- in South Florida to speak Commentary by Alan Abrams American borders and pro- dividuals but also their fami- about immigration policy La Prensa Senior Correspondent tect immigrants from Latin lies—and the Central Ameri- changes. Will the real Rep. Ted America. can nations—who count on The Arizona Republican Strickland please stand up? “I want to say first that we the billions of dollars the im- and Sen. Edward Kennedy, The Democratic candi- are respectful of the laws of migrants earn in the United D-Mass., have sponsored a date for Governor of Ohio Ted Strickland announced the United States. I believe States and send home. bill that would let illegal im- President Tony Saca at the opening of his Cleve- that each country is respon- “I understand that the migrants already here be land headquarters on Feb. sible for taking its own deci- United States has to main- for those from Honduras and guest workers for up to six 11 that he regretted his vot- sions with respect to its bor- tain the security of its bor- Nicaragua. years and then give them a ing for HR 4437. ders,’’ Saca said. ders,’’ Saca said. But people Emilio González, direc- chance at permanent resi- His apology is posted in a video at Ohio Hispano- Saca thanked Bush for his in the program “are honest tor of Citizenship and Immi- dency. Foro: http://home- administration’s decision to and hardworking. Produc- gration Services in the De- McCain heard from im- page.mac.com/captain- extend special temporary tive men and women who partment of Homeland Se- migrants at a rally in support kirkby/tedstricland/ U.S. residency for Central support the economy of this curity, said the administra- of the bill at Miami-Dade iMovieTheater56.html, Americans for another 12 country.” tion decided to extend the College. They spoke of their where he flatly states his regrets for having voted in months. The decision means There are 220,000 Salva- protected status for the Cen- difficulties in legalizing their favor of the passage of the Ted Strickland hundreds of thousands of dorans, 70,000 Hondurans tral Americans after con- immigration status and of controversial HR 4437— Central Americans will not and 3,600 Nicaraguans here cluding that those countries leaving their families behind. the Sensenbrenner-King States from México. have to return home when under the program. About had not sufficiently recov- McCain told them he anti-immigration bill. But in a telephone in- their Temporary Protected 4,000 Africans also are cov- ered from the disasters. needed their help to get the Congressman Strick- terview with a La Prensa land is shown making that reporter ten days later, Status ends next month. ered by the permits. “As you go through them, bill passed. video-statement at his Strickland tried to allay Saca was invited first to The extension will only whether lack of housing, “You’ve got to go to work Cleveland headquarters at concerns over his Decem- Florida by Republican U.S. be available to nationals of lack of infrastructure, coun- not only here in Miami-Dade Lorain and Detroit Av- ber vote to support the Reps. Lincoln and Mario El Salvador, Nicaragua and tries really have taking a and around Florida, but enues, while Latino protest- bill, but stopped far short Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros- Honduras who have already beating,’’ González said. around the country,’’ he said. ors picketed outside. of issuing an apology. This draconian legisla- Nor does his Web site Lehtinen. Saca and the three been granted TPS and re- Saca also discussed with ``There are many people, tion has been dubbed “The at www.tedstrick- Congress members were main eligible, said Joanna Bush about the start of the many people in America who Berlin Wall bill” because land.com contain language among those who pushed for González, a Homeland Se- Central America Free Trade have not heard the stories of its authoritarian and re- of regret or an apology. La the extension. curity spokeswoman said. Agreement (CAFTA). Nica- that we just heard. Those sto- pressive anti-immigrant Prensa attempted to reach The U.S. provided tem- González said there are ragua, Guatemala, Honduras, ries have to be repeated in clauses, including the con- Congressman Strickland struction of a wall along for further clarification on porary legal residence and plans to publish information El Salvador and the Domini- every street corner and ev- almost 700 miles of the U.S.- this vital issue to Latinos authority to work in this about registering for an ex- can Republic already have ery coffee shop and every Mexican border to deter but had not received a re- country to Nicaraguans and tension of TPS in coming approved the pact, leaving living room in America if undocumented immigrants sponse by press time. Hondurans after Hurricane weeks. Until then, applica- Costa Rica as the only eli- we’re going to succeed.’’ from entering the United (Continued on Page 9) Mitch in 1998 and to Salva- tions to re-register for the gible country yet to ratify it.

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