Abogan por reforma migratoria en Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA (GLAHR) - Por primera vez en varios años, estamos quizá a meses de alcanzar un proyecto de Reforma Migratoria Integral que beneficie a nuestras familias, dentro de un contexto político que aparentemente facilita las discusiones para lograrla y con ello se abre también un momento revitalizante para la lucha en la defensa de los derechos de la comunidad inmigrante.

"Hoy aparece en el horizonte una esperanza, y que en ella nos encontramos millones de hermanos y hermanas buscando ser incluidos con dignidad; esperanza que permanecerá si somos capaces de sostenernos de pie y en colectivo, si somos capaces de incluirnos a nosotros mismos como parte de esta lucha y no fuera de ella, si somos capaces de fortalecer nuestra resistencia al embate con digno paso, y si somos capaces de caminar unidos como individuos y como comunidad." menciona Adelina Nicholls, Directora Ejecutiva de Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights.

Por tal motivo y como parte del esfuerzo nacional en la búsqueda de la Reforma Migratoria, la Alianza de Georgia por los Derechos Humanos (GLAHR, por sus siglas en inglés) hace un llamado a la comunidad en general y a todas las organizaciones sin fines de lucro, grupos de fe, negocios, medios de comunicación e individuos interesados en esta lucha justa, a participar al llamado nacional de movilización Pro Reforma Migratoria previsto para el 10 de abril en diversas ciudades de los Estados Unidos.




Rally in Washington, D.C. 

The rallies comes at the same time that Republicans and Democrats in the Congress are working on an immigration reform bill. The so-called "Gang of Eight" in the Senate is expected to release its bill as soon as this week, and the rally may put added pressure on them to finish their work.

"Quite frankly we were hoping it would be out by now," said Kica Matos, director of immigrant rights and racial justice for the Center for Community Change, which is one of the groups organizing the rally. "Unfortunately, the disappointing thing is that the Gang of Eight keeps dragging its feet, and it's April and there's no bill."

Past protests on the National Mall, such as the civil rights marches of the 1960s, helped bring about massive policy change. But this week's protest on immigration reform likely won't have that same effect.

NOBODY IS ILLEGAL

The Associated Press (AP) Stylebook has been updated to state that it no longer sanctions the use of “illegal” or “illegal immigrant" for a person, senior vice president and executive editor Kathleen Carroll wrote in a blog post. The Stylebook now directs that “illegal” should only be used to describe an action, “such as living in or immigrating to a country illegally,” Carroll noted.

The AP aims to label “behavior” instead of “people,” Carroll wrote, pointing out that “the new section on mental health issues argues for using credibly sourced diagnoses instead of labels. Saying someone was ‘diagnosed with schizophrenia’ instead of schizophrenic, for example.” The AP, she said, is working on “ridding the Stylebook of labels.”

“And that discussion about labeling people, instead of behavior, led us back to ‘illegal immigrant’ again,” she said. “We concluded that to be consistent, we needed to change our guidance. So we have.”

Carroll added that the AP will continue to examine the best way to describe “someone in a country without permission.” The AP has decided that using “illegal” only to refer to an action, not a person, is the best way to go “for now.”