East Los Angeles Occupational Center |
| 2100 Marengo St |
| Los Angeles, CA 90033 |
| General Phone: 323-223-1283 |
| Financial Aid Phone: 323-223-1283 |
| Sector: Public, less-than 2-year |
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February 2006 US Immigrant News Alert! - Bay Area Indymedia
Although the U.S. House had passed the anti-immigrant H.R. 4437 -- the "Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005" by House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.) and House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) last December. It doesn't mean we lost our battle. While the House vision of the Bill has passed, we still can mount a strong opposition against the upcoming Senate version, which will be introduced and debated sometime in February, 2006. Now that we have finished the holiday season, we should gear up our fighting spirit to build multi-ethnic community actions against the final passage of the Senate bill early this year! Suggest Community Actions • Call your U.S. Senate members, ask them not to support the bill. • Community dialogue/town hall meeting to educate the people the facts behind the bill, and to build a community alliance to oppose it. • Grassroots campaign to push city resolution to against the bill (For example, Los Angeles has done a great job pushing the city resolution.