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Texas' Oldest Hispanic Owned Newspaper SUU 1 HWES'i COLttTJtflpeto al Derecho Tech Univers eno es la Paz" =CK, TEXAS 79409 Lic Benito Juarez VOL. XXVIII No. 37 Week of June 9 to June 15, 2005 Lubbock, TX USA Lawmakers Flood State Chamber with Over Comentarlos 100 Bills Attacking Indocumented Immigrants de Bidal Aguero By Alex Meneses Miyashita residents to qualify for in-state college State legislatures have seen a surge of tuition status. New Mexico became the proposals this year that negatively target ninth state to pass such a law since 2002. undocumented immigrants, while the Kansas approved a similar bill, which is number of new bills addressing the needs now the subject of a lawsuit to block its of our immigrant and Hispanic popula- implementation. tions has paled in comparison. Additionally, in February Colorado keep saying that things This has occurred as more than half of passed a bill that restores Medicaid that happen in Lubbock the nation's state legislatures have benefits for legal immigrants after having adjourned for the year, with eight others withdrawn such rights in 2003. surprises me, but more ending their sessions this month. The California legislature was able to and more it seems that Common issues across the states pass a bill allowing some individuals to focused on limiting health and social nothing really surprises me. -- ---- apply for driver's licenses without firm services to undocumented immigrants, -' proof of citizenship, but it's a near The many years of living denying them driver's licenses, and certainty that it will be rejected by Gov. here makes me start to deputizing state and local police to Arnold Schwarzenegger. accept that it is normal for enforce immigration law. Some bills Ann Morse, immigrant policy project banned children of undocumented director for the National Conference of our side of town to get the immigrants from paying in-state college State Legislatures, says that although the worst part of the deal. tuition rates, even if they grew up in that majority of bills usually do not pass, "It's First the Guadalupe Center state. one way to draw attention to (the issue) Gabriela Lemus, director of policy and and say to Congress, 'You need to act,' was demolished and after legislation for the League of United Latin La Raza, says that so long as there are In March, Virginia approved cutting with the expectation that there wouldn't driving around town this past American Citizens, expresses a concern people like CNN TV personality Lou Medicaid and other health and welfare be a state result but there would be a week, I got the opportunity to shared by Hispanic advocates. "With all Dobbs spilling out anti-immigrant rhetoric benefits to undocumented immigrants. federal result." the strides we have made in civil rights and as long as Hispanics fall short of state- A West Virginia legislative resolution University of California at Irvine Latino see some of the progress made today, to have this happen is very level political clout, such legislative actions declaring English its official language studies professor Louis DeSipio adds that in building the Fiesta Plaza. It alarming," she says. will likely continue. became law last month. such bills have a symbolic impact that turn out the Fiest aPlaze is just In 13 states whose legislative actions In Arizona, which entertained 30 bills In Arizona, Democratic Gov. Janet "demonstrates the magnitude of the were profiled by Hispanic Link Weekly targeting immigrants this session. Hispanic Napolitano signed three immigration-related unauthorized migration issue in the one little gazebo type structure Report this year, a total of 55 bills were legislators, who once occupied majority bills into law, including one that prohibits United States." surrounded by weeds and introduced. All but six penalized leadership positions in both chambers, are the construction of centers for day laborers The growth of undocumented immigrant cement sidewalks. As they undocumented immigrants. now not even consulted when anti- to assemble and look for work. However, populations in states that have tradition- Most of the other 37 states had at least immigrant legislation is pursued, he adds. she did veto four other bills that would have ally not had high concentrations of them explained it to me when the one or two bills introduced. Georgia had Of the 7,382 seats in state legislatures, imposed additional restrictions on undocu- has definitely contributed to this surge of bond election was proposed seven, South Carolina four. Altogether, less than 650 are occupied by Hispanics. mented immigrants. state legislation, they concur. and passed, the Plaza was the total exceeds 100. Of all the bills that were introduced, only Among the two beneficial bills, New (c) 20005, Hispanic Link News Raul Yzaguirre, founder and immediate seven have become law so far. Mexico Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson Service supposed to be a nice place for past president of the National Council of signed one in April allowing undocumented our community to have fiestas and celebrations. Well the Legisladores Inundan Camaras Estatales Con gazebo will have enough room for Juan y los Favoritos to set up, but that about all. The Proyectos de Ley Contra Inmigrantes Indocumentados Plaza can probably accommo- Alex Meneses Miyashita Esto ocurre en tanto que mas de la mitad conducir, y la autorizacion de la policia indocumentados. date ten or eleven cars. I guess ste ano las legislaturas estatales han de las legislaturas estatales por toda la local y estatal para hater cumplir la ley de Entre dos de los proyectos positivos, en whoever was doing the plan- visto un auge en las propuestas que nation ya han cerrado sus sesiones para el inmigracio'n. Algunos proyectos prohiben abril el gobernador democrata de Nuevo enfocan negativamente a los ano; este mes cierran sus sesiones ocho que los hijos de inmigrantes Mexico aprobo uno que permite que los ning don't realize that our E indocumentados paguen inmigrantes indocumentados, mientras que legislaturas mM. fiestas need a whole lot more el numero de nuevos proyectos de ley que El enfoque de la tematica que hilan todos matricula de residentes de estado room. But what can we se dirigen a las necesidades de nuestras los estados es limitar los servicios sociales en las universidades estatales, asi poblaciones inmigrante e hispana han y de salud para los inmigrantes se hubieran criado en tal estado_ expect in Lubbock. disminuido en comparacion. indocumentados, negarles licencias de Gabriela Lemus, directora de A second item that was politicas y legislation para ]a Liga de Ciudadanos Latino discussed this past week was Perry busca seSC especial Americanos Unidos, expresa su the building of new softball preocupaci6n, una que comparte parks. The item was dis- Austin — El gobernador republicano Rick Perry se moria por.cambiar la con muchos que luchan por los cussed at the Parks and manera en que las escuelas de Texas son financiadas y reducir los impuestos a derechos de los hispanos. "Con todo lo que hemos avanzado en Recreation board and a propiedades de los dueiios. terminos de los derechos civiles recommendation of a sub- Su f tturo politico quizas dependa de ello. Pese a los deseos y persuasion de hoy, que esto ocurra es muy alarmante", dice. committee composed of some En cuanto a las acciones four or five people made the legislativas de los trece estados recommendation that the field sobre los que reporto Hispanic Link este afo, se present6 un be built in far southwest total de 55 proyectos de ley. Lubbock on Milwaukee and Todos menos cinco penalizan a residentes indocumentados del estado 1585 outside the City limits. los inmigrantes indocumentados. paguen Ia universidad a nivel de residente This site was picked over a En la mayoria de los demas 37 estados, se estatal. Con esta aprobacion, Nuevo presento uno o dos proyectos de ley. Mexico se convierte en el noveno estado site on East 19th Street. We Georgia tuvo siete, Carolina del Sur, cuatro. en aprobar tal legislation desde 2002. are surprised that the East En conjunto, el total excede los cien En Kansas se aprob6 tin proyecto de ley Lubbock Economic Develop- proyectos de ley. similar, ahora sujeto a una demanda Raul Yzaguirre, fundador y reciente judicial cuyo fin es obstaculizar su ment Commission accepted 4 presidente del Concilio National de La implementation. this. Are they not supposed to Raza, dice que en tanto existan personas Ademas, en febrero se aprobo una ley en be working toward improve- como el locutor de CNN Lou Dobbs, que Colorado que restaura los beneficios de desparraman retorica en contra del Medicaid para inmigrantes legales, tras ments in East Lubbock and inmigrante, y en tanto que los hispanos no haber retirado tales derechos en 2003. would this not work good alcancen posiciones politicas de influencia a El Senado de California pudo aprobar toward their efforts? Or maybe nivel estatal, to probable es que continuen una ley que permite que algunos las acciones legislativas negativas. individuos soliciten licencias de conducir the Economic Development En Arizona, que considero 30 proyectos sin presentar pruebas finnes de Commission knew nothing Perry, los legisladores se marcharon de la ciudad sin lograrlo. Su sesion regular de ley con la mira en los inmigrantes esta ciudadania, aunque es casi seguro que la about the proposal. de 140 dias culmino el tunes sin un plan establecido, pese a algunas sesion, a los legisladores hispanos, quienes rechazara el gobernador Arnold alguna vez ocuparon posiciones de Schwarzenegger si esta pasa la Asamblea. Of course the item that is negociaciones prometedoras de ultima hors. Perry lo califico de una "deception". liderazgo mayoritarias en ambas camaras, Dice Ann Morse, directora de proyectos El reitero el manes que si los lideres de la Camara y el Senado siguen getting the most attention in ya ni se les consulta a la hora de it en pos de de politicas migratorias de la National Lubbock now days is the fact colaborando hacia un acuerdo, el podria convocar una sesion especial.