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Administration Announces Deferred Action for Certain Young People by Maurice Belanger The Immigration Forum
On June 15 2012, the Obama Administration announced that it would grant deferred action (a form of administrative relief from deportation) for certain young people who were brought to the U.S. as young children and meet certain criteria. Thank you Pres Obama.
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Please take a moment to call or contact your Elected Officials today And Tell Them To Pass The DREAM Act Now! Contact Government
Here Are Some Important Points You Can Make.
* The DREAM Act is bipartisan legislation that gives eligible young
people who were brought to the U.S. as children the opportunity to
resolve their immigration status and work towards citizenship. To move
from being undocumented to being a U.S. citizen, those eligible will
have to pass background checks and be of good moral character, graduate
from high school, and go on to complete additional requirements related
to attending college or completing military service.
The DREAM Act is supported by 70 percent of likely voters and by leaders
in education, the military, business and religious orders.
* A national poll of 1,008 adults, conducted by Opinion Research
Corporation for First Focus in June 2010, shows that support cuts across
regional and party lines with 70 percent overall support.
* University presidents and educational associations, as well as
military recruiters, business and religious leaders have called on
Congress to pass the DREAM Act.
The DREAM Act is a great return on money we have already invested and will prepare the country for the global economy.
* The students who would benefit under the DREAM Act have been raised
and educated in the U.S. State and local taxpayers have already invested
in the education of these children in elementary and secondary school.
America deserves a return on their investment.
* Leading businesses such as Microsoft have endorsed the DREAM Act
because they recognize that our broken immigration system is draining
our economy of the talent and resources needed to compete in the global
economy.
The DREAM Act promises to dramatically increase the pool of highly qualified recruits for the U.S. Armed Forces.
* There is a strong tradition of military service in immigrant families,
but the lack of immigration status prevents many of those who wish to
serve from enlisting.
Passage of the DREAM Act will increases revenues in our communities.
* Enabling 800,000 immigrant students access to higher education would
go a long way in inspiring other immigrant youth to strive for a college
education. This will help boost the number of high skilled
American-raised workers. As they take their place as hard working,
taxpaying Americans, they will contribute a lifetime of revenues at the
local, state and federal level.
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The Hispanic Scholarship Fund
HSF Online Application System!
The NAACP believes strongly that future leaders must be developed today, and such development is ongoing in the Youth & College Division, created in 1936.
Today there are more than 25,000 young people, under the age of 25, representing 700 Youth Councils, High School Chapters and College Chapters actively involved in the fight for civil rights.
UNCF is an American philanthropic organization that funds scholarships for black students and general scholarship funds for 39 private historically black colleges and universities.
Thurgood Marshall College Fund 901 F Street NW Suite 300 Washington DC 20004 Tel 202-507-4851 Fax 202-652-2934
The National Urban League started out as a grass roots, civil rights organization, has evolved into a powerhouse for helping people secure economic empowerment. Programs And Initiatives
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(USCIS) is the government agency that oversees immigration to the United States.
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Action For Post-Soviet Jewry, Inc
24 Crescent Street, Suite 306
Waltham, MA 02453
phone (781) 893-2331
fax (781) 647-9474
ActionPSJ@aol.com
Assisting Jews in the Former Soviet Union since 1975
The Adopt A Bubbe Or Zayde Program reaches out to elderly Jews and the handicapped in Ukraine and Belarus. providing food, medicine, bed linens, clothing, eyeglasses, hearing aids, utility payments, and other items for those unable to exist on their pensions.
Since the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991 with the resulting hyperinflation, pensions have become almost worthless. At the same time, food, clothing, medicine and apartments are no longer subsidized by the government, and the prices for these have risen beyond the reach of most pensioners.
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If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed one.
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Visiting The Ellis Island Immigration Museum Immigration History Center
The DREAM Act, We Won't Give Up!
♥Peace, Love And Justice♥
ga*
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
[Updated Again] Stop Spectra's (Long-Haul Transportation), Gas Pipeline In NJ & NY!
♥For All My Friends In Little Italy ♥And All Over New York City And Jersey City Too♥
National Register Of Historic Places Listings On Manhattan's Islands
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Gandhi
Hurricanes; Another Good Reason, To Stop Spectra's Gas Pipeline!
Liberty State Park Area; Not, The Place For This Pipeline! Photos See slide show too.
Liberty State Park isn't just any kind of city park. It is part of the US Park And Forestry Service whose Parent Agency is, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Key environmental permits have been approved for the building of a 16-mile natural gas pipeline across portions of northern New Jersey and into New York City. December 02, 2011 Associated Press
Contact Environmental Justice at New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
NJDEP General Information
Call toll free at 866-DEP-KNOW (866-337-5669) or (609-777-3373 (DEP3)
Department of Environmental Protection
P. O. Box 402
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
Ask NJDEP A Question
On June 08 2012, a state commission approved spectra energy’s proposal to run a section of the Houston energy giant’s controversial natural gas pipeline below ground in Liberty State Park in Jersey City. Gas pipeline to be put under Liberty State Park in Jersey City NJ. spectra energy wins state approval Friday June 08 2012 by Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal
The Texas Eastern natural gas pipeline from Linden to New York City, including a 15.5-mile stretch of 30-inch pipe that would travel the length of Bayonne and Jersey City before turning east near the Hoboken border and heading under the Hudson River, to Manhattan's West Village.
NO NO, NO, ABSOLUTELY, NO, gas pipeline Under Liberty State Park!
Judges; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, please do not grant spectra corporation these pipeline permits.
The Jersey City, Hoboken, NJ/NY Harbor region should be protected from spectra corporation's attempts to extend their pipeline, that is against the best interests and wishes of these cities. Jersey City Mayor to President Obama: stop the Spectra Energy pipeline. Jersey Journal December 07, 2011 Contact the White House
Three important reasons to deny spectra's proposal:
1 The obvious reason, that the entire areas are way too densely populated.
2 New Jersey/New York Harbor; (where spectra wants to cross), is totally filled with Federally protected Historical Sites. Many of which, are very close to a National Monument, Our Statue Of Liberty!
3 The construction of spectra's gas pipeline would destroy the shoreline and natural environment; habitat, of New Jersey/New York Harbor's fish, marine life, birds and other animal populations for many generations, if not forever!
The entire New Jersey/New York Harbor from Liberty State Park's shore, across to Manhattan's West Village, (besides being filled with historical sites) is a fish estuary. Common species include bluefish, shad, striped bass and blue claw crabs.
Major Estuaries, Bays, and Rivers along the Northeast United States Coast Summary of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Designation:
NJ/NY harbor is Part of an Department of Environmental Protection's Program that consists of, an enormous watershed encompassing a much larger area.
In 2011, HEP updated its geographic footprint to include the Hudson River watershed up to the Troy Dam, as well as the watersheds of the Raritan, Passaic, Hackensack Rivers in New Jersey. This watershed approach is much more in keeping with the way other major estuaries are managed.
Also; the Richard J. Sullivan Natural Area of the Park; including Communipaw Cove, (36 acres), is a Nature Preserve and consists mainly of salt marsh, one of the few remaining tidal marshes of the Hudson River Estuary.
Please continue to read this post, for many more reasons why spectra's proposal was never a well thought out plan.
This is not an ordinary distribution, gas pipeline; the kind used in order to bring natural gas to homes, businesses and industries. This is; a long-haul, transportation pipeline!
As a transportation type pipeline; this means that, it will always have gas going through it, constantly, not, use a little pump a little more in like with domestic pipelines.
And the state, wants to allow spectra to run this pipeline through the streets of Jersey City!
Has everyone, gone totally crazy? Proposed extension of gas line through densely populated northeastern NJ, has critics Star-Ledger February 27, 2011
Pipeline Frequently Asked Questions Do we want to know the answers? Read please.
spectra corporation is trying to claim eminent domain in order to seize the land, where they want to build their pipeline in Jersey City.
When in effect; they won't be able to build their gas pipeline along this route using eminent domain as a ploy, because; in reality, the main part of the pipeline would be tearing through areas like, the Morris Canal, which is a Federally protected Historical Site,
Stop this Houston,Tx based company. originally from Canada, from ripping off Jersey City, Hoboken, New York City's Waterways and West Village!
Contact Friends Of Liberty State Park Information
Liberty State Park
Morris Pesin Drive
Jersey City, NJ 07305
201-915-3440
Park hours 6am to 10pm Daily
Liberty Science Center
Liberty State Park
222 Jersey City Boulevard
Jersey City NJ
07305
Current Exhibitions and Experiences Our Hudson Home
Contact NJ Governor Chris Christie. E-Mail You can also contact Governor Christie by writing to the Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 001, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0001, or by calling
(609) 777-2500.
Contact NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Facebook
Call, e-mail, or mail U.S. state and federal elected officials and government agencies. NJ Senators And NY Senators
Contact Elected Officials Call, e-mail, or mail U.S. state and federal elected officials and government agencies
U.S. Government Information, by Topic Scan by topic to find the government information and services you need.
spectra cannot build their pipeline through Jersey City's neighborhoods.
An alternative route that spectra can use; is, when the Bayonne part of their pipeline reaches the City Line on Kennedy Blvd, it then needs to go around the back of Jersey City's Route 440, along its west side waterway Newark Bay.
Then, go north about 5 miles along the shore, following the water line in Newark Bay. And Then cross over from there or from Hoboken, to New York City. I would need maps to say where. I'm not an engineer. They get the big bucks to figure this kind of stuff out. Although; crossing over from this part of Jersey City or even as far as Hoboken, would still bring the pipeline to lower Manhattan, (Canal Street) and create the same environmental damage concerns.
Hoboken objects to spectra's proposed gas pipeline too. One can understand how they would not like it destroying their pristine NJ/NY Harbor! Hoboken, New Jersey
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Hudson County, New Jersey ie Both the (43) Morris Canal and (51) Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island are listed as Protected Historical Sites. See link for more.
Ellis Island 1892 to 1924 America's "Golden Door"
Ellis Island, was the historical gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States.
Statue of Liberty National Monument The Statue of Liberty National Monument and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum are a popular tour activity for visitors to New York City.
And
Castle Garden From August 1, 1855 through April 18, 1890, immigrants arriving in the state of New York came through Castle Garden. America's first official immigrant examining and processing center, Castle Garden welcomed approximately 8 million immigrants.
Castle Garden; (Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton), was once a circular sandstone fort, located in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, New York City, in the United States. It subsequently became a beer garden, an exhibition hall, a theater, the first immigration station (predating Ellis Island) and finally a national monument. 26 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005-1996 (212) 344-7220
I wrote this post because; spectra energy corporation, makes me mad!
No one in Jersey City and Lower Manhattan wants the stupid pipeline.
I don't want it either. Especially in Lower New York/New Jersey Harbor or going through any of our towns and cities. I just put the pieces together here, to help my friends out. They always helped me a lot in my life!
These are, very populated areas and coincidentally, the proposed pipeline runs through many of the poorer sections of Jersey City.
Could this plan be any more stupid? Either the planning engineer is crazy or spectra's swindling New Jersey big time! Even I can figure this out.
I just sent this post to NJ Gov. Chris Christie and told him this too.
What a rip off all around!
Passion strikes and I fly! An infinite amount of small rebellions.
For the past two days; I've been dreaming that tough guys are threatening me, but that someone comes and saves me each time.
Tonight I was dreaming that a guy♥ saved me who looked a lot like the one in this picture .
Except I was calling him Larry or Lawrence, or something like that.
He just smiled at me, walked right in and walked me away. And no one said one word to him.
When I woke up; I remembered having seen (in my google research yesterday), that the shoreline area that surrounds Liberty State Park, etc, and all of NY/NJ harbor, itself, is, a natural fish estuary and habitat.
They're Playing My Song; Again! They've been playing it for me since 1977 and I keep listening♥
Volunteers
♥God's Love We Deliver♥
166 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013
phone 212.294.8100
fax 212.294.8101
For the past 25 years; God's Love We Deliver has prepared and delivered nearly 13 million meals, to those who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves.
God's Love We Deliver, is a BBB Accredited Charity and a proud member of the BBB Charity Seal Program. God's Love meets or exceeds all 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability. Ways to Give
Union City, NJ 07087
201-348-8150
The only family shelter in Hudson County.
Peace and Justice, ga*
Happy Birthday To My Father Sam Atkins♥ Born; 1893, On Grand Street in New York City.
National Register Of Historic Places Listings On Manhattan's Islands
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Gandhi
♥Activists Needed Immediately!Stop Spectra! No Natural Gas Pipeline In New Jersey & New York, to transport spectra's gas.
All Help Greatly Appreciated.
Thank You
From The Statue Of Liberty♥♥
Hurricanes; Another Good Reason, To Stop Spectra's Gas Pipeline!
Liberty State Park Area; Not, The Place For This Pipeline! Photos See slide show too.
Liberty State Park isn't just any kind of city park. It is part of the US Park And Forestry Service whose Parent Agency is, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Key environmental permits have been approved for the building of a 16-mile natural gas pipeline across portions of northern New Jersey and into New York City. December 02, 2011 Associated Press
Contact Environmental Justice at New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
NJDEP General Information
Call toll free at 866-DEP-KNOW (866-337-5669) or (609-777-3373 (DEP3)
Department of Environmental Protection
P. O. Box 402
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
Ask NJDEP A Question
On June 08 2012, a state commission approved spectra energy’s proposal to run a section of the Houston energy giant’s controversial natural gas pipeline below ground in Liberty State Park in Jersey City. Gas pipeline to be put under Liberty State Park in Jersey City NJ. spectra energy wins state approval Friday June 08 2012 by Terrence T. McDonald/The Jersey Journal
The Texas Eastern natural gas pipeline from Linden to New York City, including a 15.5-mile stretch of 30-inch pipe that would travel the length of Bayonne and Jersey City before turning east near the Hoboken border and heading under the Hudson River, to Manhattan's West Village.
NO NO, NO, ABSOLUTELY, NO, gas pipeline Under Liberty State Park!
Judges; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, please do not grant spectra corporation these pipeline permits.
The Jersey City, Hoboken, NJ/NY Harbor region should be protected from spectra corporation's attempts to extend their pipeline, that is against the best interests and wishes of these cities. Jersey City Mayor to President Obama: stop the Spectra Energy pipeline. Jersey Journal December 07, 2011 Contact the White House
Three important reasons to deny spectra's proposal:
1 The obvious reason, that the entire areas are way too densely populated.
2 New Jersey/New York Harbor; (where spectra wants to cross), is totally filled with Federally protected Historical Sites. Many of which, are very close to a National Monument, Our Statue Of Liberty!
3 The construction of spectra's gas pipeline would destroy the shoreline and natural environment; habitat, of New Jersey/New York Harbor's fish, marine life, birds and other animal populations for many generations, if not forever!
The entire New Jersey/New York Harbor from Liberty State Park's shore, across to Manhattan's West Village, (besides being filled with historical sites) is a fish estuary. Common species include bluefish, shad, striped bass and blue claw crabs.
Major Estuaries, Bays, and Rivers along the Northeast United States Coast Summary of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Designation:
NJ/NY harbor is Part of an Department of Environmental Protection's Program that consists of, an enormous watershed encompassing a much larger area.
In 2011, HEP updated its geographic footprint to include the Hudson River watershed up to the Troy Dam, as well as the watersheds of the Raritan, Passaic, Hackensack Rivers in New Jersey. This watershed approach is much more in keeping with the way other major estuaries are managed.
Also; the Richard J. Sullivan Natural Area of the Park; including Communipaw Cove, (36 acres), is a Nature Preserve and consists mainly of salt marsh, one of the few remaining tidal marshes of the Hudson River Estuary.
Please continue to read this post, for many more reasons why spectra's proposal was never a well thought out plan.
This is not an ordinary distribution, gas pipeline; the kind used in order to bring natural gas to homes, businesses and industries. This is; a long-haul, transportation pipeline!
As a transportation type pipeline; this means that, it will always have gas going through it, constantly, not, use a little pump a little more in like with domestic pipelines.
And the state, wants to allow spectra to run this pipeline through the streets of Jersey City!
Has everyone, gone totally crazy? Proposed extension of gas line through densely populated northeastern NJ, has critics Star-Ledger February 27, 2011
Pipeline Frequently Asked Questions Do we want to know the answers? Read please.
spectra corporation is trying to claim eminent domain in order to seize the land, where they want to build their pipeline in Jersey City.
When in effect; they won't be able to build their gas pipeline along this route using eminent domain as a ploy, because; in reality, the main part of the pipeline would be tearing through areas like, the Morris Canal, which is a Federally protected Historical Site,
Stop this Houston,Tx based company. originally from Canada, from ripping off Jersey City, Hoboken, New York City's Waterways and West Village!
Contact Friends Of Liberty State Park Information
Liberty State Park
Morris Pesin Drive
Jersey City, NJ 07305
201-915-3440
Park hours 6am to 10pm Daily
Liberty Science Center
Liberty State Park
222 Jersey City Boulevard
Jersey City NJ
07305
Current Exhibitions and Experiences Our Hudson Home
Contact NJ Governor Chris Christie. E-Mail You can also contact Governor Christie by writing to the Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 001, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0001, or by calling
(609) 777-2500.
Contact NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Facebook
Call, e-mail, or mail U.S. state and federal elected officials and government agencies. NJ Senators And NY Senators
Contact Elected Officials Call, e-mail, or mail U.S. state and federal elected officials and government agencies
U.S. Government Information, by Topic Scan by topic to find the government information and services you need.
spectra cannot build their pipeline through Jersey City's neighborhoods.
An alternative route that spectra can use; is, when the Bayonne part of their pipeline reaches the City Line on Kennedy Blvd, it then needs to go around the back of Jersey City's Route 440, along its west side waterway Newark Bay.
Then, go north about 5 miles along the shore, following the water line in Newark Bay. And Then cross over from there or from Hoboken, to New York City. I would need maps to say where. I'm not an engineer. They get the big bucks to figure this kind of stuff out. Although; crossing over from this part of Jersey City or even as far as Hoboken, would still bring the pipeline to lower Manhattan, (Canal Street) and create the same environmental damage concerns.
Hoboken objects to spectra's proposed gas pipeline too. One can understand how they would not like it destroying their pristine NJ/NY Harbor! Hoboken, New Jersey
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Hudson County, New Jersey ie Both the (43) Morris Canal and (51) Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island are listed as Protected Historical Sites. See link for more.
Ellis Island 1892 to 1924 America's "Golden Door"
Ellis Island, was the historical gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States.
Statue of Liberty National Monument The Statue of Liberty National Monument and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum are a popular tour activity for visitors to New York City.
And
Castle Garden From August 1, 1855 through April 18, 1890, immigrants arriving in the state of New York came through Castle Garden. America's first official immigrant examining and processing center, Castle Garden welcomed approximately 8 million immigrants.
Castle Garden; (Castle Clinton or Fort Clinton), was once a circular sandstone fort, located in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, New York City, in the United States. It subsequently became a beer garden, an exhibition hall, a theater, the first immigration station (predating Ellis Island) and finally a national monument. 26 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005-1996 (212) 344-7220
I wrote this post because; spectra energy corporation, makes me mad!
No one in Jersey City and Lower Manhattan wants the stupid pipeline.
I don't want it either. Especially in Lower New York/New Jersey Harbor or going through any of our towns and cities. I just put the pieces together here, to help my friends out. They always helped me a lot in my life!
These are, very populated areas and coincidentally, the proposed pipeline runs through many of the poorer sections of Jersey City.
Could this plan be any more stupid? Either the planning engineer is crazy or spectra's swindling New Jersey big time! Even I can figure this out.
I just sent this post to NJ Gov. Chris Christie and told him this too.
What a rip off all around!
Passion strikes and I fly! An infinite amount of small rebellions.
For the past two days; I've been dreaming that tough guys are threatening me, but that someone comes and saves me each time.
Tonight I was dreaming that a guy♥ saved me who looked a lot like the one in this picture .
Except I was calling him Larry or Lawrence, or something like that.
He just smiled at me, walked right in and walked me away. And no one said one word to him.
When I woke up; I remembered having seen (in my google research yesterday), that the shoreline area that surrounds Liberty State Park, etc, and all of NY/NJ harbor, itself, is, a natural fish estuary and habitat.
They're Playing My Song; Again! They've been playing it for me since 1977 and I keep listening♥
Volunteers
♥God's Love We Deliver♥
166 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013
phone 212.294.8100
fax 212.294.8101
For the past 25 years; God's Love We Deliver has prepared and delivered nearly 13 million meals, to those who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves.
God's Love We Deliver, is a BBB Accredited Charity and a proud member of the BBB Charity Seal Program. God's Love meets or exceeds all 20 BBB Standards for Charity Accountability. Ways to Give
♥For My Constant Muse; Dr Theodore Adams, Professor of Sociology♥Palisades Emergency Residence Corp PERC
Union City, NJ 07087
201-348-8150
The only family shelter in Hudson County.
Peace and Justice, ga*
Happy Birthday To My Father Sam Atkins♥ Born; 1893, On Grand Street in New York City.
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