Subject: [Announce-DAN] GUTIERREZ IMMIGRATION BILL INTRODUCED
>From: "Dr. Estevan Flores"
>Subject: FW: PRESS RELEASE: GUTIERREZ IMMIGRATION BILL INTRODUCED
>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 12:16:28 -0700
>
>Please circulate this important info on a new bill in Congress.
>Thanks,
>Estevan Flores
>NNIRR Board Member
>& LRPC
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: National Network for Immigrant and Refugee
>Rights
>To: nnirr@nnirr.org
>Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 11:39 AM
>Subject: PRESS RELEASE: GUTIERREZ IMMIGRATION BILL INTRODUCED
>
> National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
>310 8th St., Ste. 307, Oakland, CA 94608 510-465-1885; 510-465-1984
>
>
>PRESS STATEMENT For more information,contact: Sasha Khokha,
>510-465-1984
>
>FOR RELEASE 2/07/01
>
>
>
>Immigrant Rights Groups Applaud Gutierrez Proposal On Eve of Bush-Fox Summit
>
>Members of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights(NNIRR), an
>alliance of over 200 immigrant, civil rights, faith-based, and labor
>organizations, expressed support for an immigration proposal introduced by
>Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) today -- just one week before a scheduled
>meeting between President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox, where
>immigration issues will top the agenda.
>
> "This bill is a bold proposal which is far-sighted in its vision and moves
>beyond a 'quick-fix' mentality," noted NNIRR Director Catherine Tactaquin.
>"It responds to real needs of communities, and acknowledges that
>undocumented immigrants are part of the fabric of those communities."
>
>"We would all stand to gain from legislation that brings the undocumented
>from out of the shadows," continued Tactaquin. "The vulnerability of the
>undocumented harms citizens and noncitizens alike. Everybody has a poorer
>quality of life because the undocumented face extra hurdles in reporting
>dangerous working conditions, domestic violence, and environmental
>pollution."
>
> "The language of the bill takes into account that undocumented immigration
>will continue under globalization, which forces many to leave their
>countries," said NNIRR Board member Susan Alva, of the Coalition for Humane
>Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. The proposal, which would implement a
>"rolling registry" model, would allow undocumented immigrants to legalize
>their status if they could prove that they had resided in the U.S. for a
>certain number of years. The "registry date" would move up each year until
>2007.
>
>Thousands of immigrants in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and elsewhere
>have mobilized to demand a new legalization program in the past year. "We
>are grateful for Gutierrez's sensitivity to these issues," said NNIRR Board
>Member Eduardo Canales, of the Texas Immigrant and Refugee Coalition.
>
>
>
>"Policymakers treat immigrant workers, especially the undocumented, as
>criminals," continued Canales. "But our current immigration policies don't
>meet their stated aim, and actually contribute to greater exploitation.
>Workers with legal status are in a better position to join their co-workers
>in fighting for unions and better working conditions. We hope the next step
>will be to eliminate employer sanctions and address the backlogs preventing
>families from reuniting."
>
>-30-
>
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