Comments on: Save a Criminal, Deport the Victim: Georgia’s New Immigration [Mis]Direction http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/ because there are some things still worth fighting for Sat, 12 Feb 2011 06:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: » California Bill Aimed at Assisting Immigrant Victims of Domestic Abuse - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/comment-page-1/#comment-4007 » California Bill Aimed at Assisting Immigrant Victims of Domestic Abuse - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:49:17 +0000 http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/#comment-4007 [...] know, I have written a couple of posts on the plight of two immigrant victims of domestic abuse, Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez and Ana Bertha Arellano. Late last week Alexis Moore asked me if I blog about a bill introduced by [...] [...] know, I have written a couple of posts on the plight of two immigrant victims of domestic abuse, Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez and Ana Bertha Arellano. Late last week Alexis Moore asked me if I blog about a bill introduced by [...]

]]> By: » The Politics of Humanity: Deporting Victims of Abuse - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/comment-page-1/#comment-3296 » The Politics of Humanity: Deporting Victims of Abuse - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:47:13 +0000 http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/#comment-3296 [...] has only provided a perfect cover for the anti-immigration forces. Last year, I wrote a post about Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez, the Georgia immigrant who was thrown into detention as an “illegal alien” after a [...] [...] has only provided a perfect cover for the anti-immigration forces. Last year, I wrote a post about Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez, the Georgia immigrant who was thrown into detention as an “illegal alien” after a [...]

]]> By: » Because I can - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/comment-page-1/#comment-2604 » Because I can - By ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:26:17 +0000 http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/#comment-2604 [...] and/or forced to take on the role of parent to their siblings because their parents have been deported or locked away in some concentration camp. I blog because it is my ethical responsibility to [...] [...] and/or forced to take on the role of parent to their siblings because their parents have been deported or locked away in some concentration camp. I blog because it is my ethical responsibility to [...]

]]> By: El Gato http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/comment-page-1/#comment-1776 El Gato Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:37:23 +0000 http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/#comment-1776 Qué lástima que tales insultos contra humanidad tienen lugar con tanta frecuencia! Georgia I've found to be among the worst states in its people's attitudes toward Latinos, up there in an infamous class that also includes other Latino-hating hotbeds like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Ohio, Arkansas, Indiana, Minnesota, Tennessee and Kentucky-- and even Massachusetts, of all places. This is one of the reasons I've been encouraging my fellow Latinos to avoid states such as these-- especially on the East Coast and most of the Midwest-- and congregate where we have the most demographic and political strength, i.e. in California, New Mexico and Texas chiefly, as well as in Arizona and southern Florida to an extent (probably more so in a few years). I know why some of us go to states like Georgia or Pennsylvania, there are jobs there and presumably lesser cost-of-living-- although New Mexico, Texas and parts of Arizona and even California/Texas are also good in this department. But in the Southwest and southern Florida, we are in our ethnic homelands, we have our roots there and we have our demographic strength. By laws that stretch back to the Mexican War, we have special rights of recognition of our culture and property claims, the absolute right to written and spoken Spanish in the public sphere, and political and social power. IOW we can stick together there, protect each other and back each other up when the Minutemen and other racists attack us-- something that we can't do in a place like Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New Hampshire or Massachusetts. If we and our culture are to survive here, in a place where we were attacked militarily and expelled off our own ancestral territories, we have to stay together in the states of our homelands and avoid dispersion. Again, in most of our homeland states in the SW and Florida, there are plenty of places and many ways to keep the cost of living down, especially if we help each other and patronize Latino businesses. Es la llave para ganar los derechos que aun hoy los Anglos persisten negarnos. Mantenernos juntos, en nuestras tierras natales, es la unica manera aumentar nuestro poder! Qué lástima que tales insultos contra humanidad tienen lugar con tanta frecuencia!

Georgia I’ve found to be among the worst states in its people’s attitudes toward Latinos, up there in an infamous class that also includes other Latino-hating hotbeds like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, Ohio, Arkansas, Indiana, Minnesota, Tennessee and Kentucky– and even Massachusetts, of all places.

This is one of the reasons I’ve been encouraging my fellow Latinos to avoid states such as these– especially on the East Coast and most of the Midwest– and congregate where we have the most demographic and political strength, i.e. in California, New Mexico and Texas chiefly, as well as in Arizona and southern Florida to an extent (probably more so in a few years). I know why some of us go to states like Georgia or Pennsylvania, there are jobs there and presumably lesser cost-of-living– although New Mexico, Texas and parts of Arizona and even California/Texas are also good in this department.

But in the Southwest and southern Florida, we are in our ethnic homelands, we have our roots there and we have our demographic strength. By laws that stretch back to the Mexican War, we have special rights of recognition of our culture and property claims, the absolute right to written and spoken Spanish in the public sphere, and political and social power.

IOW we can stick together there, protect each other and back each other up when the Minutemen and other racists attack us– something that we can’t do in a place like Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New Hampshire or Massachusetts. If we and our culture are to survive here, in a place where we were attacked militarily and expelled off our own ancestral territories, we have to stay together in the states of our homelands and avoid dispersion. Again, in most of our homeland states in the SW and Florida, there are plenty of places and many ways to keep the cost of living down, especially if we help each other and patronize Latino businesses.

Es la llave para ganar los derechos que aun hoy los Anglos persisten negarnos. Mantenernos juntos, en nuestras tierras natales, es la unica manera aumentar nuestro poder!

]]> By: at Poshdeluxe http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/comment-page-1/#comment-1754 at Poshdeluxe Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:21:28 +0000 http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/#comment-1754 [...] one more serious link before i give up and go for the pop culture jugular: hey, illegal immigrant! is someone attacking you? call the police, and then you’ll get deported! that’s what i call american effing [...] [...] one more serious link before i give up and go for the pop culture jugular: hey, illegal immigrant! is someone attacking you? call the police, and then you’ll get deported! that’s what i call american effing [...]

]]> By: Mark Friedl http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/comment-page-1/#comment-1747 Mark Friedl Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:19:26 +0000 http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/#comment-1747 US Constitution / 14th Amendment: “…nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Also note that Under the new Georgia law SB 529, it requires that a person booked into jail on a felony or DUI charge be verified for lawful status in the United States. Emelina was not booked on a felony, she was booked on domestic violence. Also, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will put a hold, not to extend beyond 48-hours, on any person of interest, but Emelina was held for 2 weeks in Carrollton before ICE took custody and moved her to Alabama. US Constitution / 14th Amendment: “…nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Also note that Under the new Georgia law SB 529, it requires that a person booked into jail on a felony or DUI charge be verified for lawful status in the United States. Emelina was not booked on a felony, she was booked on domestic violence. Also, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will put a hold, not to extend beyond 48-hours, on any person of interest, but Emelina was held for 2 weeks in Carrollton before ICE took custody and moved her to Alabama.

]]> By: Mark Friedl http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 Mark Friedl Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:48:54 +0000 http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/#comment-1732 Emelina is not Mexican, she is from Honduras. This was NOT her second offense of being deported before. When she came into the country via Texas, she was apprehended and instructed to return for an Immigration Hearing in a month. She had continued on to Georgia and could not afford, financially to return to Texas to appear. A order of deportation was issued. Fast forward approx. 1 year.... She married a police officer from Carrollton, GA who, instead of obtaining an attorney and getting her legal status straightened out, held her status over her head, and was abusive towards her. He is the father of her youngest US born child. After about a year and a half of abuse, and aid from a womans shelter, she obtained a divorce from the abusive cop, and thanks to him, remains "undocumented". Fast forward another year.... She is attacked by 3 roommates, 2 women and one male. The police arrest her and one of the other women, and at the initial bond hearing, the judge lets the other women, who is hispanic, but speaks good english, out / off. Emelina was remanded into the custody of ICE because when she was fingerprinted, the old existing order of deportation came up. The truly sad part in all of this, is the chidren, 8 yr. old Wendy, and 3 yr. old Karla. They are the ones who are suffering the most. Karlas' father has not paid child support in I don't know how long, nor has he made any attempt to see his daughter, and now the girls are without their mother because she was attacked and had Wendy call 911 and report it. Yes, Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez is pregnant again, by a man that she met and truly made her happy, whole and complete for the first time since I've known her, but that is another story. Emelina and her girls don't deserve this regardless of her Immigration Status. If her x-husband had of done the right thing, she would be legal, and what of her US Citizen daughter? The kids world has already been ripped apart, their hearts torn out, they just want AND NEED their mother back. Most of the information regarding Emelina can be found here: > http://www.thesqueakywheel.com/complaints/2007/JUN/complaint14800.cfm and > by following the links > at the bottom of the complaint. You may also get info from: > http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-deport29jul29,1,147... , > http://www.atlantalatino.com/detail.php?id=7732 , > http://www.cbs46.com:80/video/13560651/index.html , > http://www.mundohispanico.com/locales/content/locales/articulos/0705_art... Emelina is not Mexican, she is from Honduras.
This was NOT her second offense of being deported before.
When she came into the country via Texas, she was apprehended and instructed to return for an Immigration Hearing in a month. She had continued on to Georgia and could not afford, financially to return to Texas to appear. A order of deportation was issued. Fast forward approx. 1 year….
She married a police officer from Carrollton, GA who, instead of obtaining an attorney and getting her legal status straightened out, held her status over her head, and was abusive towards her. He is the father of her youngest US born child. After about a year and a half of abuse, and aid from a womans shelter, she obtained a divorce from the abusive cop, and thanks to him, remains “undocumented”. Fast forward another year….
She is attacked by 3 roommates, 2 women and one male. The police arrest her and one of the other women, and at the initial bond hearing, the judge lets the other women, who is hispanic, but speaks good english, out / off.
Emelina was remanded into the custody of ICE because when she was fingerprinted, the old existing order of deportation came up.
The truly sad part in all of this, is the chidren, 8 yr. old Wendy, and 3 yr. old Karla. They are the ones who are suffering the most.
Karlas’ father has not paid child support in I don’t know how long, nor has he made any attempt to see his daughter, and now the girls are without their mother because she was attacked and had Wendy call 911 and report it.
Yes, Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez is pregnant again, by a man that she met and truly made her happy, whole and complete for the first time since I’ve known her, but that is another story.
Emelina and her girls don’t deserve this regardless of her Immigration Status. If her x-husband had of done the right thing, she would be legal, and what of her US Citizen daughter?
The kids world has already been ripped apart, their hearts torn out, they just want AND NEED their mother back.

Most of the information regarding Emelina can be found here:
> http://www.thesqueakywheel.com/complaints/2007/JUN/complaint14800.cfm and
> by following the links
> at the bottom of the complaint. You may also get info from:
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-deport29jul29,1,147... ,
> http://www.atlantalatino.com/detail.php?id=7732 ,
> http://www.cbs46.com:80/video/13560651/index.html ,
> http://www.mundohispanico.com/locales/content/locales/articulos/0705_art...

]]> By: Pandagon :: We love protecting the womenfolk, as long as they aren’t Mexicans :: August :: 2007 http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/comment-page-1/#comment-1727 Pandagon :: We love protecting the womenfolk, as long as they aren’t Mexicans :: August :: 2007 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:58:34 +0000 http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/#comment-1727 [...] also reports that Ramirez was possibly abused by her ex-husband. This is a dirty little secret–abusers will hold the citizenship status of their partners [...] [...] also reports that Ramirez was possibly abused by her ex-husband. This is a dirty little secret–abusers will hold the citizenship status of their partners [...]

]]> By: Well, she looked Mescan « The Mex Files http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/comment-page-1/#comment-1716 Well, she looked Mescan « The Mex Files Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:50:20 +0000 http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/#comment-1716 [...] 31st, 2007 · No Comments XicanoPwr posed the story of deportee-to-be Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez of Carrollton, Georgia,  who was thrown into detention as an “illegal alien” after a [...] [...] 31st, 2007 · No Comments XicanoPwr posed the story of deportee-to-be Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez of Carrollton, Georgia,  who was thrown into detention as an “illegal alien” after a [...]

]]> By: Women of Color Blog » The perils of being an abused Latina when there's nothing worse in the world than an "Illegal". http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/comment-page-1/#comment-1715 Women of Color Blog » The perils of being an abused Latina when there's nothing worse in the world than an "Illegal". Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:50:00 +0000 http://xicanopwr.com/2007/07/save-a-criminal-deport-the-victim-georgias-new-immigration-misdirection/#comment-1715 [...] by brownfemipower on 31 Jul 2007 at 10:49 am | Tagged as: Uncategorized XP just posted about Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez, a Latina who was arrested and jailed–because she was being beaten by her roommates and had [...] [...] by brownfemipower on 31 Jul 2007 at 10:49 am | Tagged as: Uncategorized XP just posted about Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez, a Latina who was arrested and jailed–because she was being beaten by her roommates and had [...]

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