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Marybeth Onyeukwu wrote a new diary post: My Interview With BET
Recently, I was asked to share my story as an undocumented immigrant with Black Entertainment Television (BET). It was a great opportunity to offer my perspective as a black immigrant and to highlight immigration as not just a Latino issue, but rather as an issue that affects many different people. It’s a human rights cause that [...] -
Marybeth Onyeukwu commented on the diary post Tuesday Watercooler by Kit OConnell.
Omg… I love Kimbra.
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Marybeth Onyeukwu wrote a new diary post: Senate Judiciary Committee Highlights the Critical Problem of Reducing Family Based Immigration
In response to reports that the Gang of 8, a bipartisan group of senators working on immigration reform, could possibly eliminate family categories for adult married children and siblings of US citizens (F3 and F4 categories respectively) in exchange for more skilled labor, the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony to discuss the potential consequences of such [...] -
Marybeth Onyeukwu wrote a new diary post: Glenn Beck Is Not Impressed With WWE’s “Miscasting” of Tea Partiers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u9_RcD6WMmM It appears that the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has ruffled a few feathers with its new character Zeb Colter. Zeb Colter is a Tea Party inspired Vietnam veteran, terrified of the changing demographics of America, who manages wrestler Jack Swagger. The xenophobic manager often charges “real Americans” to get rid of “whoever wants to [...]
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Marybeth Onyeukwu wrote a new diary post: Will Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bring an End to Operation Streamline?
The Detention Watch Network is launching a campaign urging Congress to bring an end to Operation Streamline. Started in 2005 under the Bush administration, Operation Streamline funnels migrants that cross the border into the criminal justice system to be prosecuted for immigration related “crimes.” Those apprehended at the border for the first time are prosecuted for the misdemeanor offense of unauthorized entry punishable [...]
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Marybeth Onyeukwu commented on the diary post The Congressional Black Caucus Lends Its Voice to the Immigration Debate by Marybeth Onyeukwu.
Thank you for the encouragement! And I absolutely agree with your comment about Sheila Jackson. Interestingly enough, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus makes no mention about the criminalization of immigrants in its principles for immigration reform. I really hope folks will start listening to what Sheila Jackson, Hakeem Jeffries, Karen Bass and many others have to [...]
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Marybeth Onyeukwu commented on the diary post The Congressional Black Caucus Lends Its Voice to the Immigration Debate by Marybeth Onyeukwu.
I am fully aware of the issue of mass incarceration. It is a very serious problem. Harry Belafonte did an EXCELLENT job of raising the issue during his NAACP Spingarn Medal speech. It’s an issue that remains invisible to mainstream media. Nevertheless, I am trying to encourage people to start connecting the dots. If we [...]
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Marybeth Onyeukwu wrote a new diary post: The Congressional Black Caucus Lends Its Voice to the Immigration Debate
On February 4, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held its first meeting on comprehensive immigration reform. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) made critical points in the meeting that are oftentimes missing from the debate.
On these points about the issue of where we can come together and where there are distinctions is to raise the factor of how [...]
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Marybeth Onyeukwu wrote a new diary post: “Gang of 8″ Proposal on Immigration is a Major Disappointment
In an weak attempt to preempt the President’s proposal on immigration tomorrow, Washington’s “Gang of 8” held a press conference to unveil their bipartisan proposal for immigration reform. The “Gang of 8″ includes Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Robert Flake (R-AZ), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) [...]
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Marybeth Onyeukwu wrote a new diary post: We can do better than Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) – much better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVZKfoXsMxk Last night, the home of Erika Andiola, prominent leader in the migrant justice movement, was raided by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE). Her mother, Maria Arreola and brother Heriberto Andiola Arreola were taken away. Fortunately, both Erika’s mom and brother were released this morning. Erika is known for fearlessly confronting Arizona’s SB1070 during its inception [...]
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Marybeth Onyeukwu commented on the blog post Obama Proves There Was Never Really a “Cliff”
Thank you for pointing this out. I could not believe my eyes when I read that President Obama was still in Hawaii when the bill passed. So much for a fiscal cliff.
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Marybeth Onyeukwu and
Michelle Chen are now friends
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Marybeth Onyeukwu commented on the blog post Americans Support Tax Increase But Not Spending Cuts
Great observation.
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Marybeth Onyeukwu wrote a new diary post: Enough Is Enough: Occupy Sandy and Pursuing Environmental Justice in Our Most Vulnerable Communites
Marybeth Onyeukwu works for FDL and went to New York to coordinate with OccupySandy organizers. This is her report. Admittedly, before heading to New York to learn about the OccupySandy relief effort, I did not fully appreciate or understand the Occupy Movement as a whole. All I could glean from the mainstream media coverage on Occupy Wall [...] -
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