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LAWNDALE Bilingual News-Thursday December 24, 2009-Page 3
Immigration Bill Restarts Dialogue
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fighting in the armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we are always thinking
about friends and family who may not be at our dinner table for Christmas. They
will always be in our hearts, and we hope to see them for future events and
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HABLAMOS ESPAÑOL
In a strong push
for immigration reform
members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
(CHC) joined more than
90 co-sponsors including
members of the Black
Caucus and Progressive
Caucus to introduce the
Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s
Security and Prosperity
(CIR ASAP) Act of 2009,
H.R. 4321, backed by
Rep. Luis Gutierrez, chair
of the CHC Immigration
Task Force. “We stand
together as cosponsors of
this comprehensive immigration bill. I’m proud to
be a member of a caucus
that is leading the fight for
real immigration reform,”
said Gutierrez during a
press conference after introducing the bill.
CIR ASAP bill,
presented to Congress on
Dec. 15th, is another proposed solution to a continued polemic expressed by
its opponents. “We can’t
be talking about human
rights in other countries
when we don’t want to
talk about it here,” said
Diana Alarcon, task force
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GMC, along with community leaders, rallied
together to demonstrate their support for the proposed bill on immigration reform introduced by
Rep. Luis Gutierrez last week. Its mission is to
hold weekly prayer vigils with hopes to gather
support from the bill’s opponents. Last week the
organization held a prayer vigil in front of the offices of Rep. Jesse Jackson and Rep. Bobby
Rush. The rally included several community leaders including Father Gerardo from St. Donatus
Church in Blue Island.
Metro Chicago (GMC)
and South Suburban Action
Conference (SSAC).
Gamaliel of Metro is the
development of a new organizing cluster located on
the Southwest side of Chicago. Its mission is recruiting community members committed to being
agents of change.
CIR ASAP bill
incorporates elements that
align with the current social economic demands.
Its primary tenets will be
keeping families together
by reducing visa backlogs
that cause painful separation, requiring those in the
country illegally to pay a
significant fine and begin
the process of legalization,
helping immigrant students
achieve their dreams by
allowing them to continue
their education, and restoring fairness to our labor
markets with worksite enforcement and worker protections. “The Comprehension Immigration Reform will allow immigrants
to have
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Shedd Aquarium Celebrates Successful Beluga Calf Birth
On Sunday, Dec.
20 th one of Shedd
Aquarium’s beluga whales,
Naya successfully gave
birth to a calf, with physical assistance from Shedd’s
animal health and animal
care experts. It is the first
time a beluga whale calf has
successfully birthed with
human assistance at Shedd,
and only the
f o u r t h
known in the
zoo
and
aquarium
community.
“This assisted
birth put all of
our research,
knowledge,
and experi-
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ence of beluga births to the
test, and we are pleased at
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said Ken Ramirez, senior
vice president of animal
collections and training.
According to Ramirez, the
newborn calf was separated briefly from Naya for
observations, but has been
reunited with her this morning. Don’t forget to visit
the Shedd Aquarium during
this holiday season. For
more information, visit
www.sheddaquarium.org.
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a dignified job where they
are not being exploited by
employers and families
could go about life simply
without fear and margins,”
said Alarcon.
To keep the
momentum going GMC,
along with several advocates of the bill, has orchestrated weekly vigils protesting their discontent with
several public officials who
oppose immigration reform. Last week community members met at the
offices of Rep. Jesse Jackson and Rep. Bobby Rush
with hopes for enactment
of the bill. Each Wednesday GMC and SSAC will
hold prayer vigils in front
of various public officials
who have opposed reform.
This Wednesday, Dec. 23rd the
group will meet at Rep. Daniel
Lapinski’s Chicago District
Office, 6245 S. Archer Ave.
For more information about
GMC or to participate in the
vigils, visit www.gamaliel.org.
Or call 312-357-2639.
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