January 29-31, 2010
El Paso, Texas
Camino Real Hotel

Los grupos que defienden los derechos de los inmigrantes en Estados Unidos multiplican acciones de cabildeo en el Congreso para pedir a los senadores que introduzcan modificaciones al proyecto de ley de reforma migratoria que resolvieron comenzar a debatir el lunes.

Algunas de estas agrupaciones organizaron este martes un evento en salas del Congreso para pedir cambios al proyecto, menos de 24 horas despu?de que el Senado abriera formalmente el debate sobre una iniciativa de ley que es producto de un acuerdo de democratas y republicanos, con apoyo de la Casa Blanca.

WHEREAS the 2006 National Latino Congreso (NLC) considered Resolution 4.14, “In Defense Of Human Rights Of All People,” which stated, “The Latino Community is a multi-ethnic population and not the homogenous group that is often portrayed by the media and by popular stereotype;” and

WHEREAS NLC resolved in Resolution 4.14, “That the Latino Congreso encourage inclusion of the full diversity of the Latino population and support policies that address issues of racial discrimination as suffered by Indigenous peoples and Afro-Latinos;” and

WHEREAS racial profiling incites stereotyping of the Latino community; and thus does not allow for the encouragement of inclusion in the community at large; and

WHEREAS the Sheriff’s office of Maricopa County, Arizona has installed a telephone hotline (602-876-4154) where Sheriff Arpaio asks callers, “To fight illegal immigration;”

1. NOW THEREFOE BE IT RESOLVED that the organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso denounce Maricopa County’s immigration hotline for encouraging racial profiling and promoting discrimination of the Latino community of Maricopa County by calling the hotline 602-876-4154 and expressing opposition to the racial profiling behind such a hotline; and

2. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the organizations represented by delegates of the 2007 National Latino Congreso demand that Sheriff Arpaio immediately cease his practices of encouraging racial profiling in Maricopa County and without delay disconnect said hotline.