tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67574120883238431632024-03-13T11:17:58.294-05:00DREAM ACT - TEXASDream Act for Undocumented College Students - An ongoing discussion on the DREAM ACT and other immigration, political and public health issues.Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.comBlogger3247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-44922053273476826182012-07-07T11:57:00.001-05:002012-07-07T11:57:19.315-05:00DREAMers - Watch Out for Unscrupulous "Immigration Helpers"<br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;">By Sara Inés Calderón</span></strong><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Less
than two weeks after President Barack Obama announced administrative
relief for certain DREAM Act-eligible immigrants, anecdotal evidence
suggests
that some may be trying to take advantage of these families by making
big promises for huge fees.</span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">In some Latin American countries, a “<a href="https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=a16553c22a984af68ebfb33634ccc3fe&URL=http%3a%2f%2farticles.latimes.com%2f2004%2faug%2f10%2flocal%2fme-notarios10" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013368; text-decoration: none;">notario</span></a>”
is akin to an attorney — in the U.S. this is not the case. Latino immigrants often fall victim to unscrupulous<em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">notarios</span></em> who make unfounded promises related to immigration paperwork at a huge financial
(and emotional) cost to them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">It’s
no different with the new DREAMer administrative relief, which allows
them to live and work in the U.S. via this new legal procedure. It
applies
to people with no documentation between 15 and 30 years old (under 31),
who entered the U.S. before the age of 16, have lived here since, are
not criminals, are in school or have a high school credential. There is
also mention of being honorably discharged
from the military.</span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Anecdotal
stories are running rampant throughout the country. Photos of attorneys
asking for thousands of dollars to process paperwork that does not yet
exist have appeared on
Facebook, some organizations are even keeping a running tally of such
photos. It’s to the point that Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez even
posted a <a href="https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=a16553c22a984af68ebfb33634ccc3fe&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fphoto.php%3ffbid%3d10150995639033205%26set%3da.10150995638913205.452702.91052833204%26type%3d3%26theater" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013368; text-decoration: none;">notice</span></a> to
social networking sites telling people — specifically — to avoid scams from <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">notarios</span></em>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“It’s
really appalling to see how these people are lying,” said Adrian Reyna,
Vice President of the University Leadership Initiative, an organization
at the University of Texas, Austin advocating for the DREAM Act. “It
does not respect their dignity as human beings to try to scam them out
of three, four thousand dollars.”</span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Reyna
said he’s been trying to work to educate the public about these scams,
but was saddened to realize that, ultimately, some desperate families
will likely fall victim to <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">notario</span></em>-type
fraud.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">“Being
undocumented is desperate. It’s not something that you like, or that is
easy, so you are willing to take that extra step in trying to get away
from it,” and that is the point at which fraud becomes possible, Reyna
explained.</span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">So this is what is legit. San Francisco-based immigration attorney <a href="https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=a16553c22a984af68ebfb33634ccc3fe&URL=http%3a%2f%2fcaudleimmigration.blogspot.com%2f" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013368; text-decoration: none;">Randall
Caudle</span></a> said that, at this point, the only thing attorneys
can really do is consult with clients and advise them to begin to
collect paperwork that documents their presence in the U.S. within the
required timeframe. The agency responsible for creating
the procedure to administer this process, USCIS, has until August 13 to
create their process, he said.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Neither <a href="https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=a16553c22a984af68ebfb33634ccc3fe&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.aila.org%2fcontent%2fdefault.aspx%3fdocid%3d40233" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013368; text-decoration: none;">AILA</span></a> nor
the USCIS recommends notarios; bad advice could have some end up in removal proceedings.</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">There
were a few interesting points that Caudle highlighted with regard to
this process. One, which has not been widely reported, according to a
call with USCIS Director Alejandro
Mayorkas last week, the process <em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">applies to people who are under 31</span></em>,
which is to say, you can be over 30 to be eligible. What’s more, those
with final orders of removal may still be eligible for
this relief, and Caudle speculated that those whose applications are
not approved may not necessarily be deported, since the government still
has prosecutorial discretion to decide who to deport.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">He
also highlighted the fact that the military component of this relief is
“mostly PR” because the most likely way for someone with no papers to
get
into the military is via fraudulent documents. And the new process will
most likely not allow for these DREAMers to enter the military either,
since they won’t have legal status. Caudle also mentioned that he
doubted Mitt Romney, if elected, could realistically
undo this process without suffering heavy political ramifications.</span></div>
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">There are a few other things to keep in mind, Caudle said:</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Gather
documentation to show you were in the country before June 15, 2007,
this includes school records, medical records, or financial records like
utility
bills. You need to show that you have been here continuously since
then, up to June 15, 2012.
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</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Don’t
commit any crimes, this will make you inadmissible for this relief;
this includes a DUI, drug possession or a hit and run accident.
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Here is a list of resources for those seeking more information about how to approach this process:</span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=a16553c22a984af68ebfb33634ccc3fe&URL=http%3a%2f%2fpolitic365.com%2f2012%2f06%2f27%2fdream-act-related-fraud-already-running-rampant%2fwww.aila.org" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013368; text-decoration: none;">AILA</span></a> (American
Immigration Lawyers Association) is organizing a volunteer group of
immigration attorneys to work with DREAMers on a pro bono basis.
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</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=a16553c22a984af68ebfb33634ccc3fe&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.dreamactivist.org%2f8-things-you-can-do-while-we-await-uscis-implementation-of-deferred-status-for-dreamers%2f" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013368; text-decoration: none;">DreamActivist
– 8 Things You Can Do</span></a> </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=a16553c22a984af68ebfb33634ccc3fe&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.immigrationpolicy.org%2fsites%2fdefault%2ffiles%2fdocs%2fdeferred_action_for_dreamers_qa_062012.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013368; text-decoration: none;">Immigration
Policy Center</span></a> </span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://email.uh.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=a16553c22a984af68ebfb33634ccc3fe&URL=http%3a%2f%2fentrylaw.com%2fimages%2fDeferred_Action_Checklist.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #013368; text-decoration: none;">Deferred
Action For Dreamers Checklist</span></a> </span></div>
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<img alt="" src="https://email.uh.edu/owa/8.2.301.0/themes/base/exchange.gif" />Connected to Microsoft ExchangeMarie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-4476823663151320702012-06-16T18:45:00.002-05:002012-06-16T18:45:43.734-05:00Is the glass half empty of half full?While the reactions from Dreamers across the country are very different, we could all agree that it is something to be excited about, or as someone wrote on facebook earlier today, all dreamers agree that although not sure how full the glass is, there is definitely water in it.<br />
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We all understand the naked policy going on here. We understand what President Obama is doing and I will give him credit for playing the political game, the dirty political game. You know what though? That is ok with me, I will eat the cake as someone put it, if it means that my best friend won't get deported next year and can finally use her college degree and help her mom pay for all of their medical needs for her sister, if it means that they will have steady rent for a while, if it means that our conversations will not be as frustrating about what she could do to survive... I will eat that cake and all others that Obama wants to give us if it means that my friends can finally work and if it means that this will bring some peace and certainty to their lives. I definitely remain optimistic, but i also remain very skeptical on how this will affect many of our Dreamers.<br />
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There are many things to consider regarding yesterday's news and we cannot mislead dreamers to start sending applications to <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/">USCIS</a>. No. There are loopholes and many factors to consider before we start sending everyone to get a work permit. Please analyze them in the links provided.<br />
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<a href="http://www.citizenorange.com/">Citizen Orange</a> did a fantastic job in summarizing the Pros and Cons on <a href="http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/s1-exercising-prosecutorial-discretion-individuals-who-came-to-us-as-children.pdf">Janet Napolitano's Memo</a>. Please take a careful look at it and share it with others.<br />
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Also, <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis">USCIS</a> just published on their website the <a href="http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=f2ef2f19470f7310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD">Deferred Action Process</a>. It is a very informative section with a Q & A.<br />
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<a href="http://www.citizenorange.com/orange/2012/06/third-times-the-charm-doubts-a.html">Pros and Cons as Outlined in Citizen Orange:</a><br />
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<u><strong>Pros:</strong></u></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>It allows people to apply affirmatively</strong>, not just after they have been caught up in the deportation process. This will potentially benefit a much greater number of people than previous guidance.</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>A two year period of deferred action</strong> will be granted to successful applicants.</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>The policy affects all three immigration agencies.</strong> Today's policy memo follows a series of similar memos over the past two years which <a href="http://www.citizenorange.com/orange/2012/06/prosecutorial-discretion-has-f.html" style="font-weight: bold; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;">have done little to stem the tide of record deportations</a> under this president. Previous guidance on exercising prosecutorial discretion in line with enforcement priorities was directed only to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which ignored the guidance. Today's memo comes from Secretary Napolitano and is directed to all three agencies: Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and ICE. Hopefully the policy will be applied more comprehensively across the agencies than the prosecutorial discretion policy has been.</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>USCIS will have more control over the process.</strong> The majority of applications will be reviewed by USCIS, which adjudicates applications for immigration benefits and is not formally tasked with immigration enforcement.</li>
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<u><strong>Cons:</strong></u></div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>This is not an executive order.</strong> The policy does not grant Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) or Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which are designated by the President by executive order on humanitarian grounds. Even though the President decides who does or doesn't qualify for TPS and DED, these statuses carry certain due process protections. Applications can be appealed in immigration court if initially denied. TPS or DED status cannot be terminated without cause. In contrast, the policy announced today only grants deferred action. There is no right to appeal a denial. While applicants can ask for supervisory review of an initial denial, that supervisory decision will be final.</li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.citizenorange.com/orange/2012/06/third-times-the-charm-doubts-a.html">Read the full post here.</a></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-22482971724654208432012-06-15T12:23:00.001-05:002012-06-15T12:24:08.753-05:00Obama Gives Immunity to Certain DREAMersToday marks a historic day in the world of DREAMers. President Obama gave an
executive order to stop the deportation of DREAM act eligible youth.
As a former DREAMer i am so beyond happy that some of my friends in deportation proceedings could potentially stay here and be able to work!
Coincidentally, today marks the 30th Anniversary of Plyler v. Doe
You can read the Memo released by Janet Napolitano, Here:
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/s1-exercising-prosecutorial-discretion-individuals-who-came-to-us-as-children.pdf
The New york Times covers the story, I just wish they'd stop using "illegal immigrant." Frankly, New York times i am full of joy to get into it with you today. I will call you out in detail another time for this.
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/16/us/us-to-stop-deporting-some-illegal-immigrants.html">U.S. to Stop Deporting Some Illegal Immigrants</a>
"WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children will be able to obtain work permits and be safe from deportation under a new policy announced on Friday by the Obama administration.
The policy, effective immediately, will apply to people who are currently under 30 years old, who arrived in the country before they turned 16 and have lived in the United States for five years. They must also have no criminal record, and have earned a high school diploma, be in school or have served in the military.
These qualifications resemble in some ways those of the so-called Dream Act, a measure blocked by Congress in 2010 that was geared to establish a path toward citizenship for certain young illegal immigrants. The administration's action on Friday, which stops deportations but does not offer citizenship or even permanent legal status, is being undertaken by executive order and does not require legislation.
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/16/us/us-to-stop-deporting-some-illegal-immigrants.html">Read more...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-67359117350300887372012-01-14T10:37:00.001-06:002012-01-14T11:55:55.976-06:00Father Jack Broussard - Part II - The Jim Crow South in Texas<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This post is the 2nd part of a series on Father Jack Broussard, a very unusual priest who worked in southeast Texas during the last half of the 20th century. The series not only talks about his life, but the society in which he lived. Click <a href="http://dreamacttexas.blogspot.com/2012/01/father-jack-broussard.html"><b>here</b></a> for part 1.</span><br />
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son and I once talked about JB's desire to do the right thing and his
relationship to his plantation owning ancestors. Perhaps JB's background
of privilege provided the security and drive to make things better for other
people. I'm sure his mother would have said it was his religious faith.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">One
of the slaves belonging to the Broussard family stayed for decades after emancipation.
The family land was located near New Iberia, LA. The man lived
there until he died. Its a complex story to tell - some scholars say that there is never a "good" slave owner. Why didn't the
family free their slaves before the Civil War? Unfortunately I never
asked JB about that. I wish I would have.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">He arrived in Rosenberg (Fort Bend County - near the famous Sugar Land) in the late 1940s - things
were still in the 19th century. Jim Crow laws were strong and some people in town didn't have indoor toilets. The Jim Crow laws had
been in effect since 1889 when the Jaybird Party won a shoot out in front of
the court house in neighboring Richmond. There had been a number of
African American politicians in office in the county, but they were run out of
town. The Jaybirds wrote up their own constitution (they called it their
"Magna Carta") that set up a rigidly segregated community and
controlled the politics making votes caste by people of color invalid.
This went on until 1954 when African Americans from the county filed
suit. They took the case to the Supreme Court and won. It is still
taught in law schools - and is called "the last the white primary
cases." I knew and lived through the segregation in Fort Bend County. But I didn't learn the extent of the problem until I researched my book <i><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=aRYBkVUEbi0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=cemeteries+of+ambivalent+desire&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9a4RT4yuCMmi2gXc8KGECg&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=cemeteries%20of%20ambivalent%20desire&f=false">Cemeteries of Ambivalent Desire</a>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">Most
people of color in the county were share croppers. I cannot say what the
rules were for Blacks, but Mexican Americans who visited downtown Rosenberg on Saturdays
could not walk past the 2-3 main blocks of the city or they would be arrested.
My mother remembers in the early 1950s having to pick something up at the pharmacy and
having to go to a little window to the outside to make her purchase. People of color could not enter the store. It was owned by a Jewish man named Schaeffer. Eventually my Dad was able to get that changed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">JB was bothered by the segregation and at one point tried to get the swimming pool in Richmond integrated. Instead of integrating, Richmond city officials had the pool drained. It was later was opened to all, but that took a few years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">The
town was divided by the railroad tracks. The city was originally established in the late 1880s. It was named Rosenberg after General Rosenberg of Galveston. Someone told me once that it was originally meant to be a "Jewish community" - but I am not sure this is true, even thought there were a number of Jewish owned businesses in town - as there were in many small communities throughout the south. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px;">The
Basilian fathers arrived in the late 1930s and were able to purchase a roomy
two story home on the "other" side of the tracks. The price was
good because even though the area had been originally "white" - it
was now considered a Black neighborhood. I remember the house well.
It was dark inside, but had lots of rooms. My Dad and I used to
visit very often. We would sit in the living room with JB and talk for
hours. Sometimes we would sit in the large dining room - especially after
church bazaars where my Dad would count the money they made from the different
booths (including the Bingo that he ran). JB was always there, telling
stories or listening to my Dad. He had a wry sense of humor. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px;">JB was not considered one of the leaders - at least according to the Basilian documents. There were other priests who were constantly making changes in the Mexican American community. One of them was Father John Collins. Yet, JB outlived them all. He was not only special to our family, but to thousands of other families over the six decades that he was a Basilian priest in southeast Texas.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;">If you knew him and have a story about Father Broussard, please contact me at dreamacttexas@gmail.com. We can post your story on this blog.</span></span></div>
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While everyone is focusing on what she said to Chapo Guzman, the powerful drug lord (and also one of the richest men in the world) - she is really seeking to do something for her country. Mexico is in a terrible position right now. An announcement a few days ago stated that over 48,000 people had been killed in the narco-war. Many more thousands can't go home and visit - not because they don't have U.S. visas and can't come back - but because they could be killed, kidnapped, or have their vehicles and money stolen once they cross the border.<br />
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For a number of years I went to Monterrey on a regular basis (I was doing research for my first book, <i><a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/Delirio_the_fantastic_the_demonic_and_th.html?id=bWaAAAAAMAAJ">Delirio</a></i>). I was there for summers and holidays in 1997-1998. In 1999 I rented an apartment with my daughter who attended a bilingual school there. For the next several years I went every few months. I established very close relationships with a number of families in Monterrey and nearby Santiago and San Isidro del Potrero. My last trip was in 2009 when the family patriarch in Monterrey passed away. I can't go any more. Its too dangerous, even if I fly versus drive. The family in Monterrey that I am close to has already lost two family members - they simply disappeared. A few months ago 2 more young men from the family were kidnapped but were returned after relatives paid thousands of dollars in ransom. <br />
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A student of mine told me of someone who was driving in his SUV with his family from Laredo to Monterrey recently. They were stopped on the <i>autopista </i>(toll road) and had to pay a narco $200. The narco was friendly and talkative. He asked the man what people were saying on American side - the response was "nobody is going to Mexico anymore" - <br />
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Calderon may not be saying so, but this war has to be destroying the Mexican economy. It has decimated the tourist industry, and I can't imagine what is going on with the American corporations who do business over there. Monterrey used to the the wealthiest city in Latin America. Its not likely that the city still holds that title. <br />
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Kudos for Del Castillo. At least she has the courage to say something. I don't think Chapo Guzman is a good guy (I can't image she does either) - but he certainly has the power to do something, if he chooses too.<br />
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MTH<br />
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Here is the translated text of the twitter:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"Today I say what I think and as to which suits him well. Today I have more
fun 2012. I listen to more music that I like ChavelaVargas @ @ @
BuikaMusic Calle13Oficial manuchao @ leo @ lydiacachosi Galeano # # #
Neruda Sabin • # carlosfuentes and I stop listening to politicians. The
fact is that I’m tired of doing what I do not. Many times I was happy
but I did not realize. I love. I love you. ”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I do not believe in handling, have numbed me. The government.
Religion. Politics. Media. Society. Dirt. Those who judge me and say but
I require and I applaud.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I do not believe in marriage, I believe in love. Do not believe in
the idea that I should be with someone for the rest of my life, it only
creates guilt and unhappiness me when I failed, in fact, do not believe
in failure, I believe in getting ahead, making decisions good or bad,
think about changing your mind as often as necessary. ”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I long for the first time around. So I think that no matter how much
love I need to feel that my partner feels the first times in the
stomach and the body goes through you, no matter how much or how
beautiful love is, I need that feeling to which I am addicted. We all
yearn for but we dare not speak. It is not that relationships should
last until “it” is over? ”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I do not believe in monogamy, I believe in loyalty, my feelings, as I feel and let you feel my body.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I do not believe in punishment or sin, do not believe I grew up
believing that everything was a sin, even my body, in fact do not
believe in the Bible as manipulated in some passages (which Peña Nieto
read insurance) for remorse, guilt, and above all, fear. Moreover, I do
not think anything that has been done by the man who makes me feel
wicked, that makes me feel less guilty or ashamed of my sexuality .. ”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I do not believe in the Church and in any case, I do not believe in
religion, but I do believe in God because I see in my eyes in the mirror
every day.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I do not believe I have learned diseases and their cures have been denied me, hidden.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I do not think any institution or law that are dedicated to panic and take my money.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I do not believe in the Pope, or the Vatican with all their wealth as the priests do not believe in
because I think human beings should enjoy the carnal love, sex and
preferably without hiding or hurting anyone.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I was born naked without laws or religion, these were created by
man, as the Bible and I have a sneaking suspicion that it was invented
just to follow handling and profit for a few.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I believe in what I feel and that is why I believe in fear, keeps me
alert, all that experience with my 5 senses is what matters, what is
real.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I do not believe in society and that has made me feel ashamed of who
I am, incomplete, but it is a fact that I treat all my desire to
understand and live in peace within it. I believe in myself and my only
true because I am who I have to deal with every second, apart from me, I
do not think … “.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I do not believe in judging because I alone am responsible for my act, and life would fail me.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I do not believe in morality and that varies greatly between people,
I believe in what makes me feel good or bad about myself so I can go to
sleep peacefully but not what society wants me to feel.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I believe in good.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“I think, despite everything you just wrote, in the human race cause I love, hate, I’m sorry, I’m wrong, hurt, helped, I feel,”
failure “, cry, suffer, envy, I have deep pain, I have sex, I have
dreams, fantasies, desires, ask for help, I get, I, I fight, I go on, I
forget, I get mad, I laugh, I hope, I’m patient, I am impatient, stand …
I’m alive and I thank God that all days, for who I am, good or bad. ”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Become a hero of heroes</span></strong><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“Today I believe more in the Chapo Guzmán government that I hide painful truths even if they are, who hide the cure for cancer, AIDS Etc. For their own benefit and wealth.”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“SR. CHAP WOULD NOT START TO FATHER traffic in WELL? WITH THE CURES FOR DISEASE WITH FOOD FOR STREET CHILDREN WITH ALCOHOL FOR ANSIANOS Shelters NOT LEAVE THE PAST FEW YEARS PASS
YOUR DOING WHAT THEY HIT THE REVEREND CHING, traffic with corrupt
politicians and NOT WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS SLAVES TO END? to burn
all the “puter” where women are not worth a pack of cigarettes, BUT
OFFER NO ACTION, go ahead DON , YOU WOULD BE THE HERO OF HEROES,
traffics in LOVE, you know how. ”</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“Life is a business, the only thing that changes is the good” is not?</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-Not to blame</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-No remorse</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-Not to shame</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-No-no to impunity for racial differences</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-Not politics</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-Not religion</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-Not noted</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-No silence</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-No to corruption</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-No illicit enrichment</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-Not stifle our dreams</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>-No more blood</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Life-if</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Hoy quiero decir lo que pienso y pues al que le acomode bien. Hoy 2012 me divierto más. Escucho más la música que me gusta como <a class="twextra" href="http://twitter.com/ChavelaVargas" target="_blank">@ChavelaVargas</a> <a class="twextra" href="http://twitter.com/manuchao" target="_blank">@manuchao</a> <a class="twextra" href="http://twitter.com/Calle13Oficial" target="_blank">@Calle13Oficial</a> <a class="twextra" href="http://twitter.com/BuikaMusic" target="_blank">@BuikaMusic</a> leo <a class="twextra" href="http://twitter.com/lydiacachosi" target="_blank">@lydiacachosi</a> <a class="twextra" href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23Galeano" target="_blank">#Galeano</a> <a class="twextra" href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23sabines" target="_blank">#sabines</a> <a class="twextra" href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23Neruda" target="_blank">#Neruda</a> ·<a class="twextra" href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23carlosfuentes" target="_blank">#carlosfuentes</a> y dejo de escuchar a los políticos. Y es que ya me cansé de hacer lo que no quiero. Muchas veces he sido feliz pero no me di cuenta. Amo. Me amo.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Añoro la primera vez de todo. Por eso creo que no importa cuanto ame a mi pareja necesito sentir eso que se siente las primeras veces en el estómago y que te recorre todo el cuerpo, no importa cuanto lo ame o que tan bello sea, necesito esa sensación a la cual soy adicta. Todos lo añoramos pero no nos atrevemos a decirlo. No será que las relaciones deberían de durar hasta que “eso” se acaba?</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>No creo en el castigo ni en el pecado, no creo en como crecí creyendo que todo era pecado, hasta mi cuerpo, de hecho no creo en como la Biblia nos manipula en algunos de sus pasajes (los cuales seguro leyó Peña Nieto) para tener remordimientos, culpa y sobre todo MIEDO. Es más, no creo en nada que haya sido hecho por el hombre que me haga sentir perversa, que me haga sentir menos, culpable o avergonzada de mi sexualidad..</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>No creo en al Papa ni en el Vaticano con todo y su riqueza como tampoco creo en los sacerdotes ya que creo que el ser humano debe disfrutar del amor carnal, del sexo y de preferencia sin esconderse ni lastimando a nadie.</b></span></div>
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<br />Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-78604933020989792902012-01-14T09:45:00.003-06:002012-01-14T09:45:50.728-06:00The Year of the ImmigrantWhile many countries in the West are kicking and screaming, the global reality is that things and people are shifting around. <br />
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It generally makes people very uncomfortable when they realize that the identity of their land-nation-country-region is changing, especially if they think the new reality will be seen as lower class or less educated.<br />
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Some say that the xenophobia (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia">an unreasonable fear of foreigners</a>) - in America is because white people don't want those looking different to take over. I think its more than that. It is that everyone doesn't like change. A small town in Mexico would be upset if it was taken over by Hungarians. What makes it more complicated (and unfortunate) here is that the division is made more clear because the "new" people are easily identified by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">their darker skin.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Amidst all the bad feeling and subsequent draconian anti-immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama there are some positive changes. Sayu Bhojwani, former commissioner of immigrant affairs for New York City writes about our new American leaders who are changing the road for all of us.</span><br />
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<span class="date">January 12, 2012, <em>11:31 pm - New York Times</em></span></a></span><br />
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[The] ...most crucial, development for immigrant civic engagement is the
growing number of new American candidates on the ballot for school and
library boards, state legislatures and Congress. The number of
Asian-Americans running for Congress more than doubled in just two
years, from 8 in 2010 to 19 in 2012, according to the <a href="http://www.apaics.org/index.php/pages/hidden/record_breaking_17_asian_american_and_pacific_islanders_run_for_united">Asian Pacific American Institute of Congressional Studies</a>.
These races include three in which Asian-Americans are running against
each other for the Democratic nomination — in Illinois’ eighth,
Washington’s first and Hawaii’s second districts. In these races, voters
to whom policy positions may matter as much as ethnicity no longer have
to choose one over another. <br />
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Latinos in elected office have already increased by 53% over the past 15 years, according to the <a href="http://www.naleo.org/directory.html">National Association of Latino Elected Officials</a>; with senate races this year <a href="http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?idx=273747&page=2&cat=&more=">in Texas and New Mexico featuring both Latino Democrats and Republicans (including Cuban-American Ted Cruz)</a>, that number will probably grow....<a href="http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/year-of-the-immigrant/?scp=1&sq=year%20of%20the%20immigrant&st=cse"><b>link to complete article</b></a><br />
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<span class="st"> </span>Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-82695090430014726502012-01-13T09:28:00.001-06:002012-01-14T11:57:33.001-06:00The Antibiotics are Killing usThis may sound extreme, but the extreme over use of antibiotics has created a nightmare where so many people develop antibiotic resistance strains of bacteria. Many have died from this problem, others suffer for months trying numerous different medications until (if they are lucky) their infection is finally appeased.<br />
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Its not only that a number of our doctors give us antibiotics every time we visit their offices. Its is more so because the food industry stuffs cows, chickens, and pigs full of antibiotics so that these animals can survive in the horrid conditions they are forced to live in. Once we eat beef, poultry, and pork, the antibiotics pass on to us.<br />
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If you are prescribed antibiotics by your doctor, be sure to take every pill he/she prescribes. If you don't you increase you resistance to antibiotics.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The FDA has restricted the use of a minor
antibiotic used by the meat industry. It's a small step to counter the
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...Eighty percent of the antibiotics used in this country are given to
chicken, pigs, turkey and cattle, not because the animals are sick but
to fatten them and prevent illness from sweeping through crowded pens.
Evidence has been building for decades that the overuse of antibiotics
in livestock has helped lead to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant
bacteria, which then present a threat to human health...<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-antibiotics-20120113,0,5222309.story">link to complete article</a></div>
...Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-30523570672358113802012-01-12T19:34:00.001-06:002012-01-12T19:34:07.496-06:00Going to College - is it worth all the money?Today's NYT has a blog post on College and what its good for.<br />
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A friend with a PhD in physics told me a few years ago that he didn't want his kids to go to college. Yet these days it seems necessary to make enough of a living to survive - that is if you don't get laid-off...<br />
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...How, exactly, does college prepare students for the workplace? For
most jobs, it provides basic intellectual skills: the ability to
understand relatively complex instructions, to write and speak clearly
and cogently, to evaluate options critically. Beyond these intellectual
skills, earning a college degree shows that you have the “moral
qualities” needed for most jobs: you have (to put it a bit cynically),
for a period of four years and with relatively little supervision,
deferred to authority, met deadlines and carried out difficult tasks
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sort of intellectual and moral training, however, does not require
studying with experts doing cutting-edge work on, say, Homeric poetry,
elementary particle theory or the philosophy of Kant. It does not, that
is, require the immersion in the world of intellectual culture that a
college faculty is designed to provide. It is, rather, the sort of
training that ought to result from good elementary and high school
education....<a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/what-is-college-for-part-2/?hp">link to complete article</a><br />Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-75607028125207342522012-01-11T18:47:00.000-06:002012-01-14T11:53:04.602-06:00Father Jack Broussard<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">This post is part of a series on Father Jack Broussard, a very unusual priest who worked in southeast Texas during the last half of the 20th century. The series not only talks about his life, but the society in which he lived.</span><br />
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I was in London with a case of the flu last week when my family back home in Houston told me that Father Jack Broussard had passed away. I shortened my trip by a few days and came back home so that I could drive my elderly parents to the wake being held in Manvel, Texas.<br />
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Father Jack as many called him, was an amazing guy. He was so amazing that this blog is going to devote a number of posts to his life and accomplishments.<br />
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These posts will not be about religion or Catholicism. He may have been a priest - but his impact went much much further than his local parish. He was not famous. He didn't preach in a megachurch. He wasn't great at getting millions of dollars in donations. He was just a good guy with a spectacular sense of humor; lots of humility; and even more curiosity.<br />
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He was born John S. Broussard in 1919. His father Robert was from a family that owned a plantation in New Iberia, LA. Robert was working for a congressman in Washington when he met Jack's mother, Margaret (who was the daughter of a congressman). Robert was Louisiana French. Margaret was Irish. Robert invented the first coin operated parking meter. He also invented batteries and any number of things. Sometime during Jack's childhood the family moved to Houston. They lived an affluent life and had a home in River Oaks. At one point during Father Jack's adolescence his father had him take golf lessons from someone really famous. I wish I could remember the name of the person who taught him. (perhaps I could look up what famous golfers were living in Houston during the 1930s). He attended St. Thomas High School and came to know some priests from the Order of St. Basil. During his senior year he decided to become a priest. The mother house of the Order was in Toronto, so he spent lots of time in Canada the next few years and ended up back in the Houston area ten years later.<br />
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In the 1930s, in a moment of significant social awareness, the Order of St. Basil decided to start a number of what they called "missions" in small cities southwest of Houston. The superiors were concerned that the Mexican population of these small towns did not have access to priestly care. The truth was that most of the churches did not allow Mexicans inside. If they did, they were treated badly. In one archival record I found at the Basilian library in Toronto, I found a story about a Mexican man knocking on the door of the rectory of Sacred Catholic Church in Richmond, Texas. The priest who opened the door met the man with a gun and threatened to call the Sheriff.<br />
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Father Jack, or JB as my family came to call him, was already a good friend of my father's by the time I was born. JB arrived in Rosenberg a couple of years before my parents moved there from San Antonio in 1950. I can honestly say that I probably saw JB just about every day of my life until I finished high school. He would often come by our house, or I would go with my father to the rectory and we would sit in the living room and talk. They would frequently go on trips to Houston (30 miles away) and I would accompany them. I think that besides my parents, JB was the most influential adult in my life. I think his presence strongly affected the development of my character and intellect.<br />
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In the following posts on JB I will tell about his life, his adventures, and his importance to thousands of people who came to know him during his 62 years as a priest. <br />
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<br />Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-74093275410966828452012-01-11T18:22:00.003-06:002012-01-11T18:22:50.111-06:00Vegetarians Starving in Kansas CityVegetarians are not really starving in Kansas City. However, it is hard to find a good meal is you have chosen to avoid hamburger or steak.<br />
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If you are vegetarian and you are traveling to the American South, the American Midwest, Argentina, Portugal, and France - BEWARE. You might get very hungry. These regions and countries don't like their veggies, which makes it very difficult for those that eat only veggies - to survive.<br />
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A vegetarian I know lost six pounds in a span of 5 days in Argentina --- It was scarey. <br />
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Why do some places promote meat as if it is an essential? Why do some people insist that without meat they can't live? <br />
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...Even though the [midwest] region boasts some of the finest farmland in the world,
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As a result, many heartland vegetarians say that eating, that most
essential activity, can be a constant struggle. Longtime members of the
club recall the days when doctors and family members alike warned that
forgoing meat would result in serious malnutrition. This was not
hyperbole to those who, lacking other options, subsisted on pizza..<b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/dining/a-vegetarians-struggle-for-sustenance-in-the-midwest.html?_r=1">.link to complete article</a></b></div>Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-62020847646311037042011-12-23T18:19:00.000-06:002011-12-23T18:19:03.310-06:00Immigration: Thankful for a little progress<br />
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Alabama is beginning to see the effects of its sordid immigration law. The state's Attorney General is proposing some changes. Even so, the law is still horrendous. As the NYT notes, 12 Alabama State Senators have written to the Governor telling him "not to retreat" - what a mistake.<br />
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¶The requirement that schools collect immigration data on children and
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">see previous dreamacttexas posts on the Alabama anti-immigraiton law:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://dreamacttexas.blogspot.com/2011/10/un-sweet-home-alabama.html">Un-Sweet Home Alabama</a></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://dreamacttexas.blogspot.com/2011/10/sneaking-attack-on-plyler-v-doe.html"><b>Alabama's Sneaky Attack on Phyler vs. Doe</b></a></span><br />
<br />Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-64256411738555706202011-12-17T05:48:00.002-06:002011-12-17T05:50:47.318-06:00Is the U.S. no longer a "Developed Nation?"How can the U.S. say its a "Developed Nation" if over 49 million Americans now fall into the poverty line? The outdated term is "First World Nation" -- so to re-ask the question: "How can the U.S. say its a "First World Nation" if so much of its populace has fallen below the poverty line? See the links below that explain our dire situation.<br />
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Considering this date - it is no surprise that the Occupy Movement has appeared in so many American cities.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The London Guardian has a link that show the percentage of poverty in American cities. Click <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdEkwU2FDVDQxVWtOdWR2QUhCMW93aHc#gid=0">HERE</a> </b> to get this information. Note that this information is only about what the Brookings Institution called "poverty tracts" -- </span><br />
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on census data found that “a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2
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them as low income.” The report said that the data “depict a middle
class that’s shrinking.” ...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/17/opinion/blow-inconvenient-income-inequality.html?_r=1&hp"><b>link to complete NYT article</b> </a> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New figures show hunger, poverty and economic decline are increasing
at record levels across the United States. The Census Bureau reports
nearly half of Americans have either fallen below the poverty line or
are classified under the category of "low income." The number of
low-income residents is at 97.3 million, coupled with 49.1 million in
poverty, for a total of 146.4 million. The figure marks an increase of
four million over 2009. Meanwhile, the U.S. Conference of Mayors reports
all but four of 29 major cities saw an increase in requests for
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<br />Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-20390932244917695752011-12-16T22:34:00.001-06:002011-12-16T22:39:44.919-06:00Immigration: Perry likes Arpaio, the Department of Justice doesn'tIt is inconceivable that Texas Gov. Rick Perry would ally himself with Sheriff Arpaio just before a damning report on how Arpaio mistreats his inmates.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/75912678?access_key=key-pg8oz86a2wazoifha8d">HERE</a> </b>for the Department of Justice report in Spanish<br />
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Lady liberty isn't accepting the poor and unwanted anymore. That is why she is not blinking at the establishment of those inhumane laws in Arizona and Alabama. She has been taken over by American Capitalism.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><time datetime="2011-12-16T14:31EST" pubdate="">...</time>When it comes to the push against immigration in the US, two things
should be made clear. First of all, it is not in truth a push against
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The US has no
problem with wealthy outsiders. A rare example of bipartisan legislation
recently was the Visit USA Act, by Democrat Charles Schumer and
Republican Mike Lee, <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/21541054">which sought to fast-track visas for foreigners spending $500,000 on property</a>.
It would allow them and their families to live in America for as long
as they owned their homes, but not to work or claim federal benefits.
It's unlikely to become law; but it's also unlikely to be controversial
either....<b><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/dec/16/us-immigration-laws-bigots">link to complete article</a></b></span></div>
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The LA Times published a link to a site that tells you how often you should really change your oil - Click <b><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-autos-oil-change-20111215,0,4554184.story">HERE</a> </b>for <a href="http://calrecycle.ca.gov/">Cal Recycle.</a><br />
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drivers from wasting millions of gallons of oil annually because they
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alarming" figure is the first estimate of the number of patients who die
early because a failure to have health checks, take drugs at the right
time and maintain a healthy lifestyle increased their risk of
dangerously high or low blood sugar, heart failure or kidney problems.</span><br />
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three-quarters of the 24,000 deaths are among the over-65s, younger
patients are most at risk. Two young people aged 15 to 34 in England are
believed to die every week as a result...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/dec/14/diabetes-report-die-condition-early?INTCMP=SRCH">.<b>link to complete article</b></a></span>Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-76526953823038096062011-12-14T08:15:00.000-06:002011-12-14T08:26:28.980-06:00Immigration: Alabama and Violations of the U.S. Constitution<br />
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wages withheld by employers and felt they were unable to take their
grievance to court because of the new provision. One man, Alejandro,
sought the advice of a lawyer but was told tha because of the new law he
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Watch said this sent a clear message to employers that they did not need
to fear legal redress from employees they had abused. That, the
watchdog has pointed out, is a clear breach both of the US constitution
and of international law.<br />
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international covenant on civil and political rights, all individuals
must be treated equally before the law irrespective of their status. The
14th amendment of the US constitution says that no state shall "deprive
any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of
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sacrosanct relationship between lawyer and client. Human Rights Watch
said it had been told some lawyers were questioning whether they had a
duty to inform on their clients should they lack proper papers...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/dec/14/human-rights-watch-alabama-constitution">.<b>link to complete article</b></a></span></time></li>
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Following today's Board meeting on the 2010 multi-vehicle highway
accident in Gray Summit, Missouri, the National Transportation Safety
Board (NTSB) called for the first-ever nationwide ban on driver use of
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The safety recommendation specifically calls for the 50 states and
the District of Columbia to ban the nonemergency use of portable
electronic devices (other than those designed to support the driving
task) for all drivers. The safety recommendation also urges use of the
NHTSA model of high-visibility enforcement to support these bans and
implementation of targeted communication campaigns to inform motorists
of the new law and heightened enforcement...<a href="http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2011/111213.html">.<b>link to complete report</b></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Eleven texts in 11 minutes from behind the wheel -- then two were
dead and 38 injured. A deadly Missouri incident was cited Tuesday by the
National Transportation Safety Board as the panel <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cell-ban-20111213,0,6707415.story" target="_blank">urged a total ban</a> on cellphone use while driving.</span></h1>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Such a ban (exceptions would be made for emergencies) would go far beyond what states now have in place. Currently, </span><a href="http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/cellphone_laws.html" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">no state has a ban</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">
on all cellphone use by all drivers, according to the Governors Highway
Safety Assn., although some prohibit cellphone use by certain drivers...</span><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/12/total-cellphone-ban-while-driving.html">link to complete article</a></span></h1>
</div>Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-53027860141917880872011-12-13T20:06:00.002-06:002011-12-14T08:26:46.727-06:00Immigration: Part of Alabama Anti-Immigration Law Temporarily Blocked<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A federal judge has temporarily blocked a part of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/alabama" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Alabama">Alabama</a>'s tough new immigration law that requires residents to show proof of citizenship when registering mobile homes with the state.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...Alabama requires owners of mobile homes to
register those properties with the state or face three months in jail,
but the new immigration law passed by the state legislature in June also
bars illegal immigrants from submitting those registrations, Thompson
wrote...<b><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/13/alabama-immigration-law-mobile-homes">link to complete article</a></b></span></div>Marie-Theresa Hernández, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06010416361776783800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757412088323843163.post-30577585596729538342011-12-13T09:59:00.000-06:002011-12-14T06:44:12.526-06:00Diary: A Vehicle that Takes People Away<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday I was at the intersection of Houston's S.W. Freeway feeder (also known as U.S. 59) and Hillcroft St. As I was waiting for the light I noticed the license plates of the vehicle in front of me. It wasn't like the one I have - a plate with bright red letters that say University of Houston Cougars. It said U.S. Government, DHS. The white van was brand new - kind of sleek looking, with some black trim. It had no letters on the doors, just a small DHS seal at the left front. The windows were tinted, even the front windshield (I thought that against the law). Yet as I peered into the back window I could see a cage like barrier. I realized that this van was used to transport people to detention centers. Moving to the lane on the left so I could make a u-turn - I passed the van on its left side and unsuccessfully tried to see the face of the driver. The window was tinted too dark to see much of anything except his/her left arm.<br />
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A feeling of sadness came over me. I thought of the people who have been taken away, the DREAMers who have been deported. The hundreds of thousands that Obama has sent away since he became president. I wondered how our country, said to be established on the basis of a Bill of Rights could allow such a thing. For a moment I forgot that most of the Founding Fathers were slave owners. In 1850 carts were used to haul away runaway or disruptive slaves. Today sleek new vans are used to remove people who don't have the right type of permission to be in this country. Never mind that the numbers of those who can legally come here is strikingly small; never mind that if you have a few hundred thousand dollars you can immigrate easily.<br />
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<strong class="hit">Due</strong>
<strong class="hit">process</strong> is a legal concept
referring to the guarantee that a government will follow fair procedures
when depriving a person of life, liberty, or property. A key element of
the rule of law is the idea that government must follow written
guidelines that restrict the actions it can take against individuals. <strong class="hit">Due</strong>
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established set of uniform legal procedures will be used to ensure a
just outcome, as opposed to arbitrary or individualized judgment. The
most basic level of <strong class="hit">due</strong>
<strong class="hit">process</strong> includes individuals'
rights to be notified of charges against them, to speak in their own
defense, and to be judged by a jury of their peers. It also includes the
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<strong class="hit">Due</strong>
<strong class="hit">process</strong> is a long-standing concept
in the Anglo-American legal tradition, originating from the British
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<strong class="hit">process</strong> protected by their constitutions. In the United States, <strong class="hit">due</strong>
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IN his <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/inaugural-address">inaugural address</a>,
President Obama called on us to “reject as false the choice between our
safety and our ideals.” We agree. Now, to protect both, he must veto
the National Defense Authorization Act that Congress is expected to pass
this week....<br />
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...One provision would authorize the military to indefinitely detain
without charge people suspected of involvement with terrorism, including
United States citizens apprehended on American soil. <b>Due process</b> would
be a thing of the past...<br />
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...a second provision would mandate military custody for most terrorism
suspects. It would force on the military responsibilities it hasn’t
sought. This would violate not only the spirit of the
post-Reconstruction act limiting the use of the armed forces for
domestic law enforcement but also our trust with service members...<br />
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Guantánamo, ensuring that this morally and financially expensive symbol
of detainee abuse will remain open well into the future..<b>.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6757412088323843163#editor/target=post;postID=5832646415260317643">link to complete article</a></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Speaking more than one language raises IQ and prevents Alzheimers. Yet I still see education majors saying that bilingualism keeps kids from learning. The truth is that its really an issue of social class. Ladd and Fiske lay it out below.</span></h6>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">While I was a graduate student at Rice University a decade ago I saw a group of undergraduate students that had traveled all over the world, done study abroad, had long stays at summer camp, and had taken all sorts of music and art lessons. These are the privileged few. Yet that is our standard for excellence. To open the gate to a superb college education our children need to have these numerous advantages. The reality is that most American children - no matter what race or ethnic group - don't have these experiences - only a few families have the economic ability to send their kids to live in France for a year.</span></span></h6>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Many more don't even have the regular advantage of having parents who have enough time to have long and rich conversations. The kids also don't go to schools that offer the education and stimulation they need to succeed. </span></span></h6>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Its not immigration, or parents who refuse to speak English at home. Its the economy and our own moral handicap that prevents us from offering what all children need.</span></span></h6>
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Durham, N.C. <br />
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NO one seriously disputes the fact that students from disadvantaged
households perform less well in school, on average, than their peers
from more advantaged backgrounds. But rather than confront this fact of
life head-on, our policy makers mistakenly continue to reason that,
since they cannot change the backgrounds of students, they should focus
on things they can control... <br />
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International research tells the same story. Results of the 2009 reading
tests conducted by the Program for International Student Assessment
show that, among 15-year-olds in the United States and the 13 countries
whose students outperformed ours, students with lower economic and
social status had far lower test scores than their more advantaged
counterparts within every country. Can anyone credibly believe that the
mediocre overall performance of American students on international tests
is unrelated to the fact that one-fifth of American children live in
poverty?..<br />
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Large bodies of research have shown how poor health and nutrition
inhibit child development and learning and, conversely, how high-quality
early childhood and preschool education programs can enhance them. We
understand the importance of early exposure to rich language on future
cognitive development. We know that low-income students experience
greater learning loss during the summer when their more privileged peers
are enjoying travel and other enriching activities. <br />
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Yes, we need to make sure that all children, and particularly
disadvantaged children, have access to good schools, as defined by the
quality of teachers and principals and of internal policies and
practices. <br />
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But let’s not pretend that family background does not matter and can be
overlooked. Let’s agree that we know a lot about how to address the ways
in which poverty undermines student learning. Whether we choose to face
up to that reality is ultimately a moral question.<b>.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_434786452">.for complete article</a></b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/opinion/the-unaddressed-link-between-poverty-and-education.html?ref=opinion"> </a> <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As it is practiced in our politics, the subject often dredges up darker
feelings: tribalism, xenophobia, envy, a pull-up-the-ladder stinginess.
This is not new. The English and Dutch colonists resented the immigrant
waves of Irish and Germans, who resented the later waves of Italians and
Poles and Jews. Polls show that Americans only halfheartedly support
immigration, and less than halfheartedly in hard times...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...immigration is a rejuvenation of our economy, a source of invention and
investment at the high end and of tax-paying, productive labor at the
low end. So the foundation of a new policy should be the opening of
more, and more-efficient, legal channels for the newcomers who will
refresh our ingenuity and replenish our aging work force (and, by the
way, pay to keep the Social Security funds filled for boomers like me)...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most scrupulous <a href="http://irps.ucsd.edu/assets/037/11124.pdf" title="Migration Policy Institute study by Gordon Hanson.">study </a>I’ve
seen of the economic impact of illegal immigration — by Gordon Hanson,
an economist at the University of California, San Diego — weighed the
costs to society (schools, health care, etc.) against the benefits (tax
revenues, labor productivity, etc.) and concluded that the difference
was “close enough to zero to be essentially a wash.” The idea that
illegal immigrants are dragging down the economy is just wrong...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/opinion/keller-the-good-newt.html?pagewanted=1&ref=opinion"><b>for complete article</b> </a> </span></div>
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