The Judiciary Committee meeting regarding our issues is scheduled on March 2, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 1113.
Come and join in on the Coalition's actions on March 2nd at the State Capitol in Room 1113.
Below please find the list of bills and resolutions that the Judiciary Committee will hear that day:
LR39 Council - Provide the Nebraska Legislature recommends certain basic principles as a guide for state and federal immigration policy and call upon Congress to enact reforms - SUPPORT
LB48 Janssen - Adopt the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act - OPPOSE
LR28 Fulton - Encourage all municipal, county, and state law enforcement agencies to participate in the Secure Communities program by the year 2012 - OPPOSE
LB569 Coash - Require employers to e-verify the immigration status of new employees - OPPOSE
PLEASE write letters to the committee members of the Judiciary and respectfully request them to kill LB-48, LB-569, & LR-28 and SUPPORT Senator Brenda Council's resolution LR-39.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Equality Nebraska Coalition: Judiciary Committee meeting is Scheduled for March...
Equality Nebraska Coalition: Judiciary Committee meeting is Scheduled for March...: "Dear Coalition Members: IT is time again to push back against social injustice and together we will stand united against ignorance and into..."
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Arizona Introduces “Omnibus” Immigration Bill
The Bill, SB-1611 would bar children from K-12 education if they couldn’t produce a U.S.-issued birth certificate or naturalization document and forbid undocumented immigrants from driving in the state or accessing public benefits. Individuals who are caught driving will face a month of jail time and forfeit the car.
SB-1611 also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor if a public employee failed to report violations of national immigration laws—such a violation is currently a Class 2 misdemeanor. Identity theft would result in 180 days of jail time. SB 1611 would also bar undocumented immigrants from enrolling in community colleges, entirely. It also requires Arizona businesses to use E-Verify.
Click on :Arizona Introduces “Omnibus” Immigration Bill - COLORLINES
SB-1611 also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor if a public employee failed to report violations of national immigration laws—such a violation is currently a Class 2 misdemeanor. Identity theft would result in 180 days of jail time. SB 1611 would also bar undocumented immigrants from enrolling in community colleges, entirely. It also requires Arizona businesses to use E-Verify.
Click on :Arizona Introduces “Omnibus” Immigration Bill - COLORLINES
Monday, February 21, 2011
Judiciary Committee members
Sen. Brad Ashford
District 20
Room #1103
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2622
Email: bashford@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Colby Coash
District 27
Room #2028
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2632
Email: ccoash@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Brenda Council
District 11
Room #1120
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2612
Email: bcouncil@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Burke Harr
District 08
Room #1115
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2722
Email: bharr@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Tyson Larson
District 40
Room #1019
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2801
Email: tlarson@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Steve Lathrop
District 12
Room #2000
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2623
Email: slathrop@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh
District 18
Room #1021
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2618
Email: slautenbaugh@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Amanda McGill
District 26
Room #1212
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2610
Email: amcgill@leg.ne.gov
District 20
Room #1103
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2622
Email: bashford@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Colby Coash
District 27
Room #2028
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2632
Email: ccoash@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Brenda Council
District 11
Room #1120
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2612
Email: bcouncil@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Burke Harr
District 08
Room #1115
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2722
Email: bharr@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Tyson Larson
District 40
Room #1019
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2801
Email: tlarson@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Steve Lathrop
District 12
Room #2000
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2623
Email: slathrop@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh
District 18
Room #1021
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2618
Email: slautenbaugh@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Amanda McGill
District 26
Room #1212
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2610
Email: amcgill@leg.ne.gov
Judiciary Committee meeting is Scheduled for March 2 at 1:30 p.m.
Dear Coalition Members:
IT is time again to push back against social injustice and together we will stand united against ignorance and intolerance.
The Judiciary Committee meeting regarding our issues is scheduled on March 2, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 1113.
Come and join in on the Coalition's actions on March 2nd at the State Capitol in Room 1113.
Below please find the list of bills and resolutions that the Judiciary Committee will hear that day:
LR39 Council - Provide the Nebraska Legislature recommends certain basic principles as a guide for state and federal immigration policy and call upon Congress to enact reforms - SUPPORT
LB48 Janssen - Adopt the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act - OPPOSE
LR28 Fulton - Encourage all municipal, county, and state law enforcement agencies to participate in the Secure Communities program by the year 2012 - OPPOSE
LB569 Coash - Require employers to e-verify the immigration status of new employees - OPPOSE
PLEASE write letters to the committee members of the Judiciary and respectfully request them to kill LB-48, LB-569, & LR-28 and SUPPORT Senator Brenda Council's resolution LR-39.
Also please, ask your friends and family to do the same.
Together We Stand As Nebraskans,
Shirl for the Coalition
IT is time again to push back against social injustice and together we will stand united against ignorance and intolerance.
The Judiciary Committee meeting regarding our issues is scheduled on March 2, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 1113.
Come and join in on the Coalition's actions on March 2nd at the State Capitol in Room 1113.
Below please find the list of bills and resolutions that the Judiciary Committee will hear that day:
LR39 Council - Provide the Nebraska Legislature recommends certain basic principles as a guide for state and federal immigration policy and call upon Congress to enact reforms - SUPPORT
LB48 Janssen - Adopt the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act - OPPOSE
LR28 Fulton - Encourage all municipal, county, and state law enforcement agencies to participate in the Secure Communities program by the year 2012 - OPPOSE
LB569 Coash - Require employers to e-verify the immigration status of new employees - OPPOSE
PLEASE write letters to the committee members of the Judiciary and respectfully request them to kill LB-48, LB-569, & LR-28 and SUPPORT Senator Brenda Council's resolution LR-39.
Also please, ask your friends and family to do the same.
Together We Stand As Nebraskans,
Shirl for the Coalition
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
In-state tuition law does NOT hurts students here illegally!
In-state tuition law does NOT hurts students here illegally! For example: "Alaide Vilchis and Andrea Pardo-Spalding, both 24, came to the United States as 14-year-olds. Vilchis went on to graduate from the University of Kansas and Pardo-Spalding from Kansas State. They both met and married U.S. citizens while attending college and are now legal residents on a path to citizenship, they said. Vilchis works as a medical assistant and is applying for graduate school. Pardo-Spalding runs a home-based design business.
Vilchis said she got a tax ID number from the Internal Revenue Service and has always paid taxes on her earnings, even though she was ineligible for a refund.
Of Kobach's assertion that there's no path for illegal immigrants to become legal, she said, "That's absolutely not true.... How do you explain me?""
Vilchis said she got a tax ID number from the Internal Revenue Service and has always paid taxes on her earnings, even though she was ineligible for a refund.
Of Kobach's assertion that there's no path for illegal immigrants to become legal, she said, "That's absolutely not true.... How do you explain me?""
Monday, February 7, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Education Committee Hearing
The Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee Hearing is scheduled to hear LB-657 (Janssen’s anti-NE DREAM Act bill) on Feb. 7 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 1525.
Please oppose LB-657 by writing letters
Please write letters to Education Committee opposing LB-657
Nebraska Legislature Education Committee Members
Sen. Greg Adams- Chair - District 24 - Room #1107
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2756
Email: gadams@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Bill Avery - District 28 - Room #1114
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2633
Email: bavery@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Abbie Cornett - District 45 - Room #1116
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2615
Email: acornett@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Brenda Council - District 11 - Room #1120
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2612
Email: bcouncil@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Ken Haar -District 21 - Room #1017
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2673
Email: khaar@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Gwen Howard - District 09 - Room #1124
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2723
Email: ghoward@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Ken Schilz - District 47 - Room #1202
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2616
Email: kschilz@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Kate Sullivan - District 41 - Room #1118
P.O. Box 94604
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 471-2631
Email: ksullivan@leg.ne.gov
Friday, January 28, 2011
William Bratton: Immigration reform vital to community safety and trust.
By William Bratton, a former Los Angeles police chief and former New York City police commissioner.
"On March 12, 2009, Juan Garcia, a 53-year-old homeless man, was brutally murdered in an alley just west of downtown Los Angeles. At first, the police were stumped; there were no known witnesses and few clues. A 43-year-old undocumented immigrant who witnessed the crime finally came forward and told the homicide detectives what he saw.
Because of his help, a suspect was identified and arrested a few days later while hiding in Skid Row. Because the witness was not afraid to contact the police, an accused murderer was taken off the streets. Stories like this are repeated daily in Los Angeles.
Keeping America’s neighborhoods safe requires our police forces to have the trust and help of everyone in our communities. My nearly 40 years in law enforcement and my experience as police commissioner in Boston and New York City, and most recently as chief in Los Angeles, have taught me this.
With the strong influence of community policing and its philosophy of partnership, problem-solving and prevention, beginning in the 1990s, we finally began to push down our horrific crime rates that had steadily risen during the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.
Police officers can’t prevent or solve crimes if victims or witnesses are unwilling to talk to them because of the fear of being deported. That basic fact led to the implementation almost 30 years ago of the LAPD’s policy on immigrants, which has come to be known as Special Order 40.
Created and endorsed strongly by the late LAPD Chief Daryl Gates, the philosophy that underlies that policy is simple: Criminals are the biggest benefactors when immigrants fear the police. We can’t solve crimes that aren’t reported because the victims are afraid to come forward to the police.
The LAPD does not focus its enforcement efforts on individuals whose only violation is illegal entry. Those individuals are the ones most often preyed upon by violent gang members, and they need to be assured that the LAPD can be trusted to take their crime reports or witness statements without fear that an officer will ask them their immigration status. Special Order 40 provides that assurance.
The idea of engaging all members of the public in reporting crime and identifying criminals helps us not only with short-term and medium-term goals of reducing crime but also with improving relations with community members. We all have an interest in helping our young people develop into healthy, educated and law-abiding adults.
Breeding fear and distrust of authorities among some of our children could increase rates of crime, violence and disorder as those children grow up to become fearful and distrustful adolescents and adults. That is why the LAPD has not participated in 287(g), the federal government program that gives local law enforcement agencies the powers of federal immigration agents by entering into agreements with the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Americans want a national solution to our immigration dilemma, as do law enforcement officials across this nation. But the solution isn’t turning every local police department into an arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, nor is it a state initiative like Legislative Bill 48 in Nebraska, which would duplicate many aspects of the comprehensive Arizona immigration laws.
The Police Foundation published a report in April 2009, “The Role of Local Police: Striking a Balance Between Immigration Enforcement and Civil Liberties.” The report confirms that when local police enforce immigration laws, this undermines their core public safety mission, diverts scarce resources, increases their exposure to liability and litigation, and exacerbates fear in communities which are already distrustful of police.
The report concluded that to optimize public safety, the federal government must enact comprehensive immigration reform. I agree.
Working with victims and witnesses of crimes closes cases faster and protects all of our families by getting criminals off the street. We must pass immigration reform and bring our neighbors out of the shadows so they can get the police service they need and deserve. When officers can speak freely with victims and witnesses, it goes a long way toward making every American neighborhood much safer.
We must have new and effective national immigration policies, not a hodgepodge of state laws that weaken — rather than strengthen — the strong partnerships between local police and the diverse communities they serve and protect."
KUDOS to Howard!
"On March 12, 2009, Juan Garcia, a 53-year-old homeless man, was brutally murdered in an alley just west of downtown Los Angeles. At first, the police were stumped; there were no known witnesses and few clues. A 43-year-old undocumented immigrant who witnessed the crime finally came forward and told the homicide detectives what he saw.
Because of his help, a suspect was identified and arrested a few days later while hiding in Skid Row. Because the witness was not afraid to contact the police, an accused murderer was taken off the streets. Stories like this are repeated daily in Los Angeles.
Keeping America’s neighborhoods safe requires our police forces to have the trust and help of everyone in our communities. My nearly 40 years in law enforcement and my experience as police commissioner in Boston and New York City, and most recently as chief in Los Angeles, have taught me this.
With the strong influence of community policing and its philosophy of partnership, problem-solving and prevention, beginning in the 1990s, we finally began to push down our horrific crime rates that had steadily risen during the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.
Police officers can’t prevent or solve crimes if victims or witnesses are unwilling to talk to them because of the fear of being deported. That basic fact led to the implementation almost 30 years ago of the LAPD’s policy on immigrants, which has come to be known as Special Order 40.
Created and endorsed strongly by the late LAPD Chief Daryl Gates, the philosophy that underlies that policy is simple: Criminals are the biggest benefactors when immigrants fear the police. We can’t solve crimes that aren’t reported because the victims are afraid to come forward to the police.
The LAPD does not focus its enforcement efforts on individuals whose only violation is illegal entry. Those individuals are the ones most often preyed upon by violent gang members, and they need to be assured that the LAPD can be trusted to take their crime reports or witness statements without fear that an officer will ask them their immigration status. Special Order 40 provides that assurance.
The idea of engaging all members of the public in reporting crime and identifying criminals helps us not only with short-term and medium-term goals of reducing crime but also with improving relations with community members. We all have an interest in helping our young people develop into healthy, educated and law-abiding adults.
Breeding fear and distrust of authorities among some of our children could increase rates of crime, violence and disorder as those children grow up to become fearful and distrustful adolescents and adults. That is why the LAPD has not participated in 287(g), the federal government program that gives local law enforcement agencies the powers of federal immigration agents by entering into agreements with the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Americans want a national solution to our immigration dilemma, as do law enforcement officials across this nation. But the solution isn’t turning every local police department into an arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, nor is it a state initiative like Legislative Bill 48 in Nebraska, which would duplicate many aspects of the comprehensive Arizona immigration laws.
The Police Foundation published a report in April 2009, “The Role of Local Police: Striking a Balance Between Immigration Enforcement and Civil Liberties.” The report confirms that when local police enforce immigration laws, this undermines their core public safety mission, diverts scarce resources, increases their exposure to liability and litigation, and exacerbates fear in communities which are already distrustful of police.
The report concluded that to optimize public safety, the federal government must enact comprehensive immigration reform. I agree.
Working with victims and witnesses of crimes closes cases faster and protects all of our families by getting criminals off the street. We must pass immigration reform and bring our neighbors out of the shadows so they can get the police service they need and deserve. When officers can speak freely with victims and witnesses, it goes a long way toward making every American neighborhood much safer.
We must have new and effective national immigration policies, not a hodgepodge of state laws that weaken — rather than strengthen — the strong partnerships between local police and the diverse communities they serve and protect."
KUDOS to Howard!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Equality Nebraska Coalition Meeting
We are having our 1st full meeting regarding LB-657 on:
January 31st at 6 p.m.
At the Clyde Malone Community Center,
2032 "U" Street, Lincoln, NE.
Equality Nebraska Coalition
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
ATTENTION - Unity Rally postponed until 1-27-11
The UNITY RALLY is postponed again, due to snow and ice hazardous travel conditions expected tomorrow.
The RALLY is now rescheduled for THURSDAY, 1/27/11. Please join us on Thursday the 27th to show that Nebraska values do not support an Arizona-style law in Nebraska.
UNITY RALLY FOR THE GOOD LIFE
What Happens in Arizona Stops in Arizona
THURS. 1/27/11 at 12:10 p.m.
West side of the State Capitol
14th & Lincoln Mall
Monday, January 17, 2011
President and First Lady Honors MLK
"President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attended a special event at the Stuart Hobson Middle School today. The couple and their two children helped decorate the school's lunchroom as part of their day of service to honor the memory of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King."
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