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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Federal task force to recommend “immigrant integration”
A federal task force that has been studying immigrants and assimilation for two years will release a final report Thursday.
The document is titled: “Building an Americanization Movement for the Twenty-first Century.”
In a press release, the Task Force on New Americans says that one of the recommendations will be to “strengthen immigrant integration into American civic culture.”
It also says that “successful integration involves a message of inclusion that emphasizes American civic principles and welcomes people from all backgrounds to fully become American.”
The task force was formed as part of a Bush Administration effort to promote citizenship.
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Mexico sets up call help-line for illegal immigrants
The Mexican government has opened a special call center in Arizona to help Mexicans caught up in a U.S. crackdown on illegal immigration, the Reuters news agency reported Tuesday.
According to the story, the center is available 24-hours-a-day to field complaints from Mexican nationals about their treatment in the border state, where as many as half a million illegal immigrants live and work in the shadows.
“We want to offer a human voice at the other end of the line, so they can feel protected and know that someone is here for them,” Alejandro Ramos, head of the Mexican Consulate’s Department of Protection, told Reuters.
Read the story here.
