La Prensa San Diego - May 18, 2018

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SAN DIEGO

ESTABLISHED DECEMBER 1, 1976

SAN DIEGO’S ONLY BILINGUAL LATINO NEWSPAPER | www.LaPrensaSanDiego.com | Vol. 42 | No. 20 | MAY 18, 2018

DA Candidate Speaks on PROPOSED BILL WOULD INCREASE OVERSIGHT OF ICE DETENTION CENTERS Justice Reform ESPAÑOL P.4

BY ANDREA LOPEZ-VILLAFAÑA

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BY ANDREA LOPEZ-VILLAFAÑA

ADRIANA HELDIZ FOR VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

bill that would increase the oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers as well as establish that no federal funds be used for the construction or expansion of immigration detention facilities was introduced on Tuesday, May 15. United States Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced the bill also known as the Detention Oversight Not Expansion Act or DONE Act. The bill would require the inspection of immigration detention facilities and findings to be reported to Congress. Department of Homeland Security would also be required to submit a report to Congress that details plans to decrease the number of detention beds by using alternatives to detention. As well as a plan to restore and expand the Family Case Management Program, which offers an alternative to detention to those individuals moving through immigration proceedings. “ICE’s indiscriminate approach to immigration enforcement continues to sow OVERSIGHT ON PAGE 6

ESPAÑOL P.4 PROFILE

Mary Ann Rodriguez

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San Ysidro PedEast to Open in July

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Renewable Energy and Career Opportunities for Women BY ANDREA LOPEZ-VILLAFAÑA

BY ANA GOMEZ SALCIDO

A poster of Mexican artists Simon Silva’s “Un Dia de Campo,” or a day in the fields, hangs in Mary Ann Rodriguez’s downtown office. Rodriguez, a court operations supervisor and San Diego Superior Court’s language access representative, shares she first saw the image during a late night study session in college. The image, which depicts a small family working in what seems like an endless rows of farm fields under an orange sun, stood out to Rodriguez because it gave her a sense of pride for her culture and the labor of hard working individuals. Rodriguez, who has been with the San Diego Superior Court for 20 years and a supervisor for 12 years, is no stranger to hard work. She currently supervises the interpreters at the central court in downtown, the traffic court in Kearny Mesa and the juvenile court. Two years ago, she was named the Court’s Language Access Representative following a push to focus on expanding language services

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SEIZING NEW OPPORTUNITIES

BY ANDREA LOPEZ-VILLAFAÑA

On Monday, May 14, community members had the opportunity to listen from San Diego County District Attorney candidate Genevieve Jones-Wright at a forum held in Lincoln Park. District Attorney and candidate Summer Stephan was out of town and therefore unable to attend. The San Diego Organizing Project and Mid-City Community Advocacy Network hosted the free forum at the City of Hope International Church with the intention of discussing criminal justice reform with the candidates. The forum also provided a platform for community members to voice their input on transforming the justice system by submitting questions during the event. Both Jones-Wright and Stephan are first-time candidates with contrasting career backgrounds and have expressed different ideas on reforming the criminal justice system. Stephan was appointed as Interim District Attorney in 2017 following Bonnie Dumanis’ decision to not run for a fifth term. She has worked for the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office as a prosecutor for over 20 years. Jones-Wright has served as a public defender since 2006 and serves on the City of San Diego’s Commission on Gang Prevention and

n improved pedestrian facility in San Ysidro will open its doors in July, as part of the expansion and reconfiguration project of the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The improved facilities will include 22 new northbound pedestrian lanes. This means, northbound pedestrian lanes will be almost

triple of what they were prior to the expansion project by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Currently, pedestrian traffic going north in San Ysidro can use the Ped West facility located on the West side of the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry, which operates 12 northbound and two reversible pedestrian lanes, and also a temporary

pedestrian crossing on the East side (near the location of the improved pedestrian facility to open in July known as Ped East). The San Ysidro Land Port of Entry is the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere, currently processing an average of 70,000 northbound vehicle passengers

Erika Rodriguez, a first-time homeowner in City Heights, was all smiles Wednesday morning when a crew of all women volunteers in hard hats arrived to install free solar panels on her roof. “At this moment I just feel like oh my God it’s amazing, the feeling is so great, it’s a miracle,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez, who has a background in electrical engineering, wanted to install solar panels on her roof to make her home more environmentally friendly and also save some money on her electricity bill. The solar panels installation was made possible through a program of GRID Alternatives San Diego, an organization that makes solar power and solar jobs accessible to low-income communities. Through GRID San Diego’s Women in Solar Program, women learn skills needed to enter the solar industry and also help improve the life of a local homeowner. According to GRID San Diego, women make up only 27 percent of the workforce in solar jobs. Workforce Coordinator for GRID San Diego

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Incrementa el Número de Estudiantes Foráneos Establecidos en EEUU POR ANA GÓMEZ SALCIDO

Un programa federal de entrenamiento que permite a estudiantes foráneos que se queden a vivir y trabajar en Estados Unidos al terminar sus estudios universitarios en este país tuvo un incremento del 400 por ciento del 2008 al 2016, en el número de estudiantes foráneos que se quedaron a trabajar en el sector de STEM luego de su graduación. Entre el 2004 y el 2016, casi 1.5 millones de los estudiantes

foráneos que se graduaron de universidades en Estados Unidos consiguieron permiso para permanecer en el país por medio del programa de Entrenamiento Práctico Opcional (OPT, por sus siglas en inglés) del gobierno federal. El 53 por ciento de los graduados foráneos recibieron permiso para trabajar en el sector de ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas, esto de acuerdo a un análisis del Centro de Investigación Pew con información obtenida por medio de la Ley por la Libertad de

la Información del Servicio de Control de Inmigración (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés). El programa de OPT fue desarrollado para permitir a los estudiantes extranjeros con visas F-1 a que tuvieran experiencia en el trabajo después de graduarse de una universidad en Estados Unidos. En el 2007 y el 2013, el Congreso no realizó modificaciones al programa de la visa tipo H-1B como parte de una reforma migratoria comprehensiva. Y en ese tiempo, se propuso

incrementar el número de visas tipo H-1B así como agregar 55,000 permisos de residencias permanentes (green cards) exclusivos para graduados foráneos con un título en el sector de STEM. Una gran parte de los graduados de STEM se inscribieron en el programa de OPT luego de que acciones ejecutivas en el 2008 y 2016 doblaron a 29 meses, luego incrementaron a 36 meses, el tiempo máximo de empleo para los ESTUDIANTES EN LA PAGINA 12


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