{"id":21350,"date":"2017-06-13T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T17:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=21350"},"modified":"2017-06-13T10:48:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T17:48:30","slug":"a-reminder-of-the-responsibility-of-the-state-to-guarantee-rights-and-dignity-to-all-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=21350","title":{"rendered":"A reminder of the responsibility of the state to guarantee rights and dignity to all people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/longislandwins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120723-carecen.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has stepped up the offensive against the dignity and rights of immigrants, particularly undocumented immigrants who are caught in the web of ever harsher immigration laws.\u00a0Candidate Trump pledged to deport 3 million undocumented immigrants, and let\u2019s not forget that under President Obama, 2.4 million undocumented immigrants were deported. Attorney General Jeff Session, whose racist stands are no secret, has engaged in a trial of strength with the people who believe that respect for rights and dignity of all people is the responsibility of the state.\u00a0 All of these policies aim at marketing a more xenophobic vision of the society that pits the \u201celected citizens\u201d against the most vulnerable members of this society.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Young, an attorney for the Central American Refugee Center, CARECEN, in Hempstead and Brentwood, Long Island, New York\u00a0presents the possible responses to the collusion between ICE and the police in making arrests and then deporting undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21350-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pyoung-1-of-3.wav?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pyoung-1-of-3.wav\">http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pyoung-1-of-3.wav<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>He also expounds on the impact\u00a0on the immigrant community.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21350-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pat-young-part-2-of-3.wav?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pat-young-part-2-of-3.wav\">http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pat-young-part-2-of-3.wav<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Finally, we asked him what were the main issues that immigrant women face in these particular times in the United States.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21350-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pyoung-3-of-3.wav?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pyoung-3-of-3.wav\">http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pyoung-3-of-3.wav<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>This continues our series of interviews with Patrick Young. You can read and hear the earlier interviews <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=21261\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/?p=21292\">here<\/a>. Along with being an attorney for Central American Refugee Center, CARECEN, Patrick is also an immigration law professor at Hofstra University, co-director of the Law School\u2019s Immigration Clinic, a policy analyst for New York State Immigration Action Fund, and a writer for <a href=\"https:\/\/longislandwins.com\/\">Long Island Wins<\/a>, a website geared toward Long Island immigration communities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/longislandwins.com\/news\/carecen-honored-at-the-puerto-rican-hispanic-day-parade\/\">Long Island Wins<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has stepped up the offensive against the dignity and rights of immigrants, particularly undocumented immigrants who are caught in the web of ever harsher immigration laws.\u00a0Candidate Trump pledged to deport 3 million undocumented immigrants, and let\u2019s not forget that under President Obama, 2.4 million undocumented immigrants were deported. Attorney General [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[880,5923,5280,5922,1907,5353],"class_list":["post-21350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-brigitte-marti","tag-carecen","tag-immigration","tag-patrick-young","tag-pramila-venkateswaran","tag-radio-wibg","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21350"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21356,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350\/revisions\/21356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.womeninandbeyond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}