CNN sued for $ 1.3 Billion. We hope CNN will take this seriously, because what CNN said and did has not only hurt China's feelings, but also CNN's own image."

The new book of Jack Cafferty. " It's getting ugly out there at CNN"



A Chinese primary school teacher and a beautician have filed a suit against CNN in New York over remarks they say insulted the Chinese people and are seeking $1.3 billion in compensation -- $1 per person in China, a Hong Kong newspaper reported.

The case against the Atlanta-based cable channel, its parent company Turner Broadcasting and Jack Cafferty, the offending commentator, comes after 14 lawyers launched a similar suit in Beijing alleging that Cafferty's remarks earlier this month violated the dignity and reputation of the Chinese people.

Cafferty said the United States imported Chinese-made "junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food" and added: "They're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years."

CNN said Cafferty was expressing an opinion about the Chinese government, but the Foreign Ministry demanded an apology and accused the network of trying to drive a wedge between the Chinese people and leadership

How Americans changed the view of Legal and Undocumented Immigrants specially Mexicans after the attacks of September 11, 2001?.




Republicans representatives are the most outspoken against Legal and Undocumented Immigrants producing more than 350 bills for their political purpose against according to them undocumented Immigrants. What about their Families? What about their children? Majority of them are U.S. Citizens; And at least one of their parents maintained a legal Status. Again Republicans Political representatives continues blind toward the root of the main problem on Immigration. The Dysfunctional and obsolete system. I believe this Country was founded by Immigrants with a faith towards a common purpose. The American Dream.

Latinoamericanos en Accion was founded the month terrorists took down the Twin Towers.

Maybe it's irony or cruel coincidence that the Hispanic advocacy group is closing its books the month the S.C. General Assembly is discussing how best to implement Undocumented immigration laws.

It's ironic because the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks changed how Americans viewed the world, which led to more scrutiny of international visitors. That scrutiny is fixed upon those who cross the U.S.-Mexican border - even though the hijackers didn't enter the U.S. that way, the Canadian border is twice as long and half as protected, and Russian students and South African and Brazilian visitors also purposefully overstay visas. A few decades prior to that day, the U.S. even quietly accepted undocumented workers and President Ronald Reagan provided them amnesty.

And it's cruel coincidence because the need for such an advocacy group has never been greater, because legislators in Columbia are basing laws on faulty research provided by anti-immigration groups; because Hispanics - undocumented and legal residents - face increasing hostility; because an assortment of institutions is trying to serve a group that is growing exponentially.

"We still need a service agency here," said Lee Bollinger, a Coastal Carolina University professor and the group's treasurer. "I think it would have worked if the sentiment here would have been better."

But every time Bollinger spoke in public, she got angry phone calls from residents who wanted Hispanics deported.

She and others tried to save the group. They changed its name to "Latin American Service Organization" because some residents said the original named sounded militant.

They held meetings with businesses to make them aware of what they offered - training opportunities, a place to bridge cultural differences that hamper business transactions and service, a repository of accurate information, a group that helps documented Spanish-speaking clients and urges undocumented workers to enter proper legal channels.

"I'm a child of immigrants. I feel that laws should be for everyone," said Miriam Berrouet, the group's president. "We did everything we could to get them legalized. We tried to blend the two cultures together as best we could."

And they met with area chambers of commerce and discussed creating an S.C. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. The head of the Hispanic chamber in Atlanta counseled them. A handful of area businesses were receptive, but the idea couldn't gain traction with donations and public support in short supply.

"We were willing to work with them," said Brad Dean, head of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. "They did challenge us on whether or not we truly understood and would support the need for Hispanic businesses, especially related to legislative needs. We need a sensible solution to our immigration problem and that means tighter enforcement at the federal level."

But while that idea died and various people are trying to step into the void, the Hispanic population - its legal and Undocumented parts .

Victor Rivera Jr., owner of USA Services, which helps Spanish-speakers navigate the economy, said 100 area Hispanic-owned businesses would have joined such a chamber. Many of them are made to "go down the long road [of red tape], which is expensive," feel intimidated by anti-immigrant sentiment, and have employees and clients who live in fear.

He does, as well, even though he has provided up to eight area jobs, is a citizen who moved here from New York in 1989 and decided to help the needy after promising God after his wife survived cancer.

"I am a grown man fearing injustice," he said, adding that he's felt disrespected by judges and had attorneys warn him about being too active in Hispanic affairs. "I don't deal with anyone who violates the law, just people who are doing everything the right way but are being hampered by the system."

How undocumented Immigrants has been scapegoating, dimished, demonized by some political, Media and anchor news.

Apparently nobody seems the root of the problem on Immigration. Last night I was watching the GOP Presidential debate on the issue of Immigration and their solution was secure the Southern Border but not compromised in fixed the Flaws of dysfunctional Immigration System. And this is one of thousands examples who people suffering from the Immigration flaws.

It's the law: Mom may have to leave kids

Sami Hamdi could be a poster child for the way children with Down syndrome are embraced in American society.

He's a popular pupil at an Englewood preschool serving special-needs children
He's the pampered pet of his family, a sunny-natured child who loves to sit on his mother's lap or play peek-a-boo with his three sisters.

Sami's mother, Fatiha Elgharib, knows that things would have been very different for her son in her native Morocco. "The truth is, if he had been born in my country, he would not be alive," she said.

But now Elgharib and her husband must decide whether to separate him permanently from his mother, or send him home with her to Morocco.

Elgharib is facing deportation, having exhausted her legal avenues to remain in this country. She returned home to Englewood on Nov. 26 after spending five months in jail for failing to appear at a deportation hearing. "The notice was sent to an old address, and I never received it," Elgharib said.

Jail has left the devout Muslim woman shaken. She is taking anti-anxiety medications after a lifetime of good health. But her greatest anxiety is what will happen to Sami and his thoroughly Americanized sisters if they are forced to return to their parents' native country. In Morocco, Elgharib said, children with Down syndrome are derided as "Mongoloids" and offered few educational opportunities or medical care.

It's equally hard to imagine how Sami would fare without his mother. When she was in jail, his language skills and potty training lapsed.

However you feel about immigration, here's the truth: Children are paying for the actions of their parents. Sami is a 5-year-old American citizen with Down syndrome. He is free to stay in this country.
Cases like this shows how dysfunctional and flawed is the Immigration System.

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Jewish group bands with Latinos against discrimination.

Leaders of a national Jewish group say the hate being directed at Mexican immigrants resonates with their own experience. So they've taken up the cause and convened a series of meetings and workshops with immigrant and Mexican-American leaders, including some from North Texas.

Laura González, a Dallas college professor, and Jacobo Kupersztoch, a Dallas biologist, were among about three dozen Latinos from around the country who made the trek to Washington for sessions on organizing, fundraising and advocacy.

The American Jewish Committee co-sponsored the three-day workshop with Mexico's Institute for Mexicans Abroad, which includes an advisory council established by the country's Foreign Relations Ministry.

And immigration – an issue that has polarized the nation – took center stage."The whole immigration debate is not a Latino issue; it is an American issue," said Dina Siegel Vann, the director of the Latino and Latin America initiative at the American Jewish Committee.

Ms. Siegel Vann grew up in Mexico City – and was part of the small but active Jewish community of about 40,000 there.
"From a moral perspective, Jews feel that having successfully incorporated into the U.S., they now feel a responsibility to help other minorities," she said.

Beyond that, there are practical motivations, she said. The Jewish population is in decline in the U.S., she said, and now numbers about 5 million. The Hispanic population is growing and numbers 44 million.

"Both communities have a self-interest in building a coalition," she said. "The only way you can advance an agenda is through a coalition."

The American Jewish Committee has long been a strong supporter of immigration. Earlier this year, the AJC supported a broad plan to overhaul U.S. immigration laws. After the Senate failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform, the AJC urged Congress to continue working on a "balanced and bipartisan bill."

"The Senate's failure to advance the immigration legislation only prolongs the national crisis in failing to deal humanely with the 12 million undocumented immigrants in our country," said Jeffrey Sinensky, AJC's director of domestic policy.

'Responsibility to lobby'

At the Washington meeting, workshops focused on everything from effective lobbying and letter-writing to the power of personal relationships to a point-by-point presentation on advocating on Capitol Hill.

"Script your meeting – practice speaking. ... Don't be afraid to show your passion, but don't let your passion overshadow your credibility," read one handout.

The group members met with legislative aides and with Rep. Howard Berman, a veteran Democratic legislator from Los Angeles who has supported measures to legalize immigrants who are in the U.S. unlawfully.

They also met with various leaders of the Jewish community in the Washington area, and with Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhán, whose grandfather immigrated to Mexico from Armenia.

"Now, more than ever, we must underscore a self-evident truth: Migrants are not a threat to the security of the U.S.," he said, according to a transcript of his remarks. "They are important actors in the fabric of what makes America great."

Mr. Kupersztoch said he identifies with the plight of illegal immigrants. "I was exposed to discrimination as a Jew in Mexico and exposed to discrimination as a Mexican in the U.S.," he said.

And he hopes to use what he learned to set up a network of people, possibly retirees, who can establish phone trees and e-mail trees to call on Congress, the state Legislature and municipalities when key issues arise.

The Jewish community is "so very organized, and I came away very positively impressed," he said. By comparison, he said, "we are not organized. The Latino community is not organized."

Another idea calls for developing training plans that would enhance the skills of the many blue-collar workers from Mexico in North Texas, he said.

Ms. González, who is active in the League of Women Voters of Dallas, said political advocacy was of keen interest.
"What we share with the Jewish community is discrimination," Ms. González said.

"They convinced us that it is not only our right and responsibility to lobby," she said. "We [as] U.S. citizens have the right to go and lobby for the issues that relate to our interests."

Mr. Kupersztoch and Ms. González both served on the first advisory board of Mexico's Foreign Relations Ministry from 2003 through 2005.

Praise and doubt

In North Texas, some immigrant leaders praised the AJC effort.

For years, some have discussed the merits of U.S. Latinos acting as a lobby on Mexican issues, just as U.S. Jews have done on behalf of Israel.

And for nearly as many years, Mexico's halting march toward democracy impeded such moves because Mexican-Americans wanted little association with the often-corrupt ruling party of Mexico.

But that political party rules no longer. And the current crackdown against Mexicans living illegally in the U.S. has served to galvanize many members of the community.

The Jewish people "have suffered much more than we have, and for that reason they are stronger than we are," said Jorge Navarrete, who served on the advisory board of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad. "That's why we need to take advantage of them as an example for ourselves. Hopefully, what these people [who've attended AJC seminars] learned will be shared with others."

Others question the AJC measure.

Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group that wants restrictions on both legal and illegal immigration, said many times an organization's leadership doesn't represent the rank and file.

"Jewish opinion on immigration tends to probably be more sympathetic than the general population," said Mr. Mehlman, who is Jewish and co-founded the now-dormant American Jewish Immigration Policy Institute. "But it is not hugely out of step with the general population."

Mr. Mehlman noted that FAIR also helped form a group of Hispanics against illegal immigration and African-Americans against illegal immigration in 2006, as protests for immigrant rights swept through such U.S. cities as Dallas, Los Angeles and Chicago.