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Press Advisory
For Immediate Release
Media
Contact:
Abran Dueñas
773-510-2233 or
773-277-2233
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Parents and community members denounce corruption inside the Little Village Academy Local School Council, Chicago Public School
Documentation will be presented where it shows the irregularities covered and ignored by the board of education department.
Chicago, IL - April 13, 2010- Parents of the Little Village Academy with the support of the community is calling to denounce the wrongdoings in their school’s Local School Council. The allegations include illegal meetings, manipulation of the candidate forum in favor of the current LSC members, blocking the participation of the public, favoritism to the principal from employees of the LSC relations office, and the lack of intervention and reprimand to the principal.
“The principal and the LSC have been manipulating the elections in favor of the current LSC members that are candidates” said Abran Dueñas a member of the community and business owner, “parents and community of this school have protested for the lack of honest representation of the current LSC at Little Village Academy, they have been ignored in the educational process and decision making for the students and families.”
“The current LSC has been performing a mediocre, ill informed and its uneducated responsibility to develop policy, SIPAAA, budget and properly evaluate the principal on her job performance.” Community members argued.
After sending several letters to different offices of the Chicago Public School Board of Education including the CEO, Ron Huberman, asking for an investigation of these manipulations, the breaking of state and school law by the Little Village Academy LSC, no action or response has been made.
The Illinois School Code and law are very clear regarding the legal role and responsibilities of all LSC members serving on Local School Councils. The actual LSC at Little Village Academy is not well informed and they ignore rules, regulations, and legal responsibilities as stated in the Illinois Compiled Statues and Chicago Public Schools guidelines and legal obligation as LSC members.
What: Press Conference
Where: 2500 S. Christiana Ave. Chicago IL 6023 (Catedral Cafe)
When: Today, Tuesday April 13th at 12:00 noon
Who: Community members and Parents of students from Little Village Academy CPS
Parent and Community Representative Candidates for the Little Village Academy LSC, will also be attending the press conference
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Julio Guerrero
Arizona passes strict illegal immigration act
The bill directs police to determine the immigration status of noncriminals if there is a 'reasonable suspicion' they are undocumented. Immigrant rights groups say it amounts to a police state.
By Nicholas Riccardi
The Los Angeles Times
April 13, 2010
Reporting from Denver
Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday approved what foes and supporters agree is the toughest measure in the country against illegal immigrants, directing local police to determine whether people are in the country legally.
The measure, long sought by opponents of illegal immigration, passed 35 to 21 in the state House of Representatives.
The state Senate passed a similar measure earlier this year, and Republican Gov. Jan Brewer is expected to sign the bill.
The bill's author, State Sen. Russell Pearce, said it simply "takes the handcuffs off of law enforcement and lets them do their job."
But police were deeply divided on the matter, with police unions backing it but the state police chief's association opposing the bill, contending it could erode trust with immigrants who could be potential witnesses.
Immigrant rights groups were horrified, and contended that Arizona would be transformed into a police state.
"It's beyond the pale," said Chris Newman, legal director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. "It appears to mandate racial profiling."
The bill, known as SB 1070, makes it a misdemeanor to lack proper immigration paperwork in Arizona. It also requires police officers, if they form a "reasonable suspicion" that someone is an illegal immigrant, to determine the person's immigration status.
Currently, officers can inquire about someone's immigration status only if the person is a suspect in another crime. The bill allows officers to avoid the immigration issue if it would be impractical or hinder another investigation.
Citizens can sue to compel police agencies to comply with the law, and no city or agency can formulate a policy directing its workers to ignore the law -- a provision that advocates say prevents so-called sanctuary orders that police not inquire about people's immigration status.
The bill cements the position of Arizona, whose border with Mexico is the most popular point of entry for illegal immigrants into this country, as the state most aggressively using its own laws to fight illegal immigration. In 2006 the state passed a law that would dissolve companies with a pattern of hiring illegal immigrants. Last year it made it a crime for a government worker to give improper benefits to an illegal immigrant.
Mark Krikorian at the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank that advocates tougher immigration enforcement, said the legislation was a logical extension of the state's previous enforcement efforts.
"It makes sense that they would be the first to do it since they're ground zero for illegal immigration," he said.
Krikorian added that he doubted the law would be used much. "Obviously, their prosecutors aren't going to go out and prosecute every illegal alien," he said. "It gives police and prosecutors another tool should they need it."
Opponents, however, raised the specter of officers untrained in immigration law being required to determine who is in the country legally. They noted that though the bill says race cannot solely be used to form a suspicion about a person's legality, it implicitly allows it to be a factor.
"A lot of U.S. citizens are going to be swept up in the application of this law for something as simple as having an accent and leaving their wallet at home," said Alessandra Soler Meetze, president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona.
The ACLU and other groups have vowed to sue to block the bill from taking effect should Brewer sign it. They note that a federal court struck down a New Hampshire law in 2005 that said illegal immigrants were trespassing, declaring that only the federal government has the authority to enforce immigration. Another provision of the Arizona law, which makes day laborers illegal, violates the 1st Amendment, critics contend.
The issue of local enforcement of immigration laws has been especially heated in Arizona, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has taken an aggressive stance, conducting sweeps in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods to round up illegal immigrants.
His actions have drawn a civil rights investigation from the Department of Justice but strong praise from Arizonans. Other agencies have argued against Arpaio's stance, saying that they need illegal immigrants to trust them enough to report crimes.
Brewer, a Republican, has not taken a public stance on the bill. She replaced Janet Napolitano, a Democrat who became President Obama's Homeland Security chief last year. Napolitano had vetoed similar bills in the past. Brewer faces a primary challenge next month; most observers expect her to sign the measure.
Some Republicans have privately complained about the bill, which Pearce has been pushing for several years, but were loath to vote against it in an election year. The House was scheduled to approve it last week but the vote was delayed until Tuesday to give sponsors a chance to round up enough votes. It picked up steam after the killing late last month of a rancher on the Arizona side of the Mexican border. Footprints from the crime scene led back to Mexico.
In an impassioned debate Tuesday, both sides relied on legal and moral arguments.
"Illegal immigration brings crime, kidnapping, drugs -- drains our government services," said Rep. John Kavanagh, a Republican. "Nobody can stand on the sidelines and not take part in this battle."
Democrats were just as passionate. "This bill, whether we intend it or not, terrorizes the people we profit from," said Rep. Tom Chabin.
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