Border Network for Human Rights

Free Citizenship Workshops on April 28 In New Mexico and Texas

When:
Saturday April 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

In San Elizario, TX:
AYUDA
1325 Beverly Ann

In Anthony, NM:
Border Network for Human Rights
209 Lopez Street

Lawyers in El Paso and Las Cruces will provide their services free of charge to all persons wishing to apply for citizenship. NALEO will provide study materials including guides and CD’s to all applicants who qualify. The Immigration Service office in El Paso will be available to answer general questions about the application process for citizenship. To apply please bring the following the day of the workshop:

• Permanent resident card, social security card and valid photo identification;
• Two money orders: one for $ 595 and another for $ 85 payable to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services;
• Copies of your IRS taxes for the past 5 years;
• Marriage certificate and evidence that all previous marriages have been terminated either by divorce or annulment;
• Proof that you are signed up for the draw of military service (males only);
• Any criminal arrest record (if you have one);
• 2 passport style photos
• $ 5.00 for postage to mail your application;
• To request a fee waiver, please provide documentation of benefits received, such as Medicaid, Food Stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

The Diocesan Migrants and Refugees Services, Border Network for Human Rights, the Office of Congressman Silvestre Reyes, and Catholic Charities join forces with NALEO to offer this service.

Call 915-577-0724 or 575-882-1177 for more information.

Your personal information is CONFIDENTIAL and will not be disclosed to any government or police agency without your permission.

Taller Gratuito de Ciudadanía 28 de Abril en Nuevo Mexico y Texas

Cuando
Sábado 28 de Abril de 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

En San Elizario, TX:
AYUDA
1325 Beverly Ann

En Anthony, NM:
Red Fronteriza por los Derechos Humanos
209 López Street

Abogados de El Paso y Las Cruces prestarán sus servicios en forma gratuita para todas las personas que deseen aplicar para su ciudadanía. NALEO proveerá materiales de estudio incluyendo guías y CD’s a todos los aplicantes que califiquen. La oficina de Servicios de Inmigración de El Paso estará disponible para contestar preguntas generales del proceso de aplicación para ciudadanía. Si desea aplicar por favor traiga lo siguiente el día del taller:

• Tarjeta de residencia permanente, tarjeta de seguro social, y una identificación oficial;
• Dos giros postales: uno por $595 y otro por $85 pagaderos a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services;
• Copias de sus impuestos del IRS por los últimos 5 años;
• Certificado de matrimonio y evidencia de que todos los matrimonios anteriores hayan sido terminados ya sea por divorcio o por anulación;
• Comprobante de que usted está enlistado para el sorteo del Servicio Militar (varones solamente);
• Record criminal por cualquier arresto (si ha tenido alguno);
• 2 fotos estilo pasaporte
• $5.00 para tarifa postal para mandar por correo su aplicación;
• Para solicitar una exención de pago, por favor proporcione documentos de beneficios recibidos, tales como Medicaid, Cupones de Alimentos, Asistencia Temporal para Familias Necesitadas (TANF), o Seguridad de Ingreso Suplementario (SSI).

Servicios Diocesanos para Migrantes y Refugiados, La Red Fronteriza por los Derechos Humanos, la oficina del Congresista Silvestre Reyes, y Caridades Católicas unen fuerzas con NALEO para ofrecer este servicio.

Llame 915-577-0724 o 575-882-1177 para mas información.

Su información personal es CONFIDENCIAL y no será compartida con ninguna agencia gubernamental o policiaca sin su permiso.

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Inmigrantes Unidos (Montana Vista)
Abril 12: Family Dollar[14678 Montana Avenue] (10a.m.-12p.m.)
Abril 13: Tienda Moderna (5p.m.-7p.m.)
Abril 14: Montana Vista Market[14700 Montana Avenue] (9a.m.-1p.m.)
La Pulguita (9a.m.-1p.m.)
Abril 15: Montana Vista Market[14700 Montana Avenue] (9a.m.-1p.m.)
Señor Dollar (9a.m.-1p.m.)
*Visitas a casas durante semana

Ciudad Del Sol (Area Central Del Paso)
Abril 3: Escuela Douglas[Eucalyptus y Cypress] (7:45a.m.-11:30a.m.)
Abril 4: Clinica La Fe[700 S. Ochoa] (9a.m.-12p.m.)
Abril 5: Centro Houchen[609 S. Tays] (7:45a.m.-11:30a.m.)
Abril 9: Doniphan y Thorn (11:00a.m.-12p.m.)
Abril 10: Departamentos Salazar[Eucalyptus y Cycress] (7:45a.m.-11:30a.m.)
Abril 11: Clinica La Fe[700 S. Ochoa] (9a.m.-12p.m.)
Abril 12: Centro Houchen[609 S. Tays] (7:45a.m.-12p.m)
Abril 13: Parque Houston[Montana y Ange] (6p.m.-8p.m.)
Abril 14: Parque Houston[Montana y Ange] (4p.m.-6p.m.)
Abril 15: Tienda Mata’s[Stanton y Seventh] (10a.m.-1p.m.)

Chamizal (Centro Del Paso/Sparks)
Abril 4: Food City[Lisbon y Paisano] (11a.m.-2:00p.m.)
Big 8[Lisbon y Alameda] (11a.m.-2:00p.m)
Abril 5: Centro Comunitario Socorro Ramirez[Calle Peyton] (9a.m.-1p.m.)
Abril 10: Apartamentos Alamito y Guillen[Entre Hills y Campbell] (10a.m.-1p.m.)
Abril 11: Escuela Burleson[Paisano y Valle Verde] (2p.m.-4:30p.m.)
Jefferson High School[4700 Alameda] (2p.m.-4:30p.m.)
Abril 12: Sparks[Caminando] (11a.m.-2p.m.)
Abril 13: Afuera del Consulado[910 East San Antonio] (10a.m.-1p.m.)
Abril 14: Fox Plaza[5559 Alameda] (10a.m.-2p.m.)
Abril 15: Iglesia Cristo Rey[1010 East Yandell Drive] (11a.m.-12p.m.)
Iglesia San Pio[Geronimo y Clark] (9a.m.-1p.m.)

Tesoros del Desierto (Socorro/San Elizario)
Abril 7: Rock N Roll[9521 Alameda] (9a.m.-2p.m)
Centro Comunitario A.Y.U.D.A[1325 Beverly Ann Drive] (9a.m.-12p.m.)
Abril 8: Iglesia San Pedro y San Pablo[673 Old Hueco Tanks] (8a.m.-11a.m.) (12p.m.-2p.m.)
Abril 9: Socorro[Caminando] (10a.m.-11a.m.)
Abril 12: Socorro[Caminando] (10a.m.-11a.m.)
Abril 14: Rock N Roll[9521 Alameda] (9a.m.-12p.m.) (1p.m.-4p.m.)
Centro Comunitario A.Y.U.D.A[1325 Beverly Ann Drive] (9a.m.-12p.m.)
Abril 15: Iglesia San Pedro y San Pablo[673 Old Hueco Tanks] (8a.m.-11a.m.) (12p.m.-2p.m.)
Iglesia de San Elizario[1556 San Elizario Road] (8a.m.-11a.m.) (12p.m.-2p.m)

Valle de las Misiones (Area deYsleta)
Abril 7: Carolina Park[Carolina y North Loop] (9:30a.m.-12p.m.)
Abril 12: Ranch Market[Zaragoza y North Loop] (12p.m.-2:30p.m.)
Abril 14: Big 8[9016 Alameda] (12:30p.m.-2:30p.m.)
Carolina Park[Carolina y North Loop] (9:30a.m.-12:30p.m)
Abril 15: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Dolores[7712 Franklin Rose Dale] (10a.m.-1p.m.)

Rio Grande (Las Cruces, NM)
Abril 4: Parqueadero Mesilla Park (4p.m.-6p.m.)
Wal Mart[571 Walton] (5p.m.-7p.m.)
Apartamentos[2013 Tribis] (10a.m.-1p.m.)
Apartamentos[1955 Colorado] (10a.m.-1p.m.)
Apartamentos[1410 Espina] (9a.m.-12p.m.)
Abril 6: Pulga[Picacho] (10a.m.-12p.m.)
Apartamentos[2013 Tribis] (10a.m.-1p.m.)
Apartamentos[1955 Colorado] (10a.m.-1p.m.)
Apartamentos[1410 Espina] (9a.m.-12p.m.)
Abril 12: 525 Madrid Suite 5 (6p.m.-?)
Abril 14: Panaderia Mezquite[Avenida 478] (9a.m.-12p.m.)
Parqueadero Picacho Vista[2200 Holiday Ave # 263] (11a.m.-1p.m.)
Abril 15: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Guadalupe[Calle Tortugas] (10a.m.-12p.m.)
Iglesia de San Pedro del Cerro[#137 Loma Ave.] (11a.m.-1p.m.)
525 Madrid Suite 5 (5p.m-?)
Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Salud[Calle Mezquite] (9a.m.-1p.m.)

Libertadores de la Paz (Highway 70)
Abril 14 y 15: Big Daddy’s Flea Market/HWY 70 [5580 Bataan Memorial E] (9a.m.-12p.m.)

Tierra del Encanto (Anthony/Vado/Berino, NM)
Abril 3-6: Oficina Anthony[209 Lopez] (9a.m.-4p.m.)
Abril 4: Iglesia San Antonio[224 Lincoln] (9a.m.-12a.m.)
Abril 7: Oficina Anthony[209 Lopez] (9a.m.-4p.m.)
Mini Mart (5p.m.-7p.m.)
Iglesia San Antonio[224 Lincoln] (6p.m.-8p.m.)
Abril 8: Iglesia San Antonio[224 Lincoln] (9a.m.-12p.m.)
Iglesia San Pedro del Cerro[#137 Loma Ave.] (9a.m.-12p.m.)
Abril 9: Plaza del Sol (9a.m.-12p.m.)
Abril 10: La Finca Meat Market[195 La Fe Avenue]
Abril 12: Misis[101 Arcangel Ave.] (5p.m.-7p.m.)
Abril 13: La Pasadita[Berino] (9a.m.-12p.m.) (5p.m.-7p.m.)
*Abril 4-11: Calles de Vado (5p.m.-7p.m.)

Happy International Women’s Day: 10 Facts About Immigrant Women

Immigrant Women: Stewards of the 21st Century Family from New America Media on Vimeo.

Today marks the 101st International Women’s Day and a chance to reflect on the contributions of immigrant women in the U.S. Women make up the majority of all immigrants regardless of status, and they contribute more than you might know to U.S. families and economy. But they also face greater dangers at home and at work than you may realize.

Read more from the Center for American Progress‘ fact sheet on immigrant women:

1. The face of today’s immigration is more female than male. In 2010, 55 percent of all people obtaining a green card were women. Of these women 60 percent were already married, while the other 40 percent were single, widowed, or divorced. Women comprised 47 percent of all refugee arrivals and 53 percent of all people who naturalized to become a citizen.

2. This trend is decades in the making. Until the 1960s immigrant men outnumbered immigrant women. But after the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which shifted the United States largely to a system of family-based admissions, more women began to arrive. By the 1970s the number of female immigrants caught up and surpassed their male counterparts. In 2010 there were 96 immigrant men arriving for every 100 immigrant women.

3. Immigrants live in families at a greater rate than native-born Americans. Among undocumented immigrants living in the United States today, 45 percent live in families comprised of couples and children. The percentage of legal immigrants living in families is 34 percent, but only 21 percent for native-born Americans.

4. Immigrant women embrace citizenship and encourage integration. According to 2009 public opinion research by New America Media, immigrant women from a broad range of countries are overwhelmingly the drivers of naturalization in their families, with 58 percent of respondents stating that they felt the strongest in their family about becoming an American citizen. Overall, 84 percent of the women surveyed want to become citizens, with a whopping 90 percent of female immigrants from Latin American and Arab nations indicating their desire to naturalize.

RITA members march for immigration reform in Washington, D.C. in 2010. Border Network for Human Rights is a founding member of RITA.

5. Immigrant women (like most) make enormous sacrifices for their families. New America Media found that only 13 percent of immigrant women work as professionals in the United States, even though 32 percent of them worked as such in their home country. The study concludes, “Women may well be putting devotion to the wellbeing of their families ahead of personal pride in choosing the journey to America.”

6. Immigrant female business owners outpace their American-born counterparts. In 2010, immigrant women comprised 40 percent of all immigrant business owners and 20 percent of women business owners in general. These women are now more likely to own their own business than American-born women (9 percent to 6.5 percent, respectively.)

But not all the news is rosy

7. Immigration enforcement is taking its toll on immigrant families. Rising deportations of undocumented immigrants are separating children from their parents. A 2011 report from the Applied Research Center found that more than 5,000 children living in foster care had parents who had been detained or deported from the United States. They estimate that another 15,000 children will end up in foster care in the next five years because of immigration enforcement.

8. Immigrant women workers are vulnerable to abuse at work. Immigrant women make up close to the entire population of domestic workers in major cities such as New York, with one study by Domestic Workers United finding that 33 percent of domestic workers in New York City experienced some form of physical or verbal abuse, often because of their race or immigration status.

9. They are also vulnerable to abuse at home. Domestic abuse affects immigrant and American-born women alike, but immigrant women suffer from particular vulnerabilities, particularly from abusive partners who use the woman’s immigration status to keep them from leaving an abusive marriage or relationship.

10. Human trafficking is another form of abuse endured by immigrant women and children. The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that each year 50,000 people are trafficked into our nation. U.S. officials can grant up to 5,000 so-called “T” Visas to help free immigrant women forced into, among other things, the sex trade, but studies find that barely any are being granted. In 2010, for example, only 447 T Visas were approved.

El Paso Human Rights Convention Reignites A National Movement

(EL PASO, Texas) — The next national movement for equal rights is kicking off in El Paso. As part of the national Human Rights at Home campaign aimed at building a human rights movement, the Border Network for Human Rights has organized the El Paso Regional Human Rights Convention for February 18. The convention will bring communities in West Texas and Southern New Mexico together to define what human rights means

Organizations participating and/or sending delegates to the convention include:
Annunciation House
A.Y.U.D.A.
Border Network for Human Rights
Desert A.D.A.P.T.
El Comite Justicia Laboral/The Labor Justice Committee
El Paso Federation of Teachers
La Mujer Obrera
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center
Occupy El Paso
Paso Del Norte Civil Rights Project
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid
The National Association of Social Workers

Organizations coming from outside of West Texas and Southern New Mexico:
Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition
Communities for Human Rights, a Texas-wide organization
Dallas Peace Center
DreamActivist Pennsylvania
Juntos, Philadelphia
Media Mobilizing Project, Pennsylvania
Movimiento del Valle, Rio Grande Valley
National Economic & Social Rights Initiative, based in New York
One Love Movement, Philadelphia
Poverty Initiative, New York
United Workers, Baltimore
Vermont Workers’ Center

Speakers include:
Texas State Sen. Jose Rodriguez
El Paso Coutny Judge Veronica Escobar
Las Cruces City Rep. Olga Pedroza
Fr. Roy Bourgeois, of the School of Americas Watch