March I revel oh as well as she is the
a director of the Central American resource Center
care Sen the website is care Scentsy a rece and dash
LA .org martyr welcome to the program
thank you so much time I'm happy to be here thank you for joining us
are the president took a well actually I guess he's doing it today in Las Vegas
but he announced it last night to a fairly substantial step forward in
no in the context of what he can do within the law
up but the it goes nowhere
as far well I shouldn't be saying this year you should what what what do you
look at what's your take on what the president said last night what he's
doing today and what congress critters should be doing
and and the you know this whole situation well
you know that I think you're you're exactly right i think is a step in the
right direction
and to give protection from deportation
to about five million people this was one
Adam you a long fight to and at the local level at the national level
organizations in communities have been working in marching in getting arrested
in
raising their voices to make sure that we can protect as many people as
possible from deportation
but so many million more are left out and this is not a significant reform to
our broken immigration system
back as you know can only be done in congress
so it's time for Congress to stop criticized seeing and talking about it
into
to move in in actually you know act in and do something
I'm and we hope that they take it on as an issue
a what is best for the country in n
from the standpoint of how how to keep more families together
in how to develop and continue to grow our economy
instead from a standpoint up for the middle military
is stationed at the border right and n
what's what's your sense of where
I mean beyond that the republicans are already going hysterical a
Larry Clayman and Joe Arpaio Sheriff Joe Arpaio have
now sued the president on this
you know good luck with that but you know they're there you know it's they're
getting all kinds a
airtime on right-wing radio and television and the
it people are calling a bomb all kinds of names and what not arm
what's your take on the on the politics of this if you don't mind my asking
aren't sure what you know that there's a
you know anti-immigrant sentiment and fortune Lisa lapin
well in this country and has often be used by politicians to
mask other you know it you know
very important issues at the country on and to put blame on somebody else
I'm instead of doing their job in making sure that their cock
congress back and move forward in and get things done
on you know this is not a surprise to us that there's this
uproar on but this is definitely a step that the president took
after a lot of counsel and you know looking into it this is within his power
and his deputy within his power
it's not something new it's something that's been done in the past
on in this is nearly enough protecting people from deportation
about five million people is protecting people parents
love are children of citizens or legal up permanent residence
and eggs in the Spansion up doctor which has been already
implemented a since 2000 and 2012
so you know we really understand the politics but it's time to do something
if they don't like what the president is doing they think that they need to come
up with a better proposal
a move forward on that well and that's that's the
the the the next point I think I guess is that the senate actually had this
debate they deliberated this it went through the committee process
went through an amendment process they they produced his legislation that BA
is certainly not perfect but it was a you know it was much more than the
president has the legal authority to do
and a past was 68 votes in the Senate which me you know
buncha republicans as well as democrats it went to the house representatives a
year and a half ago
and john bainer has refused to allow the house to vote on it
the DEA
do you think that there you know our are you seeing any pressure on banner is
this like a badge of honor that he can just block anything i mean he also
hasn't
allowed a vote on extending long-term unemployment which affects
you know a another couple a million people in the United States
like I mean I think we've seen that the republican party has become over
a proper party up in action in a party a edges just willing to criticize
and not willing to do anything in I will aim to to move forward and to find real
solutions
on and I think that it's heard it hurt them as a party
in at the discontinued you know to hurt them I'm in future elections
I'm again you know it did they have the power
to do something significant in congress I with the president did
last night in what he announced last night is merely a protection from
deportation
it's not a significant immigration reform this broken system so
they have the power as a congress to
be leaders n2 really fix the system into really do what is right for
for this country i'm hopeful bad you know they don't
develop a piece of legislation that has too many poison pills
like further military stationed at the border where
you know for so many years for the last six years we've been spending
you know record amounts where the Border Patrol is the largest law enforcement
agency in the country
I'm hoping that they focus on you know economic development of the country that
they focus on keeping families together
that the focus on you know providing opportunities for people in this this is
a country
immigrants and I think that those are our core values and I hope that the
focus on back
and we know that the community will continue to fight for that type of
legislation
will continue to put pressure yeah well said you are the executive director of
the central
American Resource Center and I'm
money if you could speak to and and educators about
the difference in the issues
and and and crises frankly
that young people from Hunter and euros
got amala and el salvador who are showing up
here in the United States
the difference above their situation and the crisis that their face in verses
people perhaps from Mexico room from those countries
who have come to the united states over the over the last you know
decade or two I O more for you know looking for a better life economic
kinda situations as opposed to literally fleeing for their lives
exactly a unfortunately Central America I may stop them from
it sent by Lauren it pisses might might make country and and
it's really sad to to see that sent american as a region is a very fragile
at regen that is experienc on unprecedented violence
and settler for example I had more homicides and balance now than during
the Civil War
the 1980s in early nineteen nineties under our system was by a nation
in the were hurled Isabella unfortunately has
the has one the the prize for killing the most children
in the world and so you know this is a very
a bowl noble up violent on
is take your region where children are
as you said literally fleeing for their lives they're being targeted by gangs
are being targeted by
you know a local a authorities %uh
you know that are still kinda lingering in this that mentality of civil war
on and you know even though the president has said that this is a
humanitarian crisis
I we have been seen that in action when very quickly he asked congress
you know to to do away with the protections given by the 2000 me
law so you know what we have done is that we
represent a few hundred children in their cases
mostly asylum cases I we are
working to make sure that they have wrap-around services I'll
it in particular mental health because they have suffered tremendous traumas
in the dust families other support that they need to move forward it hopefully
have a better life
yeah yeah in we just have a half a minute left to what extent is the crisis
in that area the result of the
reagan administration policies in the eighties
like very much because a bit because a US foreign policy not only the
reagan-era
but you know nafta back tank after
mad because I love even before that
in terms of the the US you know mentality that Central America
was a place where they could exercise the military
and so you know that continued support yeah
striker marsha thanks so much for being with us
thank you very much Marta are ever
are a real all Musina yes you are
okay thank you the director the Central American Resource Center care send the
website is care cent CAGR he CE and ash
LA not orgy thank you Mark A thank you
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