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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Bush Administration Can Do More than Pardon Turkeys To Honor Thanksgiving Spirit
Posted by Media Release
Many Families in U.S. Will Not Enjoy a Holiday Full of Love and Peace Due to Unjust Immigration Laws
Los Angeles, CA – The National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC), the largest Latin American immigrant-led organization in the U.S., urged the Bush Administration to reflect on the spirit and history of Thanksgiving Day, a very American holiday filled with important symbolism and values that are shared by millions of immigrants currently living in the shadows due to unjust immigration laws. “As America prepares to celebrate a major holiday that first took place almost 400 years ago between immigrant settlers from Europe and Native American Indians, we urge President Bush and his Administration to reevaluate the holiday’s spirit and consider the pain and suffering thousands of families are experiencing as a result of the separation, isolation, and persecution from the enforcement of unjust immigration laws,” stated Oscar Chacón, NALACC Executive Director.
“Family, community, hospitality, and cross-cultural understanding are values that we celebrate this holiday season. Unfortunately, thousands of children and their parents will not enjoy a holiday filled with peace and joy as the President has wished us all because raids and deportation of immigrants continue and Congress has failed to move forward on a positive reform to our broken immigration system,” added Mr. Chacón.
“NALACC is thankful today for the brave efforts of leaders in both parties who have bucked the anti-immigrant, xenophobic trend that insists on scapegoating immigrants for the social and economic instability this nation is experiencing. In the months ahead, we look forward to sharing with the rest of America the stories of immigrant struggle and success not unlike the stories of the Mayflower Pilgrims, and hope the good people of this nation will open their hearts, listen and urge our elected officials for a prompt solution to the emerging humanitarian crisis in the immigrant community,” concluded Mr. Chacón.
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NALACC is a network of immigrant-led organizations working to improve the quality of life in their communities, both in the United States and in their countries of origin. Visit us on the web at http://www.nalacc.org
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26 Nov 2007 at 07:18 pm | #
All we want is tight borders and for the country’s immigration policy to be determined by the American citizens and not by Mexico.
26 Nov 2007 at 08:39 pm | #
I read a story over the weekend about a man that crossed over from Mexico, without papers, and came upon a terrible accident. A mother’s van went over a ravine, the mother killed, her 9 year old son traumatized. This was far from any help, deep in the wilderness. He stayed with the boy for more than 24 hours until help came. Didn’t leave him even though the man risked capture and being sent back. And he was captured. But he had to do the right thing. People come here to make a new life and they come in desperate droves because of U.S. policies not only in Mexico but in Central and South America.
Being a Citizen of the World, artificial borders, drawn for economic and not humanitarian reasons, mean nothing to me. A Mexican, African or Cambodian is as much my brother and sister as someone American born.
Local suspicion, hatred, exploitation, profiling of Spanish speaking people is an epidemic here rivalling the worst of indignations rightly condemned as racist. Even the oppressed feel justified in being the oppressors. Immigrants are just people and paperwork doesn’t define character.
26 Nov 2007 at 09:51 pm | #
Cincysuz, since you are a citizen of the world and borders mean nothing to you, feel free to go live down in Mexico or Central and South America. The people there are so noble, just like you. (And for the record, I blame Mexican foreign policy for all my troubles. Damn soulless oppressors.)