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LinksPolitics Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA) is the sponsor of the private relief bill, HR 1180, that would grant permanent legal residence to 30 Golden Venture passengers now trapped in legal limbo. James F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) chairs the House Judiciary Committee, the key committee in the House for immigration policy issues. Representative John N. Hostettler (R-IN) chairs the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee for Immigration, Border Security and Claims. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) is the ubiquitous spokesman for the extreme anti-immigration faction in the House. The National Immigration Forum is a leading pro-immigration national advocacy and lobbying group. Detention Watch Network is dedicated to protecting immigrants in federal detention. Team America PAC is a political action committee founded by Tancredo and Bay Buchanan, sister of columnist and presidential candidate Pat Buchanan. Team America is an active force in the national anti-immigrant movement. Immigration from Fujian Province A BBC investigative story launched in 2001 after 58 Fujianese immigrants were found dead in a truck that had just crossed the English Channel to Dover. A BBC report about the 23 Fujianese immigrants who drowned in the rising tide as they gathered cockles in Morcambe Bay, Scotland. A sociologist’s site with useful information about Asian immigrants in the US. Ko-Lin Chin’s “Smuggled Chinese: Clandestine Immigration to the United States” is the definitive study of illegal immigration from Fujian. A look at the role of Myanmar and Cambodia in the smuggling process. Transcript of a fascinating 1996 Globalvision show featuring investigative, ambush style interviews with snakeheads. A 2004 student by an American University researcher surveying immigration from Fujian Province. From State Dept. Site on Chinese Human Smuggling An interesting and in depth look at Chinese immigrant smuggling out from Fujian Province, written by a Japanese journalist in 1995. An overview of regions in China that send migrants abroad. A detailed, fascinating study of Fujianese immigration. Chinese human smuggling home page. Organizations The Golden Vision Foundation in York, PA evolved from the coalition that supported the passengers during their detention in York. The Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York, PA is the major cultural institution in York that hosted the film’s theatrical premiere on May 13, 2006. The Museum of Chinese in the Americas in New York was the site of a major exhibition of the art of the Golden Venture passengers in 1997, playing an important role in the Clinton parole. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund is a New York advocacy group that sent some of the first lawyers to meet with the Golden Venture passengers. Miscellany A fascinating family web page devoted to Robert Porges, the Harvard-trained lawyer who was convicted of working for the Snakeheads and is now serving a nine-year sentence. The Golden Venture art style was adopted by origami enthusiasts around the world. A British origami enthusiast describes this phenomenon. The Museum of Chinese in the Americas put together a highly informative overview of the Golden Venture story in conjunction with the museum's exhibition of Golden Venture art work. Bill Westerman helped curate a traveling exhibit of Golden Venture art work and has created a new organization to continue his work involving art and human rights. Craig Trebilcock, a leading Golden Venture advocate who launched an epic courtroom battle to prevent their deportation, is also in the army reserve. He served in Bosnia and in Iraq. Craig has written a brilliant satirical book loosely based on his time in Iraq, “One Weekend a Month.” Immigration Documentaries Immigration Blogs Immigration Prof Blog is the biggest, most active blog for supporters of enlightened immigration policy. Other Social Issue Documentaries from New Day Films "State of Fear." A powerful look at human rights violations in Peru, from Skylight Pictures. Also from Skylight, a film about activists for the poor, "Living Broke in Boom Times." Another film from the prolific Bob Richter: "Father Roy: Inside the School for Assassins." One of the few social-issue fiction features in the New Day collection, "jumping off bridges" is about teenagers coming to grips withthe death of a parent. |
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