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		<title>Obama: Borders First, Legalization Second?</title>
		<link>http://jmcstrategies.com/2009/04/30/obama-borders-first-legalization-second/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn McCalla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to comprehensive immigration reform at the press conference marking his first 100 days in office. He laid out the case for legalization in a forthright manner, stating that a broken immigration system is: 
&#34;not good for American workers. It's dangerous for Mexican would-be workers who are trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York City Council Adopts Unanimously Resolution Urging TPS for Haitians</title>
		<link>http://jmcstrategies.com/2009/04/27/new-york-city-council-adopts-unanimously-resolution-urging-tps-for-haitians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn McCalla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The New York City Council adopted by a vote of 51-0 a resolution urging Congress to pass legislation granting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitian nationals in the United States. The unanimous vote in favor of Resolution 1595, introduced by Haitian-American Council member Mathieu Eugene, is the latest to reflect a growing sentiment across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biden Spills the Beans</title>
		<link>http://jmcstrategies.com/2009/03/30/biden-spills-the-beans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn McCalla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a good time to push immigration reform.

They say that you can always count on Joe Biden to speak his mind, or to go off-script as he holds court on one issue or another. Well today in Costa Rica, the Vice-President spoke words that are sure to send a cold sweat down the back of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Grants TPS to… Liberians</title>
		<link>http://jmcstrategies.com/2009/03/21/obama-grants-tps-to-liberians/</link>
		<comments>http://jmcstrategies.com/2009/03/21/obama-grants-tps-to-liberians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn McCalla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What about the Haitians?
 President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order on March 20,  extending the temporary stay in the US of an estimated 3,500 Liberians for another 12 months. Their current stay  of deportation would have expired in about 10 days on March 31st, 2009 and would have subjected them to deportation. Liberians breathed a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Obama grant TPS to Haitian Immigrants?</title>
		<link>http://jmcstrategies.com/2009/03/20/will-obama-grant-tps-to-haitian-immigrants/</link>
		<comments>http://jmcstrategies.com/2009/03/20/will-obama-grant-tps-to-haitian-immigrants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn McCalla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word on the street is that President Barack Obama is seriously weighing whether or not to reverse the Bush Administration’s decision to not grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitian immigrants living semi-openly in the US. Patrick Gaspard, the White House Director for Political Affairs, recently made a quick trip to Miami to confer with advocates for the Haitians and communicate the Administration’s concerns. How did we get there and will Obama do right by the Haitians?]]></description>
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		<title>What Haitian Leaders Should Take Away from Obama’s Inaugural Speech</title>
		<link>http://jmcstrategies.com/2009/01/21/what-haitian-leaders-should-take-away-from-obamas-inaugural-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://jmcstrategies.com/2009/01/21/what-haitian-leaders-should-take-away-from-obamas-inaugural-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn McCalla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his inaugural speech on January 20, Barack Obama addressed mainly the expectations of the American people, but he had a few choice words for allies and foes abroad. What should Haitian leaders take away from his words? Two things: a warning and a promise.]]></description>
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		<title>Bush to Haitians: Nyet on TPS</title>
		<link>http://jmcstrategies.com/2009/01/08/bush-to-haitians-nyet-on-tps/</link>
		<comments>http://jmcstrategies.com/2009/01/08/bush-to-haitians-nyet-on-tps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn McCalla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff dispatched a letter to President René Préval of Haiti telling him that after carefully considering his request for the granting of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians living under the color of law in the United States, he would deny it. Chertoff signed the letter on December 19, but the letter was not sent to Haiti until 11 days later on December 30, according to reliable sources.]]></description>
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		<title>Ira Gollobin: Mentor and Friend</title>
		<link>http://jmcstrategies.com/2008/07/22/ira-gollobin-mentor-and-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://jmcstrategies.com/2008/07/22/ira-gollobin-mentor-and-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn McCalla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira Gollobin was a remarkable lawyer, a brilliant strategist, and a superb mentor and teacher. He did it all with deep humility that arose, not from false modesty, but from a profound understanding of a lawyer’s role in the political arena.]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in America</title>
		<link>http://jmcstrategies.com/2008/07/01/lost-in-america/</link>
		<comments>http://jmcstrategies.com/2008/07/01/lost-in-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn McCalla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m African-American and my family moved to California almost a hundred years ago after a lynching took place outside their hometown in Kentucky. I’m also undocumented, or in the current anti-immigrant vernacular, “illegal.”]]></description>
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		<title>In Memoriam: Ira Gollobin, a Haitian Refugee&#8217;s Best Friend Since 1972</title>
		<link>http://jmcstrategies.com/2008/06/22/in-memoriam-ira-gollobin-a-haitian-refugees-best-friend-since-1972/</link>
		<comments>http://jmcstrategies.com/2008/06/22/in-memoriam-ira-gollobin-a-haitian-refugees-best-friend-since-1972/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn McCalla</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ira Gollobin. I will say it again: IRA GOLLOBIN... I will spell it out for you: I-R-A G-O-L-L-O-B-I-N. Does the name ring a bell? If it does not, it should. And if you are among the people who today seek wisdom and guidance because you are trying to make sense of the world and its [...]]]></description>
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