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One would think Joaquin’s familiy has the best idea of why Joaquin left this earth of his own accord. Some people in the press are questioning the motives of the familiy in suggesting the reason was the failure of the Dream Act, the nasty laws passed in Arizona (SB 1070), Georgia, Texas and other places, and the clear lack of the ability to live one’s dream. Diyer Mendoza says Joaquin did not mention the Dream Act in his letters he left the family. However, he and Diyer had many discussions about the hopelessness the failure of the Dream Act in the lame duck session of 2010 had instilled. Joaquin wanted, more than anything, that we pull together and pass the Dream Act, says brother Diyer. I think Diyer knows.
Our hearts go out today to the family of Eduardo Salazar as they struggle with the loss of their child. Eduardo was stricken with a rare illness. Most childen die within 2 months after being hit. Eduardo struggled for nearly two years. HLH Syndrome is a little understood disease which often follows the Epstein Barr Virus. Recomended treatment costs well over $500,000, including chemo therapy and bone marrow transplant, not something the Salazar family from Durango, Mexico, could afford. What they did have was a mountain of determnation and a boy who was a fighter to the end.Please keep the Luna, Mendoza and Salazar families in your prayers as the new year comes to a close.
One would think Joaquin’s familiy has the best idea of why Joaquin left this earth of his own accord. Some people in the press are questioning the motives of the familiy in suggesting the reason was the failure of the Dream Act, the nasty laws passed in Arizona (SB 1070), Georgia, Texas and other places, and the clear lack of the ability to live one’s dream. Diyer Mendoza says Joaquin did not mention the Dream Act in his letters he left the family. However, he and Diyer had many discussions about the hopelessness the failure of the Dream Act in the lame duck session of 2010 had instilled. Joaquin wanted, more than anything, that we pull together and pass the Dream Act, says brother Diyer. I think Diyer knows.
Our hearts go out today to the family of Eduardo Salazar as they struggle with the loss of their child. Eduardo was stricken with a rare illness. Most childen die within 2 months after being hit. Eduardo struggled for nearly two years. HLH Syndrome is a little understood disease which often follows the Epstein Barr Virus. Recomended treatment costs well over $500,000, including chemo therapy and bone marrow transplant, not something the Salazar family from Durango, Mexico, could afford. What they did have was a mountain of determnation and a boy who was a fighter to the end. Please keep the Luna, Mendoza and Salazar families in your prayers as the new year comes to a close.
Republican Senate President Russell Pearce is soon to be unemployed after he was recalled in the first ever successful effort in the state of Arizona on Tuesday night, November 8th, 2011. Pearce’s passing represents a loud declaration on the part of voters that Americans are tired of the hate and division Pearce used to gain power.
Pearce was the architect of SB 1070, the strongest anti-immigrant legislation passed in the history of the nation at the time. Subsequently, Georgia and Alabama have enacted laws which are more restrictive and punitive. Under SB 1070, the police were required to detain any person they suspected of being in the country “without papers”. Considering Arizona’s proximity to the border, the law was a shoe-in for racial profiling and discrimination against those of Latino descent and those who looked Latino.
Judge Susan Bolton eventually ruled portions of the law as unconstitutional. However, it was too little, too late. National boycotts were already taking their toll on Arizona businesses. The state lost an estimated 150 million dollars in the first few months following the enactment of the law, and billions over time.
With the state reeling for funds, and having to cut police, school teachers and even medical benefits, Pearce appeared in the Senate asking for even stricter laws against undocumented workers. Though Pearce knew he was setting the state up for more law suits, on top of large sums being spent to defend SB 1070, Pearce was unconcerned. The business community convinced the Senate to defeat Pearce’s new round of anti-immigrant proposals, having learned the hard way that discriminating against the next generation of Americans was costing a lot of money.
No one thought Pearce could be defeated. As a result, when Randy Parraz, a local activist, launched a recall effort, Pearce sneered. But secretly, the senate president who lacked couth and manners when dealing with Dream Students, the children of of undocumented workers, must have been worried. Pearce raised an unprecedented $240,000 to make sure he could keep calling the shots in Arizona. National anti-immigrants raced to his aid. Despite outspending the competition nearly five dollars to every one, Pearce was voted out of office by an overwhelming margin.
The end of this reign of terror against the immigrant community is a harbinger of things to come for those who want to pick on the least powerful. While other states have passed tough anti-immigrant laws, including Utah, a word to the wise can be had. Quit picking on immigrants. Start looking for solutions. The nation is exhausted from the division these kinds of politics entail.
Remaining bitter and defiant to the end, Pearce said he would do nothing different had he to do it all over again. Sadly, the families that lost transplant victims because Arizona could not fund their medical care, likely regret ever hearing of Russell Pearce. Republican Jerry Lewis beat Pearce saying it was time to put decisive politics to rest.
