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Hispanic News begins
Organizing Solidarity
USA to Win Immigration
Reform
SANTA FE, NM (By
Jon Garrido, The Jon Garrido Network)
December 6, 2010,
revised December 27,
2010
With the outcome of the
2010 elections, the
probability of
Immigration Reform is
less than zero.
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The only way now to achieve
Immigration Reform is to
organize a new
organization modeled
after the Solidarity
movement used in Poland
that was molded from
labor unions, the
Catholic Church and the
people of Poland.
If the same model is
used in the USA,
Immigration Reform will
have a better
probability of being
achieved primarily for
Mexican undocumented and
those that come from
Central and South
America.
A three prong national
campaign strategy to
achieve Immigration
Reform in 2013 will be
first to
orchestrate a national
political campaign to
elect members of
Congress who support
Immigration Reform in
the November 6, 2012
elections.
Priority will be given
to defeat
members of the U.S.
House of Representatives
and United States Senate
who do not support
Immigration Reform. At
the top of the list as
they come up for
re-election is Jeff
Sessions from Alabama,
Jon Kyl and John McCain
from
Arizona, John Cornyn
from Texas,
and Charles Grassley
from Iowa.
Unfortunately, they are
many more! All names are
provide below who voted
Nay!
Equally important is the
second component of
Solidarity USA
to use similar processes
Numbers USA
uses in mobilizing
support across the
United States that
primarily uses hate talk
radio, position papers,
emails and faxes sent to
members of Congress to
vote "no" on Immigration
Reform.
Solidarity USA will uses
some of the processes
used by
Numbers USA
obviously with
modifications to support
electing members of
Congress who support
Immigration Reform and
to lobby all members of
Congress to vote for the
approval of Immigration
Reform.
The third prong will be
to elect a United States
senator who is a Mexican
American to lead the
debate in the well of
the United States
Senate. Immigration
Reform is a Mexican
American issue. It is
not a priority in the
Cuban American or Puerto
Rican American
communities.
The first opportunity to
elect a Mexican American
senator is November 6,
2012, taking office in
January of 2013.
To achieve all goals,
Solidarity USA will
establish a national
grass roots organization
with state and local
offices throughout the
USA.
The national office will
be located in Santa Fe,
New Mexico.
To finance a national
political campaign,
Solidarity USA will
solicit funds from
corporate sponsors who
will be identified as
friends of Solidarity
USA.
Solidarity USA will
endorse and recommend
America's Hispanics
purchase goods and
services from our
"friends" across the
United States.
On December 1, 2010, The
Jon Garrido News Network
purchased
www.SolUSA.US which
will become the
Solidarity USA website
as the organization is
chartered and
incorporated to pursue
its mission of
Immigration Reform.
In the interim,
The Jon
Garrido News Network
which owns Hispanic
News provides this
space.
Posada Strategy to
include all churches
Discontent presently fills the air in
Hispanic political circles, much of it aimed
at President Obama.
Hispanic community feelings run deep on the subject of immigration reform. Little
is more painful to the Hispanic voter coalition than the vision of beloved,
upstanding children, educated in American schools, being deported to countries
they barely know because years ago, their parents brought them to the U.S. for a
better, poverty-free life.
California pastor Ryan J. Bell reflected prevailing political bitterness over
the DREAM Act defeat, Still No Room in the Inn:
"It is more than a little ironic Jesus, within days of his birth, found
himself immigrating to Egypt with his family to escape the tyranny of King Herod
the Great who ordered the execution of all male children in Judea. Had he grown
up in similar circumstances in our country, Jesus would have been the perfect
candidate for the DREAM Act...
"Many of the children who come to this country without proper documentation,
come... for the same reasons Jesus fled to Egypt -- to escape poverty or
physical danger (or both) and to seek better opportunities for themselves and
their children...
"... many of the 41 Senators who voted against the DREAM Act sing
songs celebrating the birth of Jesus and shower one another with gifts they
might bear in mind Jesus lived and died for precisely the people who would
most benefit from legislation like the DREAM Act. In fact, Jesus was one of
those immigrant kids himself."
Traveling With Mary and Joseph Praying
Las Posadas by
Mathew Kessler, writes:
The Bible mentions the travels of countless
personalities: Abram and Sarai left Ur and set out for
Canaan. The people of Israel traveled from slavery in
Egypt to a new life and identity in the Promised Land.
Elijah walked (or ran, rather) to escape the army of
Jezebel, who wanted him killed. Joseph and Mary traveled
too. According to Saint Matthew, they went to Bethlehem
for the census, where God provided them shelter as God
had provided shelter for their ancestors. And the Second
Vatican Council evoked strong biblical images when it
called the Catholic Church a pilgrim Church (Lumen
Gentium 48).
Hispanics experience God here and now. They know God
travels with them whether they are migrants from Mexico
thinning beets in Colorado, dishwashers from Guatemala
in St. Louis, gardeners from Venezuela in Chicago, or
garment workers from Ecuador in New York. For nine
days before Christmas, Hispanics remember the journey of
Joseph and Mary as they searched for lodging (posada) in
Bethlehem. Throughout small pueblos and in the
neighborhoods of large cities, Hispanics relive the anxiety of
the holy couple. They also add prayers for their loved ones
who have made a trip to the north in search of a better life.
Las Posadas is a touching ceremony that can help
Christians today see the real needs of those who live
without the security of health insurance, a steady job, or a
loving family.
May this novena stir hearts to make room for those who
travel and do not know what they will eat or where they
will sleep tonight.
Hispanic News is
organizing Solidarity
USA using America's
churches to join
together to build a
national constituency to
support Immigration. The
concept is now being drafted.
Dream Act Students
Now being
drafted
Corporate
America
Now being
drafted
Solidarity USA
This mission can not be
achieved in a vacuum.
Only with the support of
all who endorse
Immigration Reform are
invited to join and
participate. We do not
have all the answers.
Your comments are
welcomed on
the formation of
Solidarity USA.
Jon Garrido
Jon@JonGarrido.com
Solidarity USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Immigration Reform
in 2013
Voting on Dream Act,
U.S. Senate, December
18, 2010
Three Republicans -
Indiana's Dick Lugar,
Utah's Bob Bennett and
Alaska's Lisa Murkowski
- were among the yes
votes. Six Democrats
voted no: Joe Manchin of
West Virginia, Max
Baucus and John Tester
of Montana, Kay Hagan of
North Carolina, Ben
Nelson of Nebraska, and
Mark Pryor of Arkansas.
The bill had already
passed the House.
Hispanics beginning in
with the 2012 election
should target all
senators (mostly
Republicans but some
Democrats) who voted Nay
for defeat.
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Vote
Counts: |
YEAs
(For Dream
Act) |
55 |
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NAYs
(Against
Dream Act) |
41 |
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Not Voting |
4 |
Alphabetical by Senator Name
Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Nay
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brown (R-MA), Nay
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Not Voting
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Nay
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Nay |
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Nay
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Not Voting
Hagan (D-NC), Nay
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Not Voting
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Kirk (R-IL), Nay
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
LeMieux (R-FL), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Manchin (D-WV), Not Voting
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Nay |
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Nay
Pryor (D-AR), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Nay
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Snowe (R-ME), Nay
Specter (D-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Nay
Wyden (D-OR), Yea |
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