Our New Anahuac

I received what seemed to be a hoax-like text message yesterday regarding Wal Mart having given permission to ICE to conduct raids on premises. I found various reasons to discount this as a rumor, for one, ICE doesn’t need permission to conduct raids, or so I reasoned.
I heard from a third-hand sources that two days [...]

Cesar Espinosa, Mike Espinoza, Maria Xiquin and I presented a panel discussion at St Thomas University.  Our sincerest thanks to Dave Atwood, St. Thomas U, Pax Christi, Maryknoll and Catholic Worker Newspaper.  My comrades knocked it out of the park.  I am posting a few pics, and the audio follows.
 
 
 

 
Still need to chop it into sections, [...]

Raul Alcaraz has a message on the answer to the migration woes that our community faces. It is refreshing to know that my ideas are not unique. Separation, revolution, self-determination, restoration:
Their system should not be the “end all/be all” of our visions for a better world. If we limit ourselves to the confines [...]

I was a little slow off the mark posting about the decision to halt 287-g in Houston. I was hoping to post something soon, but Stace says it all in his blog DosCentavos.net. Check out his post entitled
Parker Cites Cost, Not Community Trust, in 287g Opt-Out.

La Raza Justice Movement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:MARCH 5, 2010
La Raza Justice Movement Prez To Speak At St. Thomas
Description: LRJM’s President, active in immigration and community organizing projects, will be speaking at St. Thomas’ First Friday Forum.
Hector Chavana Jr., president of La Raza Justice Movement and small businessman, will be speaking at The University of St. Thomas, [...]

Next big event March 21, 2010
We are the original guardians of this piece of the planet
We are not immigrants

I have to admit that I have a growing respect for what conservative activists have been able to accomplish. At times, I have even envied the disproportionate influence they have wielded. With more regularity, I have felt a great disrespect for the Democratic Party. I decided to take a look at why. Don’t get me [...]

Hola a Tod@s
Amigos y aliados communitarios estamos orgullosos de anunciar el lanzamiento de nuestro Canal en YouTube llamado Houston Immigration.  Estamos muy emocionados porque ahora vamos a poder compartir pequeñas ventanas a algunas de las actividades relacionadas con inmigracion y la communidad inmigrante. Disfruten! 
http://www.youtube.com/user/ImmigrationHouston
 
Cesar Espinosa
America Para Todos
Executive Director
6601 Hillcroft #125

Orale!
The Coalition In Defense Of the Community hosted a well-received event at Iglesisa Hispana Nueva Vida on Telephone Road. 
Tarsha Jackson made an emphatic opening call for black-brown unity and reminded us that in addition to a moral call for unity, our communities have several interests in common.  Both of our communities have been victimized by [...]

01/24/2010 SOUTHWEST WORKERS’ UNION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Report on the Hunger Strike at the Port Isabel Detention Center (Bayview, TX) which began the Day of the National March Against Arpaio. Ruben Tapia reports via Radio Pacifica KPFK 90.7FM. The time stamp for the interview is 17:30- 28:10.01/24/2010 Judy Colon, wife of one of the Hunger Strikers, [...]