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okanye kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, i
I-United States ithe cwaka ilandela eyona nto ichasene nabaphambukeli
iphulo kwiminyaka engama-50. UMongameli Bush, amaRiphabhlikhi aphiko lasekunene, kunye
iidemokhrasi ezininzi ziphinda zisebenzisa abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe njengeebhokhwe zokuzazela
ukuze kufumaneke iivoti ezingqongqo kunyulo lukaNovemba ka-2006.
Ukuhlasela abantu abasuka kwamanye amazwe akuyonto intsha. Ukusukela ukuKhutshwa kwamaTshayina
Umthetho we-1890s, iIrish, amaYuda, amaYurophu aseMpuma, amaJapan kunye
Abantu bakwiiPhilippines bonke bebejolise kuhlaselo kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo
kwimbali yaseMelika.
Akumangalisi ukuba i-right-wing-anti-immigrant forces isebenzise
iphulo leMizuzu lokuyibaxa into ebizwa ngokuba โyingxakiโ
yabaphambukeli abangabhalwanga phantsi emva kwe-9/11. Ukususela kwimbonakalo yokuqala
yeMizuzu ekuqaleni kuka-2005 ukuya ekupasisweni kwe
Sensen-brenner-King Bill ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka, le yayiyi
isicwangciso esilungelelaniswe kakuhle ukukhonza imikhosi yobuhlanga anti-abaphambukeli ukuba
ubambe uninzi lwabalweli bobulungisa boluntu bengalindelanga.
Xa uJim Gilchrist, umseki weqela le-anti-immigrant vigilante,
the Minutemen, wabhengeza izicwangciso zokuya kumda we-U.S.-Mexico e
I-Arizona ukumisa abafuduki baseMexico ukuba bangene e-US, yaqala
umbutho wesizwe ochasene neqela lobuhlanga.
Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezizayo, iintshukumo ezininzi ezixhaswe yiMinutemen
kwilizwe lonke kwahlangatyezwana nabaqhankqalazi, ngamanye amaxesha abangama-30
amaxesha amakhulu kunamanani eMizuzu. Ngelixa izixeko ezininzi
akazange abamkele iMinutemen, abanye babanika ukukhanya okuluhlaza
kunye nokukhapha amapolisa ukuxhasa imisebenzi yabo yobuhlanga. I
Izixeko zaseSouthern California zaseGarden Grove kunye neBaldwin Park zazikho
ezibini zezixeko apho izenzo zeMizuzu zatsalela ingqalelo kwisizwe
ngehlobo lika-2005. Amajelo eendaba athatha iintlungu ezinkulu ukunqanda ukukhankanya
ukuba isebe labo lamapolisa likwicala leMizuzu, lihlasela
kunye nokubamba abaqhankqalazi.
Ngomhla wama-25 kuMeyi, ngexesha loqhanqalazo oluchasene nentlanganiso yeMizuzu
eGarden Grove, itshantliziyo lasekuhlaleni uTheresa Dang wagilwa yiveni
iqhutywa yiMinutemen umxhasi uHal Netkin. Wabanjwa ngamapolisa,
kodwa wakhululwa kwaye akazange ahlawuliswe. Endaweni yoko amapolisa abambe abaliqela
abaqhankqalazi.
Emva kwesiganeko semoto, uDang waya kwiSithili saseOrange County
Iofisi yegqwetha ukuba ikhalaze ngesi sehlo. NgoJuni 16,
iGarden Grove PD yagqogqa indlu kaDang yammangalela
amatyala amabini ezityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho, etyhola uDang ngobusela
isibane samapolisa ngexesha loqhanqalazo. Ityala laya ku
ityala labagwebi ekupheleni kukaNovemba kwaye uDang wafunyanwa engenatyala. Nangona kunjalo,
isebe lamapolisa eGarden Grove alizange lixolise ngokuxhaphaza kwabo
yamandla, kunye neendaba ezihlangeneyo ziye zathula phantse ngokupheleleyo
malunga netyala.
Abaninzi bavakalelwa kukuba ilinge leMinutemen lokusebenzisa abantu abachasayo abavela kwamanye amazwe
Ukuthiya abantu bamanye amazwe ukwakha intshukumo yabo yesizwe ibe yinto epheleleyo
ukusilela. Nangona kunjalo, le mbono ijongela phantsi amandla ezopolitiko
ngasemva kweMizuzu. Ukususela ekuqalekeni, uGili- kristu ukho
enconywa ngamanye amaRiphabhlikhi aphiko lasekunene njengosaziwayo kwezopolitiko.
Ngolu dumo lutsha, uGilchrist kunye noogxa bakhe baye baba
bamenywe ukuba bathethe kwizixeko zelizwe lonke.
UGilchrist wabalekela iNdlu yaBameli baseMelika ngoNovemba
Unyulo lwe-2005 lweSithili se-48 se-Orange County ye-Orange County
(inqaba yeRiphabhlikhi) njengomgqatswa we-American Independent
Iqela (AIP), iqela lobuhlanga elasekwa ngo-1968 ngumongameli wangoko
umviwa kunye nowayesakuba yirhuluneli yase-Alabama, uGeorge Wallace. UGilchrist
ulahlekelwe lunyulo, kodwa wafumana phantse 25 ekhulwini ivoti kunye
wabhengeza ukuba uza kuphinda abaleke ngo-2006.
Ngokwengxelo zeendaba, iphulo likaGilchrist belixhasiwe
nguMmeli wasekunene weNkongolo yaseColorado uTom Tancredo. Tancredo
ube ngummeli owaziwayo ochasene nabaphambukeli kwaye usebenza ngokusondeleyo
kunye namaqela axhasayo achasene nabaphambukeli afana neFederation of Americans
kuHlaziyo lokuFumaneka (FAIR), iZiko leZifundo zokuFudukela
(CIS), kunye neNumeriUSA. UTancredo ukwalihlakani elinamandla kwezopolitiko
weNdlu usihlalo weKomiti yeeJaji F. James Sensenbrenner, Omnci. (R-WI)
owaphakamisa umthetho oyilwayo ochasene nabangeneleli weNdlu HR 4437, ebizwa ngokuba
Ukukhuselwa kwemida, ukulwa nobunqolobi, kunye noLawulo lokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe ngokungekho mthethweni
Umthetho we2005.
Sensenbrenner-King Bill
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ngaphandle koqhanqalazo oluluqilima lomphambukeli, uluntu
amalungelo, abasebenzi, kunye namaqela enkululeko yoluntu, iNdlu yaseU.S. yapasisa iHR
4437-ngaphantsi kweentsuku ezili-10 ngaphandle kwengxoxo enentsingiselo-kwi
I-16 kaDisemba, kunye ne-bill ye-453 yebhiliyoni yenkcitho yokukhusela-leyo
yayiza kuqhuba i-50 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiimfazwe zase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan-kwaye
ukongezwa kweeveki ezi-5 kuMthetho we-PATRIOT. INdlu yeeNgwevu icwangciselwe ukuba
xoxa ngomthetho oyilwayo ekuqaleni kuka-2006.
UMthetho osaYilwayo weSensenbrenner-King uya kwenza ngokuzenzekelayo izigidi ezili-11
okanye uninzi lwabaphambukeli baseMexico abangabhaliswanga "abenzi bobubi,"
angahlawulisa okanye avalelwe amakhulu amawaka abemi base-US abaqeshiweyo
abasebenzi abangabhalwanga, kwaye bangabeka izigidi zabanye abantu baseMelika
abancedisa abasebenzi abangabhalwanga ngaphaya kwezitshixo โnjengabathubeleli basemzini.โ
Ngeli xesha, ngoDisemba 7, 2005, iBhunga lesiXeko saseSanta Ana, eKhalifoniya
bapasise umthetho wokuba sibe sisixeko sokuqala sase-US ukusekela amapolisa abo
ukunyanzelisa imisebenzi yokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe. Xa amalungu oluntu (okuthi
inabemi abaninzi baseLatino/abemi) babonakale kwisiXeko saseSanta Ana
Intlanganiso yebhunga nge-3 kaJanuwari 2006 yokuvakalisa umsindo wabo, iTezcalipoca,
umlweli waseLatina ovela eSanta Ana, wafakwa eluvalelweni wabanjwa.
Ujongene nezityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho ngamapolisa amaninzi ngezityholo
โukuphazamisaโ intlanganiso.
Yintoni Elandelayo Kumatshantliziyo?
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umzabalazo inokuba elide kwaye nzima, kodwa ukuba
akuthethi ukuba kufuneka silahle ithemba. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku i-right-wing anti-immigrant
amandla enze ngempumelelo "ingqiqo eqhelekileyo" umyalezo
yekhonkco: 9/ 11=counterterrorism=anti-immigrants=invade/occupy Iraq/Afghanistan.
Bakwabala ukuba ekhohlo aliyi kukwazi ukwakha
imbumba ebanzi yokuxhasana imizabalazo.
Sifanele sibonise ukuba ziphosakele. Kufuneka sakhe uluntu lwezizwe ngezizwe
izenzo ezichasene nomthetho osayilwayo weSenethi ekuqaleni koku
unyaka. Amaqela abafuduki kwilizwe lonke aqala ukwakha
imibutho yasekuhlaleni ukuze iququzelele amaphulo. Ukongezelela, asifanele
ukujongela phantsi amandla anamandla asemva kwe-anti-immigrant yangoku
intshukumo kunye "nokwahlula kunye nokweyisa" amaqhinga abayiyo
usebenzisa. Amaminithi ayaqonda ukuba akanako ukwakha intshukumo yawo
izixeko ezikhulu zaseU.S., ke bakhethe uninzi lwedolophu / yasemaphandleni,
uluntu olugcinayo oluchasene nabaphambukeli apho bakhelwa khona
isiseko. Kukwiindawo ezifana nezi apho iMifutshane ingena khona abaviwa
kunyulo ngethemba lokuphumelela izihlalo koorhulumente basekhaya.
Amatshantliziyo anoxanduva lokukhomba amakhonkco phakathi komphambukeli
amalungelo, inkululeko yoluntu, amalungelo abasebenzi, imfazwe yase-US e-Iraq, i-sweatshops,
ukuthengiswa kweengalo zamazwe ngamazwe, kunye ne-WTO, FTAA, NAFTA, kunye ne-CAFTA; kunye
namakhonkco phakathi kwamaqumrhu ezizwe ngezizwe kunye nokusetyenziswa kakubi kwezoqoqosho
kucalucalulo, ubufanasini, nobuhlwempu ekhaya. Ukuba sinokukwenza oku, ngoko
singawuphumelela umzabalazo.
Lee
USiu Hin ngumququzeleli woluntu kunye neNational Immigrant Solidarity
Uthungelwano (www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org) kunye ne-ActionLA Coalition (www.Action
LA.org).