Asamblea de Los Comités de Defensa del Barrio |
Los
Comités de Defensa del Barrio y la S.744
“No Legislation Without
Representation”
In
repudiation and complete rejection of the ultra militarization and
criminalization of the US-Mexico Border being advanced as “Immigration Reform”
under the proposed legislation S.744 which was passed by the US Senate on June
27, 2013, the Comités de Defensa del Barrio have signed on to a national letter
of opposition recently sent to the US Congress. The letter has been endorsed by a diverse spectrum of long
standing community groups and individuals that includes organizations of
Indigenous Peoples. The document is now serving as common platform for concrete
proposals from the most affected communities and constituencies to address and
rectify the issues of immigration policies within the US that includes for the
first time, the position of Indigenous Peoples as rights holders and not merely
stake holders in the debate.
Fundamental to the rights of Indigenous Peoples as Migrant Workers is the Right of Self Determination.
In
clear and open challenge to the “talking point” proposals being advanced by the
bi-partisan consortium of political operatives on both sides of the aisle in
the US Congress, the proposals for “Immigration Reform” from the Indigenous
Peoples are demanding that debate on the issues begin without discrimination
and in full recognition of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as articulated in
the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted on September 12,
2007.
As
“Peoples, Equal to All other Peoples….” the position of the Comités de Defensa
del Barrio taken in traditional Asamblea General on July 29, 2013 at the
Nahuacalli, Embassy of Indigenous Peoples calls for recognition, respect, and
protection of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples across the entire continent of
Abya Yala [the Americas], while moving forward with Special Measures on the
regional level to legislate mechanisms in defense of the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples as Migrant Workers, along with their families and communities.
The
legislative packet now before the US House of Representatives known as S.744
makes absolutely NO MENTION of Indigenous Peoples. This act of genocide by legislation, is obvious yet cloaked
by the mantle of the legislative “jurisgenesis” of the settler states that are
derivatives of the Doctrine of Discovery and the Divine Right of Kings, both
antiquated feudal concepts of the Old World and the Age of European
Colonization.
In
response the Comités de Defensa del Barrio have proclaimed “No Legislation
Without Representation” and have recommitted to organizing as a grass roots formation of
Indigenous Workers and Families to the goals of the Movimiento Macehualli: “From
Civil Rights to Human Rights, Indigenous Rights and the Rights of Mother Earth!”
- See more at: http://cdb-tonatierra.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples-as.html#sthash.tYTXpicn.dpuf
¡ No Somos Illegales !
¡ No Somos Criminales !
¡ Somos Trabajadores
de
Pueblos Originales !
de
Pueblos Originales !
Links:
July 18, 2013 Open Letter to the US Congress
DISMANTLING: The Doctrine of Discovery and US Citizenhship
“The issue is not the right to work. Everyone has the right to work. The Right to Work is an inherent Human Right, not a delegated privilege. The issue is the criminalization of migrant workers and their families by racist regimes of “lawful employment” that disguise ethnic cleansing. In terms of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as Migrant Workers, it is an issue of colonization and self determination.”
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Think Mexican
2012 US Census: Mexicans Fourth Largest Tribal Group
DISMANTLING: The Doctrine of Discovery and US Citizenhship
Note: Mexican American Indian |
YouTube:
“The issue is not the right to work. Everyone has the right to work. The Right to Work is an inherent Human Right, not a delegated privilege. The issue is the criminalization of migrant workers and their families by racist regimes of “lawful employment” that disguise ethnic cleansing. In terms of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as Migrant Workers, it is an issue of colonization and self determination.”
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Think Mexican
2012 US Census: Mexicans Fourth Largest Tribal Group
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