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[EnglishLanguage 4279] Re: Adult Ed students deported at White House visit
Ujwala Samant
lalumineuse at yahoo.comSat May 16 10:33:39 EDT 2009
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There is a Canadian television series called Little Mosque on the Prairie, written by Zarqa Nawaz about a small community in Saskatchewan, of the interactions between the Muslims (from all over the world - Lebanon, Pakistan, Nigeria etc), which I found was well received by Muslims and has lots of humour, deals with ethnic and religious stereotypes.
Has anyone used this or watched it?
Regards
Ujwala Samant
--- On Fri, 5/15/09, Wrigley, Heide <heide at literacywork.com> wrote:
> From: Wrigley, Heide <heide at literacywork.com>
> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 4268] Re: Adult Ed students deported at White House visit
> To: "The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List" <englishlanguage at nifl.gov>
> Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 8:57 PM
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> Exactly, I think the
> “Visitor” , rich in cultural
> issues and cross-ethnic relationships and demonstrating a
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> of Muslims and their struggles here in the US would be a
> great movie to watch
> with a class. It can present a spring board discussions for
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> issues related to immigrants and the law, the workings of
> an unsymptethic system,
> the human toll on families and friends, and the frustration
> of US citizens who want
> to help but can’t once deportation procedures start
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> [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On
> Behalf Of Linda Taylor
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> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:44 PM
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> To: 'The Adult English Language Learners
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> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 4267] Re: Adult Ed
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> I just saw a DVD/movie called
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> addresses the issue of ignoring paperwork in a compelling
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> Linda Taylor, Director of
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> 858-292-2900, ext.
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> From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov
> [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of
> Wrigley, Heide
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> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 2:30 PM
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> To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion
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> Cc: Janet Isserlis
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> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 4266] Re: Adult Ed
> students deported at White
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> has heavy-handed indeed. I think that now all outstanding
> deport orders are
> classified as felonies so people are on a watch list. So
> these students are not
> simply undocumented students anymore.
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> think it is absolutely essential that as teachers we tell
> our students about
> the importance of NOT EVER ignoring any paperwork from the
> government –
> things get worse exponentially. It is of course also hugely
> important for
> programs to advocate for more free legal aid for families
> so they can get their
> questions answered and know what their rights are when they
> face legal
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> wonder if anyone addresses these issues in their PD so that
> teachers know what
> to tell students and know what local resources are
> available to answer students
> questions (no legal questions should ever be answered by
> teachers, by the way).
> Does anyone have a strong piece in the EL Civics component
> of their adult ESL
> classes that speaks to dealing with paperwork from the
> government (immigration,
> taxes) – not just the importance of keeping
> documents but what to
> be prepared for if you are a non-citizen (authorized or
> not) –Airport
> checks and road checks asking for legal documentation are
> frequent in areas along
> the US-Mexico border and visitors from other states
> often don’t
> carry their Green cards or visas with them and face long
> delays just travelling
> from one town to another, miles from the border
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> From:
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> Behalf Of Pichard, Mercedes Dr.
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> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 10:17 AM
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> To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion
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> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 4264] Re: Adult Ed
> students deported for
> visitingWhite House
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> the RESULT, it seems to me that the
> Adult Ed classroom instructor should have warned his whole
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> without targeting anyone in particular --- that there was
> going to be a
> stringent security check at the gate of the White
> House. Some kind
> of “word to the wise” warning would
> probably have prevented
> the undocumented folks from joining that particular
> field-trip.
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> Mercedes Pichard
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> From:
> englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov
> [mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On
> Behalf Of Eugenia Fitzgerald
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> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:52 AM
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> To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion
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> Subject: [EnglishLanguage 4262] Re: Adult Ed
> students deported for
> visitingWhite House
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> I saw
> this and was
> appalled. Talk about heavy-handed! I think they
> need to rethink
> their "protocol."
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> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Lynne
> Weintraub <lynneweintraub at hotmail.com>
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> Thinking about taking a class to visit
> the White House? Read
> this first:
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> WASHINGTON
> — Two people facing deportation from the United
> States have been taken
> into custody at the White House gate.
> They had arrived for a tour of the executive
> mansion.
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> was part of an adult education
> program, and a routine background check showed they had an
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> immigration order against them.
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> White House spokesman Nick
> Shapiro says they were taken into custody Thursday morning
> before they entered
> the compound.
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> House visitors are required to
> undergo a U.S. Secret Service background check. Shapiro
> says agents discovered
> the problems and informed immigration officials, according
> to protocol.
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> Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/14/two-students-taking-tour-_n_203723.html
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> Lynne
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> Amherst MA
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