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STATE: Delta causing COVID POLITICS: Biden defends his COMMUNITY: Nearly 100 people cases to spread like wildfire > 18 decision on Afghanistan > 16 vaccinated at community event > 15 19 You Decide – A Bilingual Newspaper August 19th, 2021 IMMIGRATION Table of Contents 19 IMMIGRATION: Dependence Dependence on rural migrant workers in the US grows on rural migrant workers in the US grows OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) tor for the University of Nebraska Omaha’s 18 STATE: Officials: Delta causing ural America lost more Center for Public Affairs population in the latest Research. COVID cases to spread like Rcensus, highlighting Drozd crunched the wildfire an already severe worker short- census data and found age in the nation’s farming and that Nebraska counties 17 FINANCIAL LITERACY: Back ranching regions and drawing with the greatest racial to School Savings calls from those industries for diversity are a “who’s who immigration reform to help ease of where the meatpacking 16 POLITICS: Biden ‘fully’ the problem. plants are,” even though defends his decision on The census data released last many plants are in rural week showed that population areas that are often per- Afghanistan gains in many rural areas were ceived as mostly white. driven by increases in Hispanic “In the rural areas, if 15 COMMUNITY: Nearly and Latino residents, many of you didn’t have the Latino 100 people vaccinated at whom come as immigrants to In this September 30, 2013 fi le photo, hand-picked red and green chiles are seen in a growth, employers would community vaccine event work on farms or in meatpack- shipping crate in a chile fi eld in Salem, New Mexico, as numerous workers harvest the be struggling even more crop in the background. ing plants or to start their own just to fill those posi- 15 SPORTS: Sounders score 4 businesses. harder to get there.” tions,” Drozd said. straight goals to beat Timbers “We’ve struggled on this issue for a long The population trend is clear in In New Mexico, populations declined time to try to come up with a more rea- Nebraska, where only 24 of the state’s across 20 rural counties that stretch from 6-2 sonable, common-sense approach,” said 93 counties gained residents. Of those the Great Plains at Oklahoma to the U.S. John Hansen, president of the Nebraska 24, just eight reported an increase in the border with Mexico. Desperate for labor- 14 LATIN AMERICA: Mexico City Farmers Union, which is part of a group white population, suggesting that most ers for its annual chile harvest, the state marks fall of Aztec capital 500 lobbying Congress for new immigration of the growth was driven by minorities, this week pledged up to $5 million in years ago laws. Vilifying immigrants “just makes it said David Drozd, a research coordina- federal pandemic relief to subsidize wages for pickers and workers at chile-process- 13 HEALTH: Extra COVID vaccine ing plants — boosting available wages as OK’d for those with weak high as $19.50 an hour. Some Republican state legislators immune systems blamed the labor scarcity on supplemen- tal unemployment benefits, which they tú Decides Newspaper 8220 W. Gage Blvd., #715 say create a disincentive to work because Kennewick, WA 99336 they pay more than some low-wage jobs. Phone: 509-591-0495 Democrats see a persistent labor crisis. Fax: 800-790-4145 The New Mexico Chile Association Web Site: www. TuDecidesMedia.com Subscriptions trade group says the industry is short Subscriptions are available for $26 for 6 months about 1,350 seasonal laborers of the 3,000 tú Decides is published weekly by tú Decides workers needed. Media Inc. on every Friday. News deadline is The problem is just as bad for poultry every Monday at 12 p.m. Ad reservation deadline is Monday at 10 a.m., ad material deadline is every farmers in North Carolina, where meat Monday at noon. processors help power the economies of many rural counties. Half of the state’s 100 Albert Torres, CEO & President [email protected] counties have lost residents since 2010, the census data showed. Ismael G. Campos, Owner Bob Ford, executive director of the [email protected] North Carolina Poultry Federation, pre- Gracie Campos, Owner dicted that labor shortages at poultry [email protected] plants will only worsen as people continue to leave rural communities and migrant Fernando Aceves workers gravitate to other industries, such Editor & Sales as building and construction. Dr. Claudia Romay He said higher pay for workers and Translations better health care and housing benefits could help alleviate widespread labor Félix Connection, Isaiah Torres, Ezequiel Torres shortages, but broader changes to immi- Distribution

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Dr. John Corman, the chief clinical offi cer for Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, holds a sign that reads “Need Vaccine” to signal workers to bring him more doses as he works at vaccination clinic on January 24 at an Amazon facility in Seattle, Washington. Regular Health OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) King County — where Seattle is located checkups — has seen cases rise between 300-599%, OVID-19 cases are “spreading along with Clallam, Stevens, Asotin, like wildfire” among adults as Whitman, Franklin, Spokane, Clark, Cwell as children in Washington Lewis and Pierce counties, officials said. REGULAR CARE IS STILL IMPORTANT and state health officials said Friday they Adams, Thurston, Snohomish, Benton, are extremely concerned. Skamania, Whatcom, Skagit, Kitsap, The rapid acceleration in cases is dem- Yakima, Cowlitz, Mason and Grant coun- onstrating the delta variant’s potential to ties have seen cases increase between unravel the state’s hard-fought progress 100-299%. Schedule an appointment today toward recovery, Department of Health The less than a dozen remaining coun- officials said in a news release. ties have seen cases rise less than 100%, CALL (509) 547-2204 Unvaccinated people are being hit according to officials. hardest, public health officials said, and The state is also seeing daily case counts they are again urging everyone who in the 3,000 range for the first time since If you have COVID-19 symptoms call ahead. has not gotten fully vaccinated to do so the winter surge and the Department of immediately. Health is reporting 24 new deaths today, YOUR BEST PROTECTION FROM COVID-19 “Vaccination progress is continuing, which is a significant increase from but not fast enough,” state Secretary of weeks ago. • Getting a COVID-19 vaccine Health Umair A. Shah said. “If you are Local health officials across the state unvaccinated and continue to have ques- on Thursday urged everyone, regard- • Wearing a mask tions, we encourage you to speak to a less of vaccination status, to wear masks • Staying at least 6 feet away from others trusted health care provider.” in public indoor spaces such as grocery • Avoiding crowds Prevalence is approaching levels seen stores. in the winter 2020 surge, which means State health officials said Friday that • Washing your hands often a lot of people are currently infected and everyone should reinstate all the key may be spreading the virus, officials said. behaviors that keep the virus from Within the last 30 days, the majority of spreading including mask wearing, dis- Washington’s counties have seen substan- tancing, frequent hand-washing and tial case increases, according to officials. using hand sanitizer. Call 509-547-2204 to schedule your Pend Oreille, Douglas, Lincoln, Pacific, Officials also said people should keep COVID-19 Vaccine Appointment. Chelan and Island counties have seen gatherings small and outside and avoid cases increase the most — more than any large outdoor gatherings such as con- Learn more at myTCCH.org 600% in the past 30 days, officials said. certs, fairs or festivals. 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Pchaotic scenes of Afghans Despite declaring “the At home, it all sparked lunging desperately for U.S. military buck stops with me” — Biden sharp criticism, even planes in a bid to flee after the easy victory placed almost all blame on from members of Biden’s by the Taliban over an Afghan military Afghans for the shockingly own political party, who that America and NATO allies had spent rapid Taliban takeover. implored the White House two decades trying to build. His grim comments were to do more to rescue At the White House, Biden conceded his first in person to the world fleeing Afghans, especially the Taliban had achieved a much faster since the biggest foreign those who had aided the takeover of the country than his admin- policy crisis of his still-young two-decade American mil- istration had expected, while the U.S. presidency. Emboldened by itary effort. rushed in troops to protect its own evac- the U.S. withdrawal, Taliban “We didn’t need to be uating diplomats and others at the Kabul fighters swept across the seeing the scenes that we’re airport. country last week and cap- President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Afghanistan during a press confer- seeing at Kabul airport But the president expressed no second tured the capital, Kabul, on ence at the White House, on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, in Washington. with our Afghan friends thoughts about his decision to stick by the Sunday, sending U.S.-backed Internationally, the spectacle of the climbing aboard C-17s,” U.S. commitment, formulated during the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fleeing Taliban takeover and the chaos of the said Rep. Jason Crow, a Colorado Dem- Trump administration, to end America’s the country. evacuation effort was raising doubts ocrat and Iraq and Afghanistan military longest war, no matter what. 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Wisdom for your decisions 15 You Decide – A Bilingual Newspaper August 19th, 2021 COMMUNITY Nearly 100 people vaccinated at community vaccine event PASCO, Washington N 20th Ave, in Pasco, Washington. There of Washington Busi- will be a second clinic on September 11th ness’ employer services s part of a shared commitment at the same location. Those who received arm. “Increasing vacci- to ensuring equitable access to their first dose on Saturday will be able to nation rates is not only ACOVID-19 vaccines, Premera get their second dose that day. the best defense against Blue Cross and Walgreens hosted a com- “In light of the increase in infection COVID-19, but in light munity clinic in the Tri-Cities. The clinic rates and low vaccination levels in Benton of increased cases and was part of a larger effort by both Premera and Franklin counties, we are very happy the Delta variant, it’s the and Walgreens to improve healthcare and to work with several organizations to best way to ensure the address access barriers within the com- offer this vaccination clinic,” said Martín economy can stay fully munities they serve. Valadez, Interim Executive Director open. Another shutdown “Walgreens is excited to join Premera of the Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of or partial shutdown Blue Cross and other partners to host Commerce. “We know that the best way would be really tough, COVID-19 vaccine clinics to help us to protect our communities and decrease particularly on the small in our efforts to ensure the vaccine is the spread of COVID-19 is for more indi- employers that we serve.” accessible to everyone in our surround- viduals to get vaccinated and we realize This clinic is a criti- ing communities,” said Michael Herron, that access is sometimes a barrier so that cal part of Premera’s Walgreens District Manager for its loca- is why we chose to hold this clinic on a commitment to helping tions in the Tri-Cities. “Equitable access Saturday afternoon/evening.” communities dispropor- has been a focus since the start of our The clinic offered the Pfizer vaccine tionately impacted by vaccination efforts, as vaccines are our free of charge and appointments were not the pandemic. Premera nation’s best defense for defeating coro- required. The vaccine has been approved has hosted similar clinics navirus.” for people ages 12 and up. at its campus in Mount- The companies partnered with the Tri- “We’re really pleased that we could lake Terrace, Wash., and Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce be part of this effort to get more people contributed $150,000 to A staff member prepares a dose of the Pfi zer COVID-19 vaccine during a and Forterra, Inc., to host the clinic, which vaccinated,” said Deb Brown, presi- the All in WA Vaccine vaccination clinic in Pasco, Washington, on Saturday, August 14, 2021. was held on Saturday, August 14th at 720 dent of Forterra, Inc., the Association Equity Initiative. SPORTS Sounders score 4 straight goals to beat Timbers 6-2 PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) said. half when George The game’s starting time Fochive scored his aul Ruidiaz scored the go-ahead was pushed back two hours first career MLS goal goal directly off a free kick and Wednesday because of in the 52nd minute. Rthe Seattle Sounders went on to expected excessive heat, with The Sound- beat the rival 6-2 in a the temperature Sunday ers were quick to Cascadia Cup match Sunday night. reaching the mid-90s. respond with a 55th- Ruidiaz and Fredy Montero each The match marked the minute goal off a free scored twice. return of the Cascadia Cup, kick from Ruidiaz. “Six goals is unbelievable. You’re not the three-way competi- He scored again in going to lose many games when you tion between the Sound- the 72nd, giving him score six goals,” said Seattle goalkeeper ers, Timbers and Vancouver a league-leading 13 Stefan Cleveland, who made seven saves. Whitecaps. The supporter- goals. With the win, the Sounders (10-3-6) created award, decided on “It’s not just how moved into second in the Western Con- points from head-to-head many goals he ference behind Sporting Kansas City. matchups, was suspended last scores, it’s when Seattle has conceded just 16 goals this season because the coronavi- Portland Timbers midfi elder Sebastian Blanco, right, navigates around a Seattle Sound- he scores them,” season, fewest in the league. rus prevented capacity crowds ers defender during an MLS match at on Sunday, August 15, 2021, in Schmetzer said. It was the first time that the Timbers from attending matches. Portland, Oregon. “He’s a showman (7-9-2) had allowed six goals at home The Sounders struck early against the Timbers, matching Clint and he pulls out the during the regular season. in the 13th minute with a second-chance Dempsey’s record against the rival club. highlight-reel goals on a week-to-week “Portland put us under pressure in finish from Colombian forward Montero, Sebastian Blanco scored in the 32nd basis.” moments, but the class of our team, the his fifth goal of the season. minute for the Timbers after making his Jimmy Medranda added a goal in the quality of our team showed through Montero scored his second goal in the first start for the club since suffering an 77th minute, and Nicolas Benezet, who tonight to get us a victory and three 29th minute, giving the Sounders a 2-0 ACL injury last year. was recently acquired from the Colorado points,” Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer lead. It was Montero’s ninth career goal The Timbers tied it early in the second Rapids, scored in stoppage time.

Wisdom for your decisions August 19th, 2021 You Decide – A Bilingual Newspaper 14 LATIN AMERICA Mexico City marks fall of Aztec capital 500 years ago MEXICO CITY (AP) ison to the real-life surviving elements of ranth seeds were mixed with blood of sacri- oner by the Spaniards. Aztec life. The line delimiting the old city ficed warriors. And then eaten, as historian There is only a simple plaque marking the alking for hours through the boundaries will run near where women sell Hugo García Capistrán, explains, but with a spot, in the tough neighborhood of Tepito. gritty streets in the center of corn tortillas, whose ingredients have varied sense of ritual. “Tequipeuhcan: ‘The place where slavery WMexico City, you can hear not at all since the Aztecs. Not everything ended on Aug. 13, 1521, began.’ Here the Emperor Cuauhtemotzin the daily urban soundtrack: Car engines, the Other stands sell amaranth sweets mixed when the last leader of the Aztec resistance, was taken prisoner on the afternoon of Aug. call of the man who buys scrap metal and with honey or nuts; in Aztec times, the ama- the Emperor Cuauhtemoc, was taken pris- 13, 1521,” reads the plaque on a church wall. the handbells that announce the passing of a garbage truck. It’s hard to imagine that some of these streets trace the outline of what was, five Is discriminaƟon keeping you out of the centuries ago, Tenochtitlan, a sophisticated city on an island in a bridge-studded lake home of your dreams? where a great civilization flourished. The Aztec emperors who ruled much of the land that became Mexico were defeated by a Spanish-led force that seized the city on If you feel that August 13, 1521. you’ve been Despite all that was lost in the epic event 500 years ago — an empire and countless denied the sale, Indigenous lives — much remains of that rental or civilization long after its collapse. Vestiges lie beneath the streets, in the minds of the financing of a people, and on their plates. home because of Then, as now, the city’s center was dedi- cated to commerce, with vendors laying out race, color, wares on blankets or in improvised stalls, religion, naƟonal much as they would have done in 1521. Artists, intellectuals and the government origin, sex, are trying to show what it was all like and familial status or what remains, in novel forms: they plan to paint a line on the streets of the city of disability, report it 9 million to show where the boundaries of to HUD or your the ancient city of Tenochtitlan ended. The drying up of lakes that once surrounded the local fair housing city long ago erased that line. Officials have also built a near life-size replica of the Aztecs’ twin temples in the capital’s vast main plaza. It is part of a project to rescue the memory of the world-changing event, which for too long has been mired in the old and largely inaccurate vision of Indigenous groups con- quered by the victorious Spaniards. “What really was the Conquest? What have we been told about it? Who were the victors, and who were the defeated?” asks Margarita Cossich, a Guatemalan archae- ologist who is working with a team from the National Autonomous University. “It is To file a complaint in Eastern / Central WA call: much more complex than simply talking Northwest Fair Housing Alliance : of the good versus the bad, the Spaniards (509)-325-2665 / 1-800-FAIR (3247) against the Indigenous groups.” For example, expedition leader Hernán The work that provided the basis for this publication was supported by funding Cortés and his 900 Spaniards made up only under a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. NWFHA is solely responsible for the accuracy of the statements and about one percent of the army of thousands interpretations contained in this publication of allies from Indigenous groups oppressed by the Aztecs. But the official projects pale in compar-

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SALUD ANUNCIO DE OFERTA AVISO A CONTRATISTAS Vacuna COVID adicional aceptable para personas Condado de Grays Harbor con sistemas inmunológicos débiles Departamento de Obras Públicas WASHINGTON (AP) “La acción de hoy permite a los médicos Montesano, Washington aumentar la inmunidad en ciertas personas 3RUODSUHVHQWHVHQRWL¿FDTXHOD-XQWDGH&RPLVLRQDGRVGHO&RQGDGRGH inmunodeprimidas que necesitan protec- os reguladores de EE.UU. dicen *UD\V+DUERUUHFLELUiODVRIHUWDVVHOODGDVHQVXR¿FLQDHQHO(GL¿FLRGH que los receptores de trasplantes y ción adicional contra COVID-19”, dijo en Administración del Condado en Montesano, Washington, a la 1:00 pm, el Lotras personas con sistemas inmu- un comunicado la Dra. Janet Woodcock, 7 de septiembre de 2021, y en ese momento y leído públicamente para la comisionada interina de la FDA. nitarios gravemente debilitados pueden FRQVWUXFFLyQGHOVLJXLHQWHSUR\HFWR recibir una dosis adicional de las vacunas La FDA determinó que los receptores Pfizer o Moderna COVID-19 para prote- de trasplantes y otras personas con un Ocean Beach Rd. Nº 94230 gerlos mejor a medida que la variante delta nivel similar de inmunidad comprometida Superposición de Ocean Beach Road continúa aumentando. pueden recibir una tercera dosis de las M.P. 2.7 a 3.8 y M.P. 4.6 hasta 6.6 El anuncio de la noche del jueves por vacunas de Pfizer y Moderna al menos 28 C-94230-42 la Administración de Alimentos y Medi- días después de recibir su segunda inyec- ción. La FDA no mencionó a los pacien- camentos se aplica a varios millones de (OWUDEDMRDUHDOL]DUEDMRHVWHFRQWUDWRFRQVLVWHHQFRORFDUXQDVXSHUSRVLFLyQ estadounidenses que son especialmente vul- tes inmunodeprimidos que recibieron la en Ocean Beach Road desde los postes de millas 2.7 a 3.8 y 4.6 a 6.6. vacuna Johnson & Johnson de dosis única. nerables debido a los trasplantes de órganos, /RVHOHPHQWRVGHODRIHUWDLQFOX\HQ0RYLOL]DFLyQ6XPDJOREDO+0$ El anuncio se produce cuando la versión ciertos cánceres u otros trastornos. Varios &OòSXOJ3*WRQHODGDV\3UR\HFWRGH&RQWUROGH7Ui¿FR delta extra contagiosa del coronavirus se otros países, incluidos Francia e Israel, 7HPSRUDO6XPD*OREDO\RWURVWUDEDMRVUHODFLRQDGRV tienen recomendaciones similares. propaga por gran parte del país, lo que lleva a nuevos casos, hospitalizaciones y muertes Es más difícil para las vacunas acelerar 7RGDVODVSURSXHVWDVGHOLFLWDFLyQGHEHUiQLUDFRPSDxDGDVGHXQGHSyVLWR a niveles no vistos desde el invierno pasado. un sistema inmunológico suprimido por GHSURSXHVWDGHOLFLWDFLyQHQHIHFWLYRFKHTXHFHUWL¿FDGRFKHTXHGHFDMD Es importante destacar que la decisión ciertos medicamentos y enfermedades, por R¿DQ]DSRUXQPRQWRHTXLYDOHQWHDOFLQFRSRUFLHQWR  GHOWRWDOGH de la FDA solo se aplica a este grupo de lo que esos pacientes no siempre obtienen OD SURSXHVWD GH OLFLWDFLyQ SDJDGHUR DO7HVRUHUR GHO &RQGDGR GH *UD\V alto riesgo, estimado en no más del 3% de la misma protección que las personas por lo +DUERU (Q FDVR GH TXH HO SRVWRU JDQDGRU QR FHOHEUH GLFKR FRQWUDWR \ los adultos estadounidenses. No es una demás sanas, y pequeños estudios sugieren QR SURSRUFLRQH XQD ¿DQ]D GH FXPSOLPLHQWR VDWLVIDFWRULD GHQWUR GHO oportunidad para dosis de refuerzo para la que, al menos para algunos, una dosis adi- WLHPSRHVWDEOHFLGRHQODVHVSHFL¿FDFLRQHVHOGHSyVLWRGHODSURSXHVWDGH cional puede ser la solución. población en general. licitación se perderá para el condado de Grays Harbor.

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