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State of Immigration Today in the U.S.A. First One hundred Days of the new Presidency Immigration Count down Newsletter Immigration Rights Movement October 2008 Saludos Companeros Protect your vote Votamos! PRESS CONFERENCE CONFERENCIA DE PRENSA "Luis Gutierrez is using a member of the Latino immigrant community to keep his seat in Congress after 16 years of not doing anything. That is just hypocrisy", says Reverend Jose Landaverde, from Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Anglican Mission in Little Village. "At the Mission we have helped dozens of immigrants taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, without a single politician giving us a hand. And now Luis Gutierrez is trying to put himself in front of the issue by helping one immigrant", says Landaverde, referring to Gutierrez "helping" Francisca Lino, a mother in deportation proceedings. "He should remember there are 12 million undocumented immigrants in this country and work for all of them". As a mater of fact, Luis Gutierrez presented in Congress the STRIVE Act of 2007, which considered undocumented immigrants as federal criminals, provided for a huge increase in the ICE budget to persecute immigrants, provided for many new detention centers and provided for jail terms for employers who hired undocumented workers. Parishioners from Our Lady of Guadalupe will hold a PROTEST and PRESS CONFERENCE in front of Luis Gutierrez office, at 2011 W. North Ave, on MONDAY, October 27, 2008, at 11 a.m., to request he intercedes for all immigrants in deportation proceedings and not only one for political reasons two weeks prior to the election. ************ "Luis Gutiérrez está usando a una persona de la comunidad para adornarse y mantener su asiento en el congreso después de 16 años de no hacer nada.¡Eso se llama hipocresía!", dice el Reverendo José Landaverde, de la Misión Católica Anglicana Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en La Villita. "En la Misión hemos ayudado a docenas de personas sin que un solo político de la cara, y ahora Luis Gutiérrez está tratando de montarse en el tema ayudando a una inmigrante", dice Landaverde, refiriéndose a la ayuda que Gutiérrez le dio a Francisca Lino, una madre en proceso de deportación. "Debe acordarse de que hay 12 millones de indocumentados en el país, y debe ayudarlos a todos". De hecho, Gutiérrez copatrocinó y presentó en el Congreso la propuesta de ley STRIVE, que convertía la inmigración indocumentada en un delito federal, proponía un gran aumento en el presupuesto de Inmigración, proponía la creación de nuevos centros de detención y proponía penas de cárcel a los patrones que contrataran a trabajadores indocumentados. Los parroquianos de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe llevarán a cabo una PROTESTA y CONFERENCIA DE PRENSA frente a las oficinas de Luis Gutiérrez, en el 2011 W. de la Avenida North, a las 11 a.m. el LUNES 27 DE OCTUBRE, para demandarle a Gutiérrez que ayude a todos los inmigrantes indocumentados y no a uno solo por razones políticas dos semanas antes de la elección. OMAR LOPEZ . The Green Party Candidate who promises to represent the WHOLE 4th Congressional District! VivirLatino writes that Nancy Pelosi stated that America is not ready for AMNESTY for illegal aliens. The article expresses the need to do something about the immigration dilemma but not until bi-partisanship can be obtained in 2009 or later. Ms. Rosanna Pulido [EMAIL PROTECTED] is very happy to see the Democrats flip-flopping on the Broken Immigration System that permeates throughout America. Where are our Latino Representation? Where are our Latino Congressional Caucus? Where, where, where? Omar Lopez get your people ready to make REAL CHANGE! VivirLatino is a daily publication, featuring all the latest in Latino style, products, entertainment, culture, and politics created for the diverse and influential Latino and Latina community in the U.S. Vicente says come and check out his film: "A Forgotten Injustice". Event: MORE SCREENINGS OF "A Forgotten Injustice" A film by Vicente Serrano "We need to uncover the truth before history repeats itself" What: Movie/TV Night Host: MeChicano Films Start Time: Today, October 25 at 4:00pm End Time: Saturday, November 22 at 6:30pm Where: Instituto Cervantes of Chicago To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=845283001 In the upcoming weeks the IPO will host the following events to help insure a Democratic victory in November, 1. Black & Brown Rally for Barack Obama in North Lawndale - Oct. 23, 6:30pm St. Paul AME Church, 4236 W. Cermak Road For more info contact Ronnel Mustin at 773-519-5383 2. General Membership Meeting - Tuesday Oct. 28, 6:30pm, 2500 S. St. Louis We will be accepting nominations for IPO executive committee *In order for IPO members to vote they must pay dues by IPO election day, December 2nd & new members must sign up 15 days prior to election* 3. Get Out The Vote canvass in Northwest Indiana - Saturday Nov. 1, Meet up at IPO office 2500 S. St. Louis 8:45am & Returning around 3pm For more info contact Rudy Lozano at 773-600-9446 4. Need Election Day Volunteers - Nov. 4, 5am - 7pm (all day) For more info contact Victor Vera at 773-762-4900 Sincerely, Ricardo Muñoz IPO President Hispanics Account for Half of U.S. Population Growth Since 2000, New Report Finds WASHINGTON - Hispanics accounted for just over half of the overall population growth in the United States since 2000 - a significant new demographic milestone for the nation's largest minority group, a new Pew Hispanic Center report released today finds. The report, "Latino Settlement in the New Century," includes a series of web-based interactive maps that illustrate the size and spread of Hispanic population growth since 1980, including easy access to detailed state and county-level data. It also presents a list of the counties with the largest Hispanic populations, as well as a list of those counties with the fastest-growing Hispanic populations. In the 1990s the Hispanic population also expanded rapidly, but its growth accounted for less than 40% of the nation's total population increase in that decade. From 2000 to 2007, Latinos accounted for 50.5% of the total U.S. population growth, even though, as of mid-2007, they made up just 15.1% of the total population. Percentage growth in the Hispanic population from 2000 to 2007 exceeded 300% in three counties - Frederick and Culpeper counties in Virginia and Paulding County in Georgia. These two states are home to eight of the 10 counties with the greatest percentage growth in the Hispanic population since 2000. The other two counties are Kendall County in Illinois and Luzerne County in Pennsylvania. (READ THE REPORT) The report "Latino Settlement in the New Century," is available on the Center's website, www.pewhispanic.org. 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