Posted on 12/21/2009 7:24:38 AM PST by Zhang Fei
The Central American countries will present next year to the U.S. an immigration reform proposal focused on comprehensive care for thousands of immigrants from the region, Salvadoran Foreign Ministry announced today.
“For the first time Central America will have its own immigration reform instrument, which responds to the needs and aspirations of Central Americans living illegally in the U.S.,” said Vice Minister for Salvadorans abroad, Juan Jose Garcia.
The initiative, led by El Salvador, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic with the support of Central American Integration System (SICA), is in “consultations” with Nicaragua and Costa Rica and seeks to add the support of Panama, Belize and even Mexico, which, Garcia said, showed “strong opening” over reform.
“From now on, Central America will sit at the table of dialogue and negotiation with a tool that allows us to have an impact,” the deputy minister in a meeting with the press, saying that they have the support of organizations and unions U.S.
Garcia said that “the commitment of the region is the defense and promotion of human rights of immigrants.”
The proposal provides for a fine to immigrants who stay illegally in U.S. and to enable a fund to finance the immigration reform process, in addition to being granted “facilities” to reunite families and beneficiaries to protect their rights.
It wasn’t confirmed the date on which the initiative will be presented, then, according to Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez, are “calibrating” the “best time” and the “level” to make it known next year, but did not rule out made during a visit by President Mauricio Funes who is “pending.”
Nor was it informed if this proposal would benefit many Central Americans, but Garcia said that in the case of Salvadorans would cover between 750,000 and 1,100,000 U.S. National
“This is an approach to comprehensive immigration reform, in the sense that not only is it the responsibility of the U.S. Government to implement reform,” he said.
“The region is also willing to create conditions to make immigration a choice of life freely assumed and not a necessity dictated by external factors, complemented Garcia.
SICA Secretary General, Juan Daniel German, highlighted this effort as a “step in the right direction.”
“It’s an innovative step, brave, very sensible and very responsible,” he said, as Guatemala’s ambassador in El Salvador, Silvia Caceres, stressed that “Central America is united” to get their citizens with a legal immigration status.
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives filed on 15 December a “historic” initiative for comprehensive immigration reform to allow the legalization of millions of immigrants, but for now, no Republican support.
According to Foreign Minister of El Salvador, there are “plentiful coincidences” between both initiatives.
“We are glad we agree with the proposed strategic lines of the Congressman,” he said, for his part, Garcia.
African nations said they would ‘accept’ $30 billion now and $100 billion later to pay for global warming...
Two words came to mind when I read the headline - the nerve...
This "united front" is a direct assault on our sovereignty and is part of the Balkanization of our country.
“Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives filed on 15 December a “historic” initiative for comprehensive immigration reform to allow the legalization of millions of immigrants”. This is the important statement here. What South America does is up to them, not us. We shouldn’t bend our laws to meet theirs.
“The Central American countries will present next year to the U.S. an immigration reform proposal...”
Are they worried about fleeing US citizens overwhelming them?
So what we are going to do is outsource our immigration policy to the people who are breaking our laws? Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Do I get to keep my house here in Phoenix or do I have to hand it over?
Central Americans think they are going to tell us whether to enforce the laws of our country and “negotiate” with the United States on what OUR laws will be? How about we tell them what their laws should be? Listen the screams of pain about their national sovereignty. ¿Como se dice “pound sand” en español?
In a sane world, this would be a ridiculous satirical piece no one would take seriously. But folks all around the world know a sucker (nation) when they see one.
I’m SICA this crap.
“... living illegally in the U.S.,”
Fair enough: why are they still living?
Yep. The buzzards are circling, Hussein has just about killed the US, the carcass is up for grabs. The envious nations of the world have long wanted to take us down, but they never could have been strong enough to do it to us. They had to wait until enough stupid Americans voted for a traitor to do it to ourselves.
Yep, clueless Americans elected a poser who has the mentality and world view of an envious and resentful Third Worlder. It's possible this 'initiative' by this Latino group might awaken some more Americans to begin opposing Obama, who no doubt agrees with them, even if he might not admit it publicly for political reasons.
Central American Countries will submit an immigration reform proposal to the United StatesAnd how do you say, 'Go To Hades' in 'Central American'?
So these a-hole tinhorn dictators are going to tell zerObama what to do on illegal immigration reform. He will bend over and grab his ankles on this too.
They’re not immigrants....they are criminal invaders who need to be shipped back to their third world crap holes.
Here’s a proposal: How about we vote in a real president in 2012 and hopefully, that president would be nice enough to drop off the illegals in their exact hometowns and not just drop them off outside the border? Works for me!
Just as long as it’s a reciprocal arrangement, what’s the problem? /sarc
It’s a UN thing that has been in the works for a number of years.
From http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001435/143557e.pdf
A working group at the United Nations was created in 1980,
chaired by Mexico. It drew up the International Convention
on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers
and Members of Their Families, which was adopted unanimously at the 69th plenary session of the General Assembly on 18 December 1990.
A Campaign for the Ratifi cation of the Convention was
launched in 1998, following several other initiatives promoting the ratifi cation of the Convention. The Steering
Committee of the Campaign was convened in Geneva by
the NGO Migrants Rights International, with the objective
of establishing a broad base for a global campaign for the
ratifi cation and entry into force of the Convention.
Currently, the Steering Committee of the Campaign is
composed of 14 organizations: UN agencies, trade unions,
NGOs and other international organizations. Three United
Nations agencies belong to the Steering Committee:
The Offi ce of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights (UNHCHR) has a Special Rapporteur
dealing with the human rights of migrants;
The International Labour Organization (ILO) deals
with the promotion and protection of labour standards.
As such, it is active in the protection of migrant
workers’ rights;
The United Nations Educational, Scientifi c and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) is concerned with
migrants’ human rights, and with the promotion of
migrants’ social integration as well as with the protection
of cultural diversity.
And, in a quirky way, a related article
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/janetdaley/6845967/Therell-be-nowhere-to-run-from-the-new-world-government.html
We are being colonized.
And how do you say, ‘Go To Hades’ in ‘Central American’?
Babel Fish doesn’t have that language?
thye don’t have Austrian either...even though our “Planetarian POtuS believes there is such a language...what’s up with those slackers?
Gee. I *almost* forgot about that.
Which is surprising considering all the coverage that blunder received from MSM, plus all the mocking by the Late Night comics about him being a dunce.
Oh ... wait a sec...
;-)
The worst part of this is we all know this proposal will get a serious look and much of it will be implemented. Remember everyone, a Republican president gave us the amnesty movement. Just because they have an R and are “better” than the Rat, doesn’t mean we should vote for them.
The problem is, their thoughts are correct. 0 probably asked them to submit their proposal.
“Which is surprising considering all the coverage that blunder received from MSM, plus all the mocking by the Late Night comics about him being a dunce.”
I remember W once joking about going to Latin America and not being able to speak Latin and the MSM making a big deal out of it as if he meant it...Planetary POtuS of course gets a pass...
How arrogant and evil these Central American Hispano-Racists are.....trying to tell the US how their Illegal Aliens should be treated in the US....and that they should be legamized
These Third World latrine pits should only concern themselves on where to place them when they are deported from the US
ANY support of Illegal Alien Amnesty is Anti-American Bigotry
“”Looks like the Central American nations are looking to present a united front.”
They’re paying more attention to this than the rest of us who will pay for it. NAFBPO has had several article on our south of the border neighbors demands.
“El Salvador applauds Migratory Reform proposal in USA”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411188/posts
Guatemala’s immigration reform plan is expected to be considered in the U.S. (AMNESTY!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395878/posts
They have no rights to say anything about reform of OUR country’s laws regarding the issue. I don’t see them willing to fork over the millions of $$$ to support the people they know are here. Or pay back the American tax payers, cities, counties, school systems, and hospitals. As for reunification of family... that can happen when the illegals go home!!!!
They need to build up their own country’s job availability so the illegals forced out of here have something to go back to. Stop encouraging your people to freeload. If they had put the effort in over the last 500 years their nations could be just as well off. It should not be left to 1 nation on the planet to fix the problems of the world when they have been unwilling to help themselves. These other nations need to face up and start taking some responsibility, they need to change their policies and stop expecting the USA to change for them.
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