WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
June 20, 2011 Upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Carter, David (Self; Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (IRCOT))
Day, Paul (Self)
Espinoza, Maria (Stolen Lives Quilt)
Johnson, Joslyn (Self)
Korkmas, Thomas (Texans For Immigration Reform Inc.)
Llorente, Jason (Self)
Najvar, Michael (Self)
Najvar, Susan (Self)
Smith, Stan (Self; East Gulf Coast Conservatives Asey.)
Theiss, Elizabeth (Stop the Magnet)
Theiss, Martin (Self)
Against:
Acuna, Adrian (Self; BNHR/RITA)
Adams, Norman E. (Self; Steve Hotze)
Aguirre, Antolin (Self)
Avila, Gilberto (Self; (AMHEET) Hispanic Evangelical Minister Association of East Texas)
Beardall, Bill (Austin Interfaith)
Bernal, Monserrat (Self)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Bersch, Alex (Border Network for Human Rights.)
Cabello, Maria (Self)
Cadena, Adriana (Translating for: Jose Munoz)
Cadena, Adriana (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Cadena, Felicitas (Self)
Camacho, Alex (Iglesia Bautista Cristiana McKinney, TX)
Cerda, Abimael (Self)
Costa, Joseph (Dallas Sheriff Dept.)
Diaz Morales, Karen (Border Network for Human Rights & Reform Immigration for Texas
Alliance)
Diaz Morales, Karen (Translate for Alejandrina Bersch)
Diaz Morales, Karen (Translate for Antolin Aguirre)
Diaz Morales, Karen (Translating for Martina Morales)
Dirden, Michael (Houston Police Dept)
Elibiary, Mohamed (Self)
Felix, Maria (Self)
Florance, Janae (Chief William P. McManus San Antonio Police Dept.)
Flores, Maria (Red Fronteriza de Derechos Humanos)
Fowler, William (Self)
Garcia, Fernando (Border Network for Human Rights)
Garcia, Juan (Church Community Organization)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Garibay, Montserrat (University Leadership Initiative)
Gavirio, Isabel (Self)
Glickman, Emily (Self)
Gomez, Eslerh (Self)
Gomez, Kenda (Border Network for Human Rights)
Gonzales, Mark (Hispanic Action Network/ Hispanic Coalition for Comprehensive
Immigration Reform)
Interiano, Douglas (Proyecto Inmigrante ICS, Inc.)
Jasso, Stephen (Roman Catholic Diocese of Ft. Worth)
Kalloor, Dave (Self)
Kauffman, Olga (Self; RITA)
Kolly, Faye (Demott, McChesney, Curtright & Armendariz; AILA)
Le, My (Self; San Antonio Immigrant Youth Movement)
Lee, Jane (Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid)
Lopez, Abel (Self; LTM)
Lopez, Homero (Self; I.C.M. Canaan Min.)
Lopez, Irma (Self; Border Network for Human Rights/RITA (Reform Immigration for Texas
Alliance)
Lopez, Mary S. (Self; LTM)
Loughran, Robert (Charles C. Foster, Chairman, Imm. Task Force Greater Houston
Partnership)
Luna, Ramiro (North Texas Dream Team)
Martinez, Jose (Self)
Martinez, Lucina (Self)
Martinez, Mariana (Self)
Martinez, Richard (C.A.F.E. Arlington, TX 7610)
Medina, Valerie (Self)
Mendoza, Mayra (Self)
Menjivar, Nestor (Self)
Miranda, Miguel (Border. Network. for. Human. Rights)
Morales, Martina (Border Network for Human Rights/RITA)
Munoz, Jose (Self; Ministerios Bethania USA)
Olivarez, Eliceo (LULAC Council 4484)
Paiz, Elias (Mision Templo Bethel A.G)
Palacio, Myriam (Border Network for Human Rights.)
Parker, Cristina (RITA)
Patterson, Jeffery (Texas Catholic Conference)
Perez, Edwin (Border Network for Human Rights)
Ponce, Oscar (Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition)
Quintanilla, Martha (Self)
Resendiz, Karla (University Leadership Initiative)
Reyes, Agustin L. (Primera Iglesia Bautista, Hispanic Education Initiative, National Hispanic
Christian Leadership Conference, Texas Baptists)
Reyes, Esther (Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition)
Reyes, Jessica (Self; Border Network for Human Rights/ RITA)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Rincon, Patricia (Self; HRC Voluunter)
Rivero, Laura (Red Fronteriza de Derechos Humanos)
Robles, Maria (R.I.T.A.)
Rodriguez, Amancio (Templo Vida Nueva, Denton TX.)
Rodriguez, Dr. Gloria (Self; RITA)
Rodriguez, Henry (LULAC - Texas)
Rogers, Lyndon (Self; - Southwest Hispanic Convention - ALMA Austin Latin Ministers
Aliance - United Ministries of the Capital)
Ruiz, Francisco (Self)
Sabourian, Kayvon (Self; Equal Justice Center)
Salazar, Daniel (Self)
Sanchez, Claudia (Self; S.A.I.Y.M)
Scott, Jennifer (Self)
Sierra, Liliana (Self)
Thompson, Amy (Self)
Trejo, Walter (Self)
Valdez, Lupe (Dallas County)
Villalobos, Rocio (Self)
Zitz-Evancih, Michael (Primera Iglesia Bautista church)
On:
Dominguez, Ben (Self; Sgt. Joslyn Johnson)
Howard, Robert (South Texan's Property Rights Assn.)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Resendiz, Karla (Self; Translator for Maria Flores)
Touza-Medina, Angela-Jo (Immigrant Services Network of Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Ryan (Self)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Gelencser, Paul (Self)
Korkmas, Carolyn (Self)
Against:
Alvarenga, Frederick (Self; Templo Palabra De Fe)
Babai-Pirouz, Pavielle (Self)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barrera, David (Self)
Barrera, Olivia (Self)
Batista, Liliana (Self)
Bernal, Ana (Self)
Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)
Cabrera, Eleuterio (Self)
Campos, Margarita (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Castillo, Gustavo (Self)
Cordero, Maria (Valley Movement for Human Rights)
Cruz, Amir (Self)
Cruz, Angel (Self)
Cruz Nochebuena, Delia (Self)
Cuevas, Elvira (Self; Fuente de Agua Viva Church)
Cuevas, Faustino (Self; Fuente De Agua Viva Church)
Dominguez, Selene (Self)
Donaldson, Sarah (Self)
Dwyer, Jean Thomas (Daughters of Charity Advocacy & Social Justice Cmte)
Flores, Segundo (Self)
Fuentes, Mauricia (Self)
Garcia, Cayetana (Self)
Garcia, Enedelia (Self)
Garcia, Miguel (Self)
Gaucin, Jose (Self)
Gonzalez, Adelaida (Self)
Gonzalez, Juana (Self)
Guerra, Reynaldo (Greater Houston Civic Coalition)
Guillen, Priscilla (Self)
Hernandez, Anabel (Self)
Hernandez, Eduardo (Self)
Higueros, Victor (Ministerios Bethania U.S.A.)
Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Libal, Bob (Self)
Loera, Maria (Self)
Mares, Elena (Self)
Marrero Jr., Raymond (Ministerios Bethania U.S.A)
Martinez, Elias (Iglesia Casa de Exelecia)
Martinez, Maria (Self)
Matehuala, Alvaro (Self; Alvaro Matehuala)
Mazariegos, Jose (Self)
Mendez, Erick (University Leadership Initiative)
Minas, Leonel (Ministerios Bethania)
Montes, Jose (Self)
Morales, Ubaldo (Ministerios Bethania U.SA/ Dallas TX)
Moses, Greg (Self; Texas Civil Rights Review)
Munoz, Lidia (Self)
Orellana, Jesus (Self)
Orellana, Maria (Self)
Orta, Jose (Self)
Palacio, Ivonne (Border Network for Human Rights)
Patterson, T.J. (City of Fort Worth)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Paynter, Suzii (Christian Life Commission, Baptist General Convention of Texas)
Perez, Eleuterio (Self)
Prabhakar, Anil (Self)
Prouse, Talon (Self)
Ramirez, Jose (Ministerios Bethania U.S.A.)
Ramirez, Sheila (Revival Agent)
Reinoso, Yosvany (Self)
Robles, Maria Raquel (R.I.T.A)
Rodriguez, Magaly (Self)
Rodriguez, Maria (Self)
Romero, Maria (Self; Ministerio Bethania USA)
Russell, Debbie (ACLU - TX)
Sadler, Philip (Self)
Serna, Leticia (Self)
Tamez, Armando (Self)
Velasco, Victor (Self)
Watson, Jacqueline (American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) TX Chapter)
Zaragoza, Ofelia (Self)
HB 9 - Committee Substitute (Cook)
Against:
Escobedo, Jose Manuel (Border Network for Human Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Ramirez, Joe (Templo de Dios)
Rodriguez, Maria Elena (Templo Vida Nueva Denton, TX)
For:
Day, Paul (Self)
Espinoza, Maria (Stolen Lives Quilt)
Johnson, Joslyn (Self)
Korkmas, Thomas (Texans for Immigration Reform, Inc.)
Llorente, Jason (Self)
Najvar, Michael (Self)
Najvar, Susan (Self)
Theiss, Elizabeth (Stop the Magnet)
Against:
Acuna, Adrian (Self; BNHR/RITA)
Adams, Norman E. (Self; Steve Hotze)
Aguirre, Antolin (Self)
Avila, Gilberto (Self; Hispanic Evangelical Minister Association of East Texas (AMHEET))
Beardall, Bill (Austin Interfaith)
Bernal, Monserrat (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Bersch, Alex (Self)
Cabello, Maria (Self)
Cadena, Adriana (Translating for: Jose Munoz)
Cadena, Adriana (Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance)
Cadena, Felicitas (Self)
Camacho, Alex (Iglesia Bautista Cristiana McKinney, TX)
Carter, David (Self; Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (IRCOT))
Cerda, Abimael (Self)
Costa, Joseph (Dallas Sheriff Dept.)
Diaz Morales, Karen (Translating for Martina Morales)
Diaz Morales, Karen (Border Network for Human Rights & Reform Immigration for Texas
Alliance)
Diaz Morales, Karen (Translate for Alejandrina Bersch)
Diaz Morales, Karen (Translate for Antolin Aguirre)
Dirden, Michael (Houston Police Department)
Elibiary, Mohamed (Self)
Escobedo, Jose Manuel (Border Network for Human Rights)
Faz, Emmanuel (Self; North TX Dream Team)
Felix, Maria (Self)
Figueroa, Luis (MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund))
Florance, Janae (Chief William P. McManus San Antonio Police Dept)
Flores, Maria (Red Fronteriza de Derechos Humanos)
Fowler, William (Self)
Garcia, Fernando (Border Network for Human Rights)
Garcia, Juan (Church Community Organization)
Garibay, Montserrat (University Leadership Initiative)
Gavirio, Isabel (Self)
Glickman, Emily (Self)
Gomez, Eslerh (Self)
Gomez, Kenda (Border Network for Human Rights)
Gonzales, Mark (Hispanic Action Network, Hispanic Coalition for Comprehensive
Immigration Reform)
Interiano, Douglas (Proyecto Inmigrante)
Jasso, Stephen (Roman Catholic Diocese of Ft. Worth)
Kalloor, Dave (Self)
Kauffman, Olga (Self; RITA)
Kolly, Faye (Demott, Mchesney, Curtright & Armendariz, AILA)
Le, My (Self; San Antonio Immigrant Youth Movement)
Lee, Jane (Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid)
Lopez, Abel (Self; LTM)
Lopez, Homero (Self; I.C.M. Canaan)
Lopez, Irma (Self; Border Network for Human Rights/and Reform Immigration for Texas
Alliance)
Lopez, Mary S. (Self; LTM)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Loughran, Robert (Charles C. Foster, Chairman, Imm. Task Force; Greater Houston
Partnership)
Luna, Ramiro (North Texas Dream Team)
Martinez, Jose (Self)
Martinez, Lucina (Self)
Martinez, Mariana (Self)
Martinez, Richard (C.A.F.E. Arlington TX 76010)
Medina, Valerie (Self)
Mendoza, Mayra (Self)
Menjivar, Nestor (Self)
Miranda, Miguel (Border Network - for Humaio. Rights)
Morales, Martina (Border Network for Human Rights)
Munoz, Jose (Self; Ministerios Bethania USA)
Olivarez, Eliceo (LULAC Council 4484)
Paiz, Elias (Mision Templo Bethel A.G.)
Palacio, Myriam (Red Fronteriza por los Derechos Humanos)
Parker, Cristina (RITA)
Patterson, Jeff (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Perez, Edwin (Border Network for Human Rights)
Ponce, Oscar (Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition)
Quintanilla, Martha (Self)
Ranjit, Him (University Leadership Initiative)
Resendiz, Karla (University Leadership Initiative)
Reyes, Agustin L. (Primera Iglesia Bautista, Hispanic Education Initiative, Texas Baptists,
National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference)
Reyes, Esther (Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition)
Reyes, Jessica (Self; Border Network for human rights/RITA)
Rincon, Patricia (Self; HRC Voluunter)
Rivero, Laura (Red Fronteriaza de Derechos Humanos)
Robles, Maria (R.I.T.A.)
Rodriguez, Amancio (Templo Vida Nueva, Denton TX.)
Rodriguez, Dr. Gloria G. (RITA/Concerned Citizen)
Rodriguez, Henry (LULAC - Texas)
Rogers, Lyndon (Self; - Southwest Hispanic Convention - ALMA Austin Latin Ministers
Aliance - United Ministries of the Capital)
Ruiz, Francisco (Self)
Sabourian, Kayvon (Self; Equal Justice Center)
Salazar, Daniel (Self)
Sanchez, Claudia (Self; S.A.I.Y.M)
Scott, Jennifer (Self)
Sierra, Liliana (Self)
Thompson, Amy (Self)
Valdez, Lupe (Dallas County)
Villalobos, Rocio (Self)
Zitz-Evancih, Michael (Primera Iglesia Bautista church)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Dominguez, Ben (Self; Sgt Joslyn Johnson)
Howard, Robert (South Texans' Property Rights Assn.)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Resendiz, Karla (Self; Translator for Maria Flores)
Touza-Medina, Angela-Jo (Immigrant Services Network of Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Ryan (Self)
Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Gelencser, Paul (Self)
Jennings, Henry (Self)
Korkmas, Carolyn (Self)
Lannon, Robert (Self)
Munhofen, Brent (Self)
Against:
Alvarenga, Frederick (Self; Templo Palabra De Fe)
Anaya, Maria (Self)
Babai-Pirouz, Pavielle (Self)
Banks, Yannis (TX NAACP)
Barrera, David (Self)
Batista, Liliana (Self)
Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)
Cabrera, Eleuterio (Self)
Campos, Margarita (Self)
Castillo, Gustavo (Self)
Cordero, Maria (Valley Movement for Human Rights)
Cruz, Amir (Self)
Cruz, Angel (Self)
Cruz Nochebuena, Delia (Self)
Cuevas, Elvira (Self; Fuente de Agua Viva Church)
Cuevas, Faustino (Self; Fuente De Agua Viva Church)
De Leon, Gricelda D (Self; Estoy represntando a casa de Exelencia Bethia Apostol Victor
Higuerros)
Diaz, Antonio (Self; Texas Indigenous Council)
Dominguez, Selene (Self)
Donaldson, Sarah (Self)
Dwyer, Jean Thomas (Daughters of Charity Advocacy & Social Justice Cmte)
Flores, Segundo (Self)
Fuentes, Mauricia (Self)
Garcia, Adelina (Red fronleniza)
Garcia, Cayetana (Self)
Garcia, Enedelia (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Garcia, Miguel (Self)
Gaucin, Jose (Self)
Gonzalez, Adelaida (Self)
Gonzalez, Juana (Self)
Gregoire, Simone (Self)
Guerra, Reynaldo (Greater Houston Civic Coalition)
Hernandez, Anabel (Self)
Hernandez, Eduardo (Self)
Higueros, Victor (Ministerios Bethania USA.)
Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lee, B.J. (Self)
Libal, Bob (Self)
Loera, Maria (Self)
Mares, Elena (Self)
Marrero Jr., Raymond (Ministerios Bethania U.S.A)
Martinez, Andrea (Self)
Martinez, Maria (Self)
Matehuala, Alvaro (Self; Alvaro Matehuala)
Mazariegos, Jose (Self)
Mendez, Erick (University Leadership Initiative)
Minas, Leonel (Ministerios Bethania)
Montes, Jose (Self)
Morales, Ubaldo (Ministerios Bathania USA/ Dallas TX Carrolton)
Moses, Greg (Self; Texas Civil Rights Review)
Munoz, Lidia (Self)
Navarro, Kassandra (English at Work)
Neri, Griselda (Self)
Orellana, Jesus (Self)
Orellana, Maria (Self)
Ortiz Anaya, Yarib (Self)
Padron, Juan (Self)
Palacio, Ivonne (Border Network for Human Rights)
Patterson, T J (City of Fort Worth)
Paynter, Suzii (Christian Life Commission, Baptist General Convention of TX)
Perez, Eleuterio (Self)
Ponce-Dominguez, Selene Estefania (Self)
Prabhakar, Anil (Self)
Prouse, Talon (Self)
Ramirez, Annie (Self)
Ramirez, Joe (Templo de Dios)
Ramirez, Jose (Ministerios Bethania U.S.A.)
Ramirez, Reina (Self)
Ramirez, Sheila (Revival Agent)
Reinoso, Yosvany (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Robles, Maria Raquil (R.I.T.A)
Rodriguez, Magaly (Self)
Rodriguez, Maria (Self)
Romero, Maria (Self; Ministerios Bethania USA)
Russell, Debbie (ACLU- TX)
Salas, Marycela (Self)
Serna, Leticia (Self)
Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington)
Tamez, Armando (Self)
Velasco, Victor (Self)
Watson, Jacqueline (American Immigration Lawyer Association (AILA) Texas Chapter)
Zaragoza, Ofelia (Self)
On:
Adkins, Phillip (Texas Department of Public Safety)
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