New York, March 25 (EFE) .- A committee of the Bar Association in the U.S. today heard testimony on a variety of Latino issues that affect them as part of a series of hearings carried out to draft a report with suggestions on actions to be taken and should be ready by next August.
Members of the Committee for Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Hispanics held today in New York its third hearing, after Chicago and San Francisco, which heard complaints of alleged police abuse of Latino domestic violence need for English translators in the courts and education.
Immigrant activists and lawyers went to his testimony today to the faculty of law at the University of New York.
"The Latino community is the fastest growing and confirm the new Census data. Each month, 18,000 young Latinos turn 18, so the president of the College decided that it is important to be aware of the problems that affect them," said Efe Maribel Medina's lawyer, member of the committee.
"We will make recommendations to the College, which depend on the topics discussed and the solution to these problems may be to ask for changes in federal or state laws, but until the conclusion of the hearings do not know," he argued.
Medina explained that the recommendations to be made will depend on the most important problems that ultimately choose the commission, based on what I heard at the hearings and will include the responsibilities of the Latino community, "he said.
A woman told today how he was abused by her husband, U.S. legal resident, because she was undocumented, and even how the Immigration denounced in an attempt to stay with their daughter, then aged two.
The immigrant had the help of a community organization that succeeded in initiate the process for granting legal residence as the victim of domestic violence.
A mother who lost her son police brutality also told her story to the commission, others spoke of what is required for Latinos to succeed in their studies and access to health services for those who do not speak English.
The committee, chaired by Cesar Alvarez, consists of 23 members and was created by President of the College, the first Latino in office, Stephen Zack, Cuban-elected in 2009.
The agenda of topics discussed at each hearing are made after meetings with community leaders, said Medina.
The next hearing will be May 20 in Miami, followed by another in Texas in June and the last in the city of Los Angeles in July.
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