How Immigration Hurdles Derail Startup Success

Today he funds or supports 22 American companies, but entrepreneur Manu Kumar was once almost deported. Here’s why he supports March for Innovation.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

More people mean more job creators and more employee’s to contribute to the economy.

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Farmers hope immigration bill yields more foreign ag workers – The Sacramento Bee

Walk the aisles of any neighborhood grocery store today and you’re as likely to find tomatoes picked in Sinaloa, Mexico, as Central California or oranges from Sao Paulo, Brazil, as Bradenton, Fla.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

First the U.S. exported manufacturing jobs, now the U.S. is exporting harvesting jobs.

 

The U.S. is growing more dependant on foreign countries to feed itself.

See on www.sacbee.com

Lawsuit: Border Patrol should not have hired agent who killed woman

A San Diego family filed a new lawsuit against the Border Patrol and one of its agent. They told Team 10 the federal agent had no business having a badge or a gun.

Woman’s little girl speaks publicly for first time
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Listen to a U.S. Citizen’s Story of Being Detained By Immigration Enforcement – COLORLINES

WNYC reporter Sarah Abdurrahman is detained at the border along with multiple family members, and is now filing an official complaint

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Who’s the real illegal alien- Farrakhan on Immigration & the Mexican Border us history mexico

(FinalCall.com) – Speaking on the so-called immigration controversy during his Oct. 21, 2012 address, Minister Farrakhan said everyone should be given the pa…

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Germany’s Refugee Policy Tested By New Arrivals

Germany’s Refugee Policy Tested By New Arrivals : Parallels : NPR. As many as 5,000 Syrian refugees are after Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government agreed to a U.N. request to host them. But they a…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

It’s easy for the U.S. to highlight how groups in other countries are not welcoming refugees – but have you heard the U.S. news speak about the U.S. welcoming refugees at all lately?

 

And the first comment on the NPR site is a good reminder to balance the message.

 

@getgln

See on worldhumanrights.wordpress.com

The Fence

The Fence

The Fence

Examines the impact of the controversial fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The whole movie is available through HBO or HBO Go.
Apple TV now has access to HBO Go.

In this short documentary they show

  • How migrants cross under and over the wall
  • How many U.S. tax dollars are spent on the wall
  • Up to the making of the movie, not one U.S. terrorist arrived through the U.S. – Mexico border
  • The Fence does not cover the whole U.S. Mexico border region
  • The Fence covers enough of the border so that many walk around the fence and die in the dessert
  • How animals migration paths are blocked
  • Approximately 2 people die per day crossing through the dessert areas of the U.S.
  • For more about the deaths of our brothers and sisters visit No More Deaths

Congress’ border efforts are bunk, say border sheriffs

The bill passed by the Senate in July attempts to solve the problem of illegal immigration with a $46 billion “border surge,” adding 20,000 new Border Patrol agents, and $3 billion in new monitoring technology. But sheriffs policing the border say that misses the mark.”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

My tax dollars at ‘work’ again, propping up xenophobia.

 

On the positive side though, this might reduce the number of deaths in the desert.

 

@getgln

See on www.usatoday.com

Lessons Learned: Immigration – Latino USA

Maria Hinojosa takes us through the lessons Latino USA has learned in twenty years of covering issues related to immigration.   Photo courtesy Flickr  …

 

Community Village‘s insight:

Maria Hinojosa explains that the term “undocumented” should be replaced with RPI “Registered Provisional Immigrant

 


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Video: Stopping a Deportation Bus

What an emotionally grounding feeling to stop a deportation bus!

Last week, the #united4 were released after engaging in civil disobedience outside the ICE detention center in Phoenix, and dozens of dreamers and Original Dreamers were gathered for a prayer vigil. All of a suddenwe saw the bus about to pull 27 families apart and we decided to take action.

Watch it all in this video and share with your friends too!
See on action.unitedwedream.org