Marcha del Primero de Mayo en Portland:
¡¡Empleo para todos!!  ¡Los Derechos de los Inmigrantes también son Derechos Humanos!


12:00 del medio día en el South Park Blocks (entre SW Park Avenue y SW Salmon Street en el centro de Portland).

El Primero de Mayo 2006

¡¡Compañero esta lucha es tu lucha no la dejes para tus hijos!!
¡¡Queremos una Reforma Migratoria justa y Humana!!
¡Migra fuera de las carceles!
¡No más redadas!
¡No más separación de familias!

Viste una playera blanca, trae agua y una bandera de Estados Unidos.  Te invita la Coalición Pro-inmigrante de Portland y la Coalición de Primero de Mayo.

El Día Internacional del Trabajo comenzó en los 1880 en los Estados Unidos con la lucha por una jornada laboral de ocho horas. Hoy conmemoramos la lucha de los trabajadores y los pobres de todo el mundo por la justicia económica. Estamos unidos contra el racismo, la violencia policial, y los ataques a inmigrantes a través de las redadas y detenciones de ICE. Nadie es ilegal. Nuestro objetivo es acabar con la discriminación por orientación sexual e identidad de género. A través de la solidaridad vamos a reformar nuestra inmigración, la justicia penal, y los sistemas económicos para satisfacer las necesidades humanas. Exigimos un aumento al gasto público, no más recortes a la educación, al transporte público, y servicios sociales. Exigimos una vivienda digna accesible, no perdidas hipotecarias y desalojos. Exigimos atención de la salud con un solo pago para todos. Exigimos empleos con salarios justos, trabajos para todos, y la restauración de nuestro derecho de organizar en los lugares de trabajo. Podemos lograr estos objetivos mediante impuestos a los ricos y a las corporaciones en vez de fináncialos. Podemos parar los acuerdos de libre comercio que aquí ha externalizado los empleos y mantenido los bajos salarios, mientras crean fábricas de explotación y la destrucción de los recursos en otra parte. Podemos acabar con las guerras y ocupaciones, así como las catástrofes ambientales que sirven para mantener a las corporaciones más ricas y la gente en la pobreza.

Para más información: 503-233-6787      http://maydaypdx.blogspot.com

Solidaridad por siempre.

¡Sí se puede!

Portland May Day March and Rally:

Jobs for all!
Immigrants’ Rights are Workers’ Rights!

WHEN: Saturday, May 1st, 2010
WHERE: South Park Blocks, Downtown Portland

11am— Gather at SW Park and Salmon
Noon— Rally: Speakers and Entertainment
1pm— March

Join the Portland Immigrant Coalition and the Portland May Day Coalition for this family-friendly event.

International Workers’ Day began in the 1880s in the United States with the fight for an eight-hour work day,  Today we commemorate the struggle of working people and the poor around the world for economic justice.  We stand together against racism, police violence, and attacks on immigrants through ICE raids and detentions.  No one is illegal.  We aim to stop discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.  Through solidarity we will reform our immigration, criminal justice, and economic systems to meet human needs.  We demand an increase in public spending, not more cuts to education, public transportations, and social services.  We demand decent affordable housing, not foreclosures and evictions.  We demand single payer health care for all.  We demand living wage jobs, full employment, and the restoration of our right to organize workplaces.  We can achieve these goals by taking the rich and corporations instead of bailing them out.  We can stop free trade agreements that have outsourced jobs and kept wages low here while creating sweatshops and destroying resources elsewhere.  We can end the wars and occupations as well as environmental catastrophes that serve to keep the corporations rich and the people in poverty.

Solidarity Forever!  ¡Si se puede!

For more information, visit http://maydaypdx.blogspot.com

Photo by Douglas Yarrow

A traditional altar was built and adorned with candles, photos of loved ones, and many other ceremonial objects. Danza Azteca, a group which performs traditional Aztec dance, honored the dead with a dance around the altar. All the materials for the altar were donated, as well as some of the food, which came from Los Gorditos Taqueria. Pan de muerto was also served.

Later in the evening there was dancing outside to live music played by members of Voz. The event was well-attended by members of both Voz and the wider Portland community.

Check out this video to experience the event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku19FyU_88k

Video created by Arturo Colorado

Know Your Rights (English) – PDF

Know Your Rights (Espanol) – PDF

Prepare individuals in the community so they know they should . . .

• REMAIN SILENT, or tell the ICE agent that they want to remain silent.
• Ask to speak with a lawyer.
• NOT carry false documents.
• Carry a “know your rights” card (see www.nilc.org/ce/nilc/rightscard_2007-03-15.pdf).
• Find out the name and phone number of a reliable immigration attorney and keep this information with them at all times.
• Know their “alien registration number” (“A” number) if they have one, and write it down someplace at home where their family members know where to find it.
• Prepare a form or document that authorizes another adult to care for their minor children.
• Advise family members who do not want to be questioned by ICE to stay away from the place where the raid occurred or where a detained person is being held.
• NOT sign any documents without first speaking with a lawyer.

Prepare immigrant rights advocates and community groups.

• Distribute to unions, workers, and community groups know-your-rights materials about what to do if raids occur or individuals are detained. (Some materials are available at www.nilc.org /ce/ ceindex.htm#know-rights.)
• Help individuals who could be detained to practice, through role-playing, the best ways of responding to questioning by ICE agents.
• Advise individuals not to sign any documents or allow ICE agents to coerce them into signing “stipulated orders of removal” or voluntary departure.
• Be prepared to document all the facts about a raid, including any and all actions taken by ICE agents that may be unlawful, the names and badge numbers of ICE agents, and the names and dates of birth of detained immigrants.
• Obtain contact information (e.g., phone numbers) for foreign consulates in your area.
• Obtain contact information, including the phone number, of the local ICE detention center.
• Find out where to obtain contact information for other detention centers in case detained people are transferred out of your local area. (A list of ICE detention centers is available at www.ice.gov/pi/dro/facilities.htm. Detention Watch Network has compiled a more complete mapped list of places where immigrants may be detained, available at http://detentionwatchnetwork.org/dwn_map.)
• Obtain the name of the local ICE special agent in charge (SAC).
• Establish contact or strengthen your relationship with the local (1) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) chief counsel and (2) Office of the Federal Public Defender.
• With respect to the media:

• Establish relationships with the local media in advance to increase the likelihood that the public will be alerted immediately when a raid is happening.
• If you develop such relationships, in the event of a raid on a workplace you may be able to accompany a reporter into the workplace or detention center to observe, for example, whether ICE is turning away attorneys, to deny detainees access to them.
• Conduct “know your rights” presentations on community radio programs.
• Consider writing “know your rights” articles in local community newspapers.

• With respect to local community leaders and law enforcement officials:

• Establish relationships with local law enforcement officials and community leaders, so you can be in communication with them during a raid and the community can mobilize to support affected workers and their families.

• With respect to the local ICE office:

• Establish relationships with local ICE officials.
• Meet with ICE (1) to ensure that agents who work out of the local office are aware of ICE internal guidance regarding (a) engaging in enforcement activities at workplaces where there are ongoing labor disputes, and (b) releasing detained parents with minor children if there is no other parent to care for the children; and (2) to ask about the local office’s raid protocol and how decisions are made to proceed with a raid.

Develop a rapid response team comprised of attorneys, media personnel, and community leaders.

• The rapid response legal team should include attorneys who specialize in immigration, criminal, and family law who will gather facts about the raid, help locate and represent individuals whom ICE has detained, and assist with caring for minor children whose parents are detained.

• When creating this team, advocates should also establish relationships with other attorneys who have constitutional, criminal, and family law experience — in case ICE violates individuals’ civil liberties during the raids, or the government files criminal charges against detainees, or detainees have minor children.
• Advocates should also identify local immigration lawyers who would be available to represent detained individuals.
• A well organized team that includes members from the media, the community’s leadership, and attorneys can provide a coordinated response to any immigration raid.

• If ICE denies detainees access to attorneys, members of the rapid response team can call the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s chief counsel to facilitate attorneys’ access to clients.
• If the federal government files criminal charges against detainees, members of the rapid response team can work with the Office of the Federal Public Defender to help ensure that they obtain adequate legal representation.

This information is courtesy of the National Immigration Law Center — www.nilc.org

Educar a los miembros de la comunidad para que sepan que deben…

• PERMANECER CALLADOS, o informarle al agente de inmigración que ellos desean permanecer callados.
• Pedir hablar con un abogado.
• No llevar consigo documentos falsos.
• Llevar consigo la tarjeta de información “conozca sus derechos” (la cual se encuentra en www.nilc.org/ce/nilc/rightscard_2007-03-15.pdf).
• Averiguar el nombre y número de teléfono de un abogado de inmigración de confianza y siempre llevar consigo esta información.
• Saber su número de registro de extranjeros (en inglés, “alien registration number,” el cual empieza con la letra “A”), escribirlo en un papel y dejarlo en algún lugar en su casa donde su familia lo pueda encontrar fácilmente.
• Preparar un documento que autorice a otro adulto con el cuidado de sus hijos menores
• Aconsejar a aquellos miembros de familia que no deseen ser interrogados por ICE que se mantengan alejados del sitio donde se llevó a cabo la redada o del lugar donde se encuentre la persona detenida.
• No firmar ningún documento sin antes consultar con su abogado.

Preparar a grupos comunitarios y a defensores de derechos de los inmigrantes.

• Distribuir a sindicatos, trabajadores y grupos comunitarios las tarjetas de información tituladas “conozca sus derechos,” las cuales explican qué hacer en caso de que haya una redada o alguien se encuentre detenido. (Algunos de estos materiales se pueden ver en www.nilc.org /ce/ ceindex.htm#know-rights).
• Ayudar a aquellas personas que pueden ser detenidas a que practiquen, con dramatizaciones, la mejor forma de responder a los interrogatorios de ICE.
• Aconsejar a las personas que no firmen ningún documento, ni que dejen que los agentes de inmigración los obliguen a firmar el documento “órdenes de deportación estipuladas” (en inglés, “stipulated orders of removal”) o salida voluntaria.
• Estar preparados para poder documentar todos los hechos ocurridos, incluyendo cualquier acción llevada a cabo por los agentes de inmigración que vaya en contra de la ley, los nombres y números de placa oficial de los agentes de inmigración, y los nombres y las fechas de nacimiento de los inmigrantes detenidos.
• Obtener los números telefónicos y la información de contacto de los consulados extranjeros en su región.
• Obtener los números telefónicos y la información de contacto del centro de detención local.
• Averiguar donde se puede adquirir información sobre otros centros de detención en caso de que los detenidos sean trasladados fuera de la región. (Un listado de los centros de detención de inmigración se puede encontrar en www.ice.gov/pi/dro/facilities.htm. La organización Detention Watch ha compilado un listado mas completo con mapas de lugares donde puede que haya inmigrantes detenidos; este listado se encuentra en http://detentionwatchnetwork.org/dwn_map).
• Obtener el nombre del agente especial de inmigración encargado de la región (en inglés, “ICE special agent in charge,” o “SAC”).
• Crear contacto o fortalecer la relación con (1) el juez principal de la sede local de la Oficina Ejecutiva de Revisión de Casos de Inmigración (“Executive Office for Immigration Review,” o “EOIR”) y (2) la Oficina del Defensor Público Federal (“Office of the Federal Public Defender”).
• Con respecto a los medios de comunicación:

• Establecer con anticipación relaciones con los medios locales de comunicación y así aumentar la probabilidad de que el público sea alertado inmediatamente cuando una redada se esté llevando a cabo.
• Si se ha desarrollado estas relaciones con los medios de comunicación, cuando una redada se lleve a cabo en el sitio de trabajo, quizá se pueda acompañar al reportero al lugar de trabajo o al centro de detención para observar, por ejemplo, si ICE está negando la entrada de abogados o negándole a los detenidos acceso a un abogado.
• Realizar presentaciones de “conozca sus derechos” en programas de radio de la comunidad local.
• Considerar escribir artículos de “conozca sus derechos” en periódicos de la comunidad local.

• Establecer relaciones con agentes de la fuerza pública locales y con líderes comunitarios.
• Reunirse con ICE para (1) asegurar que los agentes de inmigración que trabajan en la oficina local estén al tanto del reglamento interno acerca de (a) la ejecución de operativos de inmigración en sitios de trabajo mientras disputas laborales se estén llevando a cabo, y (b) el poner en libertad a padres detenidos cuyos hijos son menores de edad en el caso de que no haya otro familiar que pueda cuidar de los niños; e (2) indagar sobre el protocolo de la oficina local de inmigración y como se decide cuando se debe llevar a cabo una redada.

Desarrollar un equipo de respuesta inmediata compuesto de abogados, miembros de medios de comunicación y líderes comunitarios.

• El equipo de respuesta inmediata legal debe estar compuesto de abogados especializados en ley de inmigración, de derecho penal, y de familia, los cuales pueden reunir los hechos y datos de la redada, ayudar a localizar y a representar a los detenidos y asistir con el cuidado de menores cuyos padres han sido detenidos.

• Al crear este equipo, los defensores deben de establecer al mismo tiempo relaciones con otros abogados que tengan experiencia con derecho constitucional, criminal y de familia — en caso de que ICE llegue a transgredir los derechos civiles de las personas durante las redadas, o en caso de que el gobierno entable cargos de delito penal en contra de los detenidos, o que los detenidos tengan hijos menores.
• Los defensores deben de identificar también a los abogados de inmigración locales que estén disponibles al momento de representar a los detenidos.
• Un equipo bien organizado que incluya miembros de los medios de comunicación, líderes comunitarios y abogados pueden brindar una respuesta coordinada en cualquier tipo de redada de inmigración.

Mas información a www.nilc.org

1. Reason to believe a day laborer has broken immigration law. This could be almost anything, but it is not technically allowed to be based on: a) skin color b) language they speak c) their name However, these three reasons are the MAIN reasons people are targeted.
2. A warrant for arrest is issued: * This is generally necessary, but different from police warrants: other ICE officer can issue a warrant (instead of a judge). "Exigent circumstances" is the exception that waives the need for a warrant, and it is always used.
3. After the arrest is the removal process. This takes one of several tracks:
   • Expedited Removal/Reinstatement: person was already deported before, they get no new hearings, no phone calls, government just needs to identify them and deport them
   • Stipulation for voluntary departure. This means: the person opts to go home instead of being arrested -not technically a deportation
   • If you have a prior criminal conviction, or if you want to fight your case, you go through the Removal Process: -go before a judge -receive a notice to appear/indictment -concede/contest the charges -“facts” presented in court about why this person has violated immigration law (these facts primarily come from evidence wrongly gathered because it was based on skin color, language, or name).

What does the physical process of arrest/deportation involve?

1. People are taken to PDX ICE headquarters (511 NW Broadway). Not held there overnight.
2. People lodged outside Multnomah County for a short time until they are taken to NORCOR in Tacoma, WA., a 900-bed facility, with immigration courts. On Tuesdays and Thursdays and sometimes on weekends buses deport people to Mexico, Central Americans are flown back. People just dropped on the other side of the border, and their baggage is usually lost.
3. Note: 511 NW Broadway is the current ICE headquarters. People are held there, but not overnight. ICE vans are parked there.

Legal observers should:

• Assign roles to each observer: videographer and notetaker
• Bring a camera, video or still, a notebook, a cell phone, a contact list
• Use your three magic phrases:
  

  • 1. “I am here to observe, I do not intend to interfere.”
  • 2. “I do not consent to a search.”
  • 3. “Am I free to go?”

• Each note entry should begin with the time and location.
• Stay at least 10 feet away from the interaction, and do not distract the officer or the arrestee.
• If someone is arrested or abused, try and get their contact information and the contact information of any witnesses.
• You have the right to videotape the police and ICE, and do not have to give them your camera or your tapes.

1. Gather info on HOW ICE enforces the law: providing good hard facts (videos and notes) to lawyers– this is what is often lacking. Witnesses in immigrations cases are often deported, detained in unknown places, or afraid to testify: our data can fill this in.
2. Make careful notes to show if immigration officers have based their arrest on skin color, language, or name (see above). For example, if an agent spends 30 seconds on the corner before deciding to make an arrest/action, this is not enough time for them to have a legal probable cause. Questions relating to people's ethnicity, nationality, language, etc. are also tip-offs that should be noted.
3. Ask officers: "Do you have a warrant for this person's arrest?" This is good data to collect: ie, if 12 arrests occurred, none with warrants, we could point to a pattern of abuse.
4. If we have any evidence, lawyers can go to a judge before someone is removed to a detention center on the other side of the country, and say to the judge, ‘no, don’t move this person to another circuit. They have to have a trial.” Portland, in the 9th circuit, has better judges and this is one of our best options for intervening.
5. Teach day laborers the three magic phrases:

• “I do not consent to a search”
• “I do not wish to talk to you. I want to talk to a lawyer.”
  
• “Am I free to go?”
• These can be said in English or Spanish (ICE officers will probably speak Spanish). Saying these phrases might prevent officers from collecting information without probable cause— info is often collected by cops who are “fishing”—through “casual” conversations that give them the probable cause they need.

1. Just be there: arrests could be worse if there wasn't an observer there.
2. Unfortunately, violation of search and seizure laws by immigration officers can't be enforced. (Again, this is because immigration law is civil, not criminal, law.) Only in cases of outrageous behavior by federal agents (detaining people without food, etc) can you press charges against federal agents. (These charges, in the best cases, might lead to the suppression of evidence obtained under duress, etc).