[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Latino legislators MIA on the TPP

[Irene L. Malone]

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> From: "Mariana Ruiz, Presente.org" <info at presente.org>
> Date: March 7, 2015 4:38:37 AM PST
> To: "Irene Malone" <irenelsm at mcn.org>
> Subject: Latino legislators MIA on the TPP
> Reply-To: "Mariana Ruiz, Presente.org" <info at presente.org>
>
> Tell members of the CHC: Stand up for Latinos — fight the TPP!


> Dear Irene,
>
> The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed trade deal that  
> will make buckets of money for corporate behemoths while wreaking  
> havoc on the Latino community.
>
> A handful of Latino legislators including Reps. Raúl Grijalva and  
> Loretta Sanchez are standing up for us by fighting the TPP. But far  
> too many members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus have failed  
> to take a stand for our community.
>
> With important votes that will determine the fate of the TPP  
> expected in the next few weeks, it is past time for our elected  
> leaders in Washington, DC, to speak out.
>
> Tell members of the CHC: Stand up for Latinos — fight the TPP.
>
> In the U.S., the TPP will spell job losses and lower wages for  
> workers as hundreds of thousands of our jobs are sent overseas.1
>
> And the TPP will create economic devastation in Mexico and parts of  
> South America by destroying the ability of campesinos to make a  
> living while simultaneously offshoring the jobs of maquila workers  
> to even lower-wage countries like Vietnam.
>
> Robbing millions of their livelihood will result in a new wave of  
> economic migrants surging into our inadequate and inhumane  
> immigration system.
>
> But Rep. Luis Gutiérrez, one of the most outspoken champions of  
> immigration reform in the House, has remained passive in the face  
> of a proposed trade deal that will surely make our immigrations  
> system, and the plight of those trapped within in it, worse.
>
> And last week, when eight U.S. senators went to the floor of the  
> Senate to speak about the dangers of the proposed Trans-Pacific  
> Partnership (TPP), the only senator in the Congressional Hispanic  
> Caucus —  Sen. Robert Menendez — was not among them.
>
> Rep. Gutiérrez and Sen. Menendez are just two examples of the  
> disappointing and dangerous silence we see from Latino legislators  
> in DC.
>
> We have a right to expect that our elected leaders will fight bad  
> trade deals that undermine our community. And we need to speak out  
> now to make sure they stand with us, not with wealthy corporations,  
> when it comes time to a vote.
>
> Tell members of the CHC: Stand up for Latinos — fight the TPP.
>
> Thanks and ¡adelante!
>
> — Mariana, Arturo, Erica, Erick, Luis, and the Presente.org team
>
> P.S. Will you donate $5 to support our work? We rely on  
> contributions from people like you to see campaigns like this through.
>
> Source:
>
> 1. A Tale of Two Trade Deals, Washington Monthly, March/April 2013
>
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