Information on wills and Planning Ahead Legal documents If the US wants less irregular migration, it should restore asylum, invest in Latin America, say the roundtable participants: “The border is not really the problem. It`s what sends people out of the homes they love and pushes everything they know to the limit,” Seitz said. The Legal Pathways program was launched in 2010 and received funding from the New South Wales Government until June 2021. Unfortunately, COTA NSW has not been able to secure funding for this programme and it will be suspended until further funds can be found. “What we need more than anything else is a new political approach, a new package of measures and a new set of partners. That`s also part of the problem: not only did we have the wrong policy, but we also worked with the wrong people,” Chacon said, referring to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is now accused of crimes such as drug trafficking. EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Oscar Chacon has been working with immigrant communities in the United States for 24 years. What he has to say about the more than 2 million people who entered the country between ports of entry last year may surprise the average American, he says. The point he made this week at an online panel discussion by the Border Network for Human Rights is that the U.S. government must invest in education and health care in countries “deporting migrants,” refuse to work with corrupt regional politicians, and tell U.S.
companies to offer well-paying jobs and let workers unionize if they want to operate there. Seitz agreed that the government`s current efforts will not be enough to solve the challenge. He compared him to a car owner who wants to fix the tires of an old car whose engine has failed. “The reason most flee is because they are forced to do so,” he said. “Economic and political rights are constantly violated in these countries, leading people to make the painful decision to leave the country. The majority loves their country and wants to stay there. NSW Trustee & Guardian provides documents at no or minimal cost to full retirees: 1300,109,290 or www.tag.nsw.gov.au/ Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso agrees that the solution to irregular migration flows lies across the border.
Chacon also claimed that some of the companies Harris hired “are actually part of the problem.” He said the jobs they create are poorly paid and do not allow workers to join independent unions. “We now have an inhumane, unjust and contradictory system that does not suit a healthy nation, nor respect for the dignity of people who want to cross the border,” the bishop said. “Nations certainly have the right to control their border, but they must also allow people to cross for a number of reasons that are beneficial to the host nation and to the person or family seeking help.” “It basically recruited a few big companies to promise to invest over 10 years ($1.5 billion), which is frankly a drop in the ocean,” he said. “Migrants to the U.S. sent $6.2 billion (in remittances) in a single year. The scale of the challenge is much greater than what the United States has put forward so far in policy initiatives. “By far, people in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Haiti – despite the mess of their country – would much prefer to stay in their country. In fact, most stay in their countries,” said the co-founder and CEO of Chicago-based Alianza America. This is because it is human nature to love one`s homeland, one`s culture and stick to one`s routine.
If some decide to take a dangerous and expensive trip to the U.S., it`s because their world has fallen apart, Chacon said. The activist also said Vice President Harris` task of addressing the root causes of migration leaves much to be desired. Other roundtable participants called for the restoration of asylum at ports of entry, the creation of migrant reception centers instead of detention centers, the passage of an immigration reform bill in Congress — Democrats and Republicans support competing initiatives — and for “GOP extremists” to portray migrants as criminals and the border as a war zone.