[Oe List ...] Another contribution of Children of the Order

[KarenBueno at aol.com]

Thanks, Herman, for letting me know that your son is working with CIRC  
(Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition).  I take their email newsletter here  in 
Denver, and it sounds like they are doing great work on raising the issues 
of  immigration.  
 
The United Methodist Church in the Rocky Mountain Conference is interested, 
 but not very quick in taking action, in beginning a Justice For Our 
Neighbors  (JFON) clinic here in Denver.   The services of that clinic would help  
those who have some chance of obtaining a visa to be in the US legally, but 
who  cannot afford good attorneys.  I am serving on the committee in the  
conference.  (google JFON for more info)
 
I also work with the United Methodist Women, whose global organization has  
immigration rights as a top priority.  Perhaps you or someone else can  
suggest a way to become more powerful by forming some cooperation among these  
groups.
 
Thanks for the notice of the Westwood article.
 
Karen Bueno
 
 
In a message dated 3/23/2012 7:27:10 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
hfgreene at mindspring.com writes:

 
My son and Joy Warner’s son works  with the Colorado Immigrant Rights 
association. He has worked for two years on  the case involved in this article. 
He is excited that now the Department of  Justice is coming to investigate 
the matter and he is hopeful that a  nationwide policy will grow out of this 
case.  
_http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2012/03/ice_immigration_school_resourc
e_officers_roaring_fork_valley.php_ 
(http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2012/03/ice_immigration_school_resource_officers_roaring_fork_valley.php)  
​ Immigration  advocates are hopeful that a new agreement between the 
Roaring Fork School  District and three local police departments will  put an end 
to the _controversial  collaboration_ 
(http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2011/10/immigration_ice_aclu_school_police_officers.php)  between school 
resource officers and federal Immigration and  Customs Enforcement, or ICE. 
But they also fear that the agreement doesn't go  far enough -- and they've 
asked the federal Department of Homeland Security to  investigate. 
A letter provided to Westword  confirms that the DHS Office for Civil R
ights and Civil Liberties, or CRCL,  received a complaint about the issue. It 
says the complaint will be forwarded  to the DHS Office of the Inspector 
General to review. If that office declines  to investigate, it will be returned 
to CRCL for an "appropriate response" --  which could include an 
investigation to "find and address problems in DHS  policy." 
Westword has  contacted DHS to ask whether the CRCL has decided to 
investigate. Brendan Greene with the Colorado Immigrant  Rights Coalition and 
Rebecca Wallance, an attorney with the Colorado ACLU, say  the CRCL has agreed to 
do so. 
Herman 
_____________________________________________ 
Herman  Greene 
2516 Winningham  Drive 
Chapel  Hill,  NC 27516 
919-929-4116  (h) 
919-624-0579  (c) 
919-942-4358  (f) 
Skype:  hgreene-nc 
_hfgreene at mindspring.com_ (mailto:hfgreene at mindspring.com)    



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