Another Power Grab Brewing By Corrupt Wisconsin State Republican Legislators To Restrict Governor Tony Evers Line Item Veto Power

Wisconsin Republican State Senator Craig from the Town of Vernon is introducing a constitutional amendment this month to restrict Governor Evers line item veto power, according to State Senator Carpenter (D).

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

July 9, 2019

Madison, WI - On Monday, Wisconsin State Senator Tim Carpenter (D-Milw.) released a post on his Facebook account alleging that State Senator Dave Craig (R-Town of Vernon) is introducing a constitutional amendment this month to restrict Governor Tony Evers (D) line item veto powers after Evers partially vetoes 78 Republican state budget items and added $87M in K-12 public school funding aid in his first state budget signed into law. Senator Carpenter posted on Facebook, "WARNING! WI Republicans are once again trying to limit Governor Evers' veto powers in yet another power grab.

Senator Craig is introducing a constitutional amendment to further restrict the Governor's line item veto powers, because Evers did what 70% of voters support. 

One of the main reasons Governor Evers won last November's election was he advocated for increased funding for public education.

The GOP drastically cut the Governor's proposed budget for public school aid by about half a billion dollars.

The Governor used his line item veto to creatively increase school aids by $87 million dollars, since Republicans refused to support adequate public education funding. 

The GOP is so incensed by the Governor's action, who is doing exactly what voters want!

In yet another power grab the GOP is introducing a constitutional amendment this month to prohibit line item vetoes that increase appropriations in the state budget. 

Never mind they didn't even consider such a limits on Governors Walker and Thompson, but now all of a sudden they see the light! 

The GOP will pass this constitutional amendment in this fall's session and will vote again on second consideration next session in January 2021. Then they will place the constitutional amendment on the April 2021 election ballot to quickly pass it as a binding referendum. This way Republicans will limit Governor Evers line item veto authority for his next state budget. 

It's Republicans Vos and Fitzgerald drunk with power trying to restrict Governor Evers authority in yet another Republican power grab. Absolute power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely! 

Speak up and spread the word if you want to stop these power hungry Republicans. Don't let the GOP get away with it this time!"

Naborí Salsa Band Announced Final Performance After 15 Years

Naborí last performance as a Salsa band will be Wednesday at the Discovery World, according to band members.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

July 8, 2019

Milwaukee, WI - On Sunday, Roberto Figueroa, the lead singer for Naborì confirmed that the local popular Naborí Salsa band will perform their final gig at Discovery World Outdoor Amphitheater from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Naborí was expected to perform their last gig at the annual Cubanitas Restaurant outdoor fest event on June 23 in Oak Creek, but threatening rain showers was forecast and the event was cancelled until August.

Figueroa released the following statement, "This coming Wednesday, July 10th marks Naborí's final performance as a band after almost 15 years. I have had the pleasure of working side by side with some of the best salsa musicians in the region. But most importantly I have been blessed by the opportunity to share my songs with all of you, the public; which gave this little band a chance many years ago and continues to support us to this day. I am looking forward to the new opportunities that are to come. As Wednesday approaches, I am reminded that New Beginnings are Often Disguised as Painful Endings. So, I invite you to come out to Live @ the Lakefront and share One More Night with Naborí..."

Waukesha County Sheriff's Office ICE Partnership 287(g) Expired June 30, Governor Tony Evers Hasn't Acted To Ban Such Agreement Since Being Elected

The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office 287(g) ICE partnership agreement expired on June 30 and Governor Evers hasn't acted to ban such agreement, since taking office.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

July 8, 2019

Waukesha, WI -  Governor Tony Evers (D) is expected to attend the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) National Convention and Expo in Milwaukee this week (July 10-13), but Evers has not released any official information, if he will ban the Waukesha County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) from renewing 287(g) and any other state, county and local law enforcement agency from entering into agreement with the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) under the discriminatory and profiling 287(g) program, according to lawsuits filed in federal court against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona. Arpaio was ousted from office, then convicted in federal court and later pardoned by Trump.

Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) contacted the Governor's Office on Monday, but failed to get a response due to their slow protocol for media questions that have to be submitted via e-mail.

HNNUSA also contacted the Waukesha County Sheriff's Office to confirm, if Sheriff Eric J. Severson will renew the 287(g) agreement, but was not successful in getting a response. 

The ICE 287(g) agreement with the WCSO has not been renewed, according to the ICE website.

Bernie Gonzalez, a Civil Rights and Immigrant Rights advocate from Waukesha says, that Governor Evers should kill the 287(g) agreement with the WCSO. Gonzalez also released information to HNNUSA that the ACLU requested an open records request concerning the 287(g) agreement that creates a steering committee involving community members in Waukesha. Apparently, the WCSO posted a steering committee meeting on its website, they "...quietly posted a meeting notice on the Waukesha County website and then held a meeting on September 24 at which no one from the public showed up," according to Tim Muth from the ACLU. The 287(g) steering committee is being labeled as an Illegal Immigrant Steering Committee by the WCSO, according to the ACLU, in an e-mail sent to Gonzalez.

HNNUSA has published several articles, since Evers was elected to hold the governor accountable to the Latino electors in Wisconsin, especially in the Milwaukee area who were instrumental in electing him, which HNNUSA is spearheading for Evers to ban the 287(g) program in Wisconsin. Voces de la Frontera, Citizen Action of Wisconsin and other immigrant rights organizations in the state have been quiet and have not publicly advocated for Evers to kill the 287(g) program today. Two Wisconsin State Assembly Representatives JoCasta Zamarripa (D-Milw.) and Marisabel Cabrera (D-Milw.) have yet to come out public against the 287(g) and directing Governor Evers to ban the WCSO 287(g) agreement with ICE.

Editor's note: Ban 287(g) in Wisconsin and call Governor Tony Evers (D) Office at 608-266-1212 and tell them or leave a message not to approve the expired 287(g) ICE agreement with the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department.

(For further review of the WCSO ICE 287(g) application see attached images of ICE application by the WCSO)

Boycott Home Depot, Menards, Walgreens And Walmart, Which Are Some Businesses That Support Trump's Campaign And Concentration Camps For Undocumented Children

Major businesses and chain corporate merchandise and retailers like Home Depot, Menards, Walgreens, Uber and Walmart support and donate to the Trump Campaign, which Trump's administration created "tent cities", known as concentration camps for undocumented children that are separated from their families seeking asylum.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

July 7, 2019

U.S.A. - Americans and Hispanics including immigrants residing in the U.S. have the economic empowerment to stop the political financial support to the Trump re-election campaign by not shopping and spending their hard earned money at Home Depot, Menards, Walgreens, Uber and Walmart, which are a few major corporate merchandise and retail providers that support Trump and his immigration policies to keep undocumented children in cages and detention facilities with deplorable conditions by the U.S. border.

It has been reported by the mainstream media and watch group of attorney's that visited the camps that children held in "tent cities" also known as concentration camps are being treated inhumane and lacking the basic hygiene necessities (children have been denied toothpaste and soap) 

prompting ICE to move some of the children to other detention centers after it was exposed that children were denied the basic hygiene needs. U.S. Department of Justice Attorney Sarah Fabian representing the Trump administration recently argued in a federal court that undocumented children held in camps are not entitled to certain hygiene necessities (soap, toothbrushes including toothpaste, beds) and etc. The federal judge thought otherwise.

BBC reported that in July 2017, US District Judge Dolly Gee found the Trump administration had breached the 1997 Flores agreement by not providing migrant children with appropriate food or hygienic supplies, housing them in cold facilities without beds.

Children are been held in crowded (over capacity conditions) sleeping in concrete without beds, children taking care of infants, children subjected to sexual abuse, harsh treatment, neglect and unsanitary conditions including lack of medical attention and treatment that have led to multiple deaths of undocumented children from Central America.

Under the Trump administration, 10 undocumented immigrants died in 2017 and 12 died in 2018, which the tally does not include the deaths of two Guatemalan children in Customs and Border Patrol custody and reported deaths for 2019. Jakelin Caal Maquin, 7, and Felipe Alonzo-Gomez, 8, died within weeks of each other in December. Nor does it include the March death of a 20-month old girl, Mariee Juárez, nearly two months after she was held at an ICE family detention center in Texas with her mother. Her mother is now suing the government, alleging neglect, NBC News reported.

Also undocumented Carlos Gregorio Hernández Vásquez, 16, from Guatemala died in May at a Texas detention center. Wilmer Josué Ramírez Vásquez, age 2; Juan de León Gutiérrez, 16; Alónzo-Gomez; and Caal Maquin, all died while being detained by ICE and were from Guatemala, BBC reported.

• Private corporation prisons do definitely benefit from the detention of undocumented immigrants by ICE, since the government pays between $133.99 to $200 per day to house an undocumented in a private prison. To hold an undocumented family, it costs at least $319 at a family residential center, according to the U.S.DHS.

• It cost taxpayers at least $775 a day to hold an undocumented child in a "tent city" or a Trump ICE concentration camp, according to HHS/NBC News.

Mayor Tom Barrett Nominated Attorney Griselda Aldrete As Executive Director Of The Milwaukee Fire And Police Commission

Aldrete's nomination as executive director of the Fire and Police Department would have to be approved by the Milwaukee Common Council.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

July 5, 2019

Milwaukee, WI - On Friday, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett confirmed that he has nominated Attorney Griselda Aldrete to become the next executive director of the Fire and Police Commission. Aldrete's nomination will be taken up by the Milwaukee Common Council. The current salary range for the executive director of Milwaukee Fire & Police Commission for City of Milwaukee residents is $103,841-$145,382 and is a Mayor's Cabinet position, according to the job position City posting. Aldrete is bilingual and speaks English and Spanish.

Aldrete was crowned Miss Mexican Fiesta in 1998 and is a former employee of UMOS and was a popular writer for the Aquí Magazine, which was created by the Milwaukee Journal and sold to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of WI for $1.00 and she is the current President and CEO of Hispanic Professionals Of Greater Milwaukee, a non-profit organization.

Luz Sosa, One Of The Most Politically Influential Hispanic Community Organizer In The Milwaukee Area Departing From Citizen Action Of Wisconsin

Sosa departing from Citizen Action of Wisconsin to follow her efforts to independently organize the Hispanic community and address issues affecting the community at large while at the same time spending more time with her two children.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

July 3, 2019

Milwaukee, WI - On Wednesday, Luz Sosa, the Hispanic Community Organizer at Citizen Action of Wisconsin/Acción Ciudadana de Wisconsin (CAW) confirmed to Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) that she is departing from CAW on Saturday and will become an independent organizing consultant in the Milwaukee metropolitan area including statewide community organizing efforts dealing with issues affecting the community at large. Sosa has worked over 3 years at CAW and was instrumental in building a strong Latino base within CAW, a non-profit progressive organization. Sosa also led the successful launch of Acción Ciudadana, a Latino base chapter within Citizen Action's Southeast Wisconsin Organizing Co-op. 

Sosa and the members of Acción Ciudadana were instrumental in organizing the co-op to elect key progressive members to local and statewide office. In the Spring of 2017, Acción Ciudadana members spent over two months knocking doors and making calls for member Tony Baez, who went on to be elected to the Milwaukee School Board. Last year, members worked overtime to help elect member Marisabel Cabrera (D) to the Wisconsin State Assembly, including a surprise primary election victory over an entrenched incumbent.

Sosa also independently worked for the succesful Sylvia Ortiz-Velez for Milwaukee County Supervisor campaign. Ortiz-Velez was elected.

Sosa on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 organized the "Close the Camps" protest rally at the federal courthouse as a national day of action, which more than 170 cities participated calling for federal legislators to close the concentration camps where undocumented children are being held in inhumane conditions under the Trump administration. 

In April 2017, Sosa was instrumental in organizing  "Todos Somos Peru",  a fundraising relief effort for Peru after heavy rains caused floods and mud slides, which Sosa and community members including Acción Ciudadana members raise more than $8,500.

Christian Saldivar Among Five Who Have Declared Their Candidacy For Alderman In The 8th Aldermanic District In Milwaukee

Saldivar is latest candidate to confirm that he is seeking to replace Alderman Robert "Bob" Donovan who is retiring and not seeking re-election.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

July 2, 2019

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Monday, Christian Saldivar, a former Admissions Coordinator at St. Lawrence Seminary High School confirmed that he is a candidate for Alderman in the 8th Aldermanic District in Milwaukee for the Spring 2020 election. Saldivar registered as a candidate in early June, according to the City of Milwaukee Election Commission. Saldivar is one of five seeking to replace Alderman Robert "Bob" Donovan who is retiring and not seeking re-relection. The other candidates in the 8th Aldermanic District are Ryan Antczak, a Boy Scout troop 11 leader; Justin Bielinski, a community organizer; Pastor Eduardo Loera, a Trump MAGA supporter and Wisconsin State Representative JoCasta Zamarripa (D-Milw.).