national immigrant rights research & advocacy organizations
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National Immigrant Rights Research & Advocacy Organizations. Presented By, Steven Bae Alison Dang Barbara Escobar Kevin Jay. Advocacy Organizations in the Making. Bracero Program (1943) Response to U.S. labor needs Opened doors for massive immigration - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
National Immigrant Rights National Immigrant Rights Research & Advocacy Research & Advocacy
OrganizationsOrganizations
Presented By, Steven BaeAlison DangBarbara EscobarKevin Jay
Advocacy Organizations in Advocacy Organizations in the Making the Making
Bracero Program (1943)◦ Response to U.S. labor needs◦ Opened doors for massive immigration ◦ Used in favor for agricultural employer’s advantage◦ Agricultural employers became dependent on
immigration labor (documented and undocumented)◦ Thus, it is a violation of worker rights
Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)◦ Employer sanctions ◦ Granted permanent residency to immigrants if they
resided in the U.S. for 5 years◦ Special Agricultural Workers◦ In the end it failed because it lacked resources, it
failed to enforce it and employers took advantage of cheap labor
Advocacy Organizations and their Advocacy Organizations and their GoalsGoals
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)◦ Wants to undermine national ID system
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)◦ Pushes for legalization reform
National Council of La Raza (NCLR)◦ Pushes for modification of employment
opportunities Asian American Legal Defense and Education
Fund (AALDEF)◦ Pushes for permanent residency, social services
National Immigration Law Center (NILC)◦ Wants to pass the Dream Act◦ Against homeland security and Bureau of
Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Relationships Between Relationships Between Advocacy Organizations and Advocacy Organizations and
Coalition BuildupCoalition Buildup• Advocacy groups focus on broad
issues• Naturalization, legalization and entitlement to
rights
• Draws strengths from local and state communities
• Federal government turned the immigration issue over to state government
• Garnered Support for federal bills, but was mainly unsuccessful
• DREAM Act
Guest Workers Guest Workers Programs/National ID’s Programs/National ID’s
Guest Worker Program◦ Introduced by the Bush administration◦ Acknowledged the necessity of the migrant
workforce◦ Requires strong employer efforts◦ Advocacy interventionAdvocacy interventionNational Worker ID Cards
Photograph and fingerprint requirement- harder to falsify
Prospective speculations Split opinions among advocacy organizationsCurrently Congress has not passed a true
guest worker program nor National Worker ID Card
Dream Act of 2007 and Advocacy Dream Act of 2007 and Advocacy ResponseResponseDevelopment Relief and Education for Alien
Minors Act Eligibility
◦ Minimum of 3 years in U.S. high school◦ Good moral character◦ Under the age of 30◦ Have resided in U.S. for 5 years prior to
enactment of bill◦ Meeting this requirements will entitle them to
temporary residency for max. of 6 years• Advocacy Response• CHIRLA & NILC supports it• Strong support because it is a milestone for a path to
legalization• Expands Plyler v. Doe