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Hard Times for Americans and Peruvians in the U.S.
Some interesting recent posts by bloggers who write about Peru and Peruvians abroad. Hard times in the United States are devastating families there and ratcheting up anti-immigrant sentiment. Rachel in Peru looks at the longstanding Peruvian legal tradition that permits renters to stay in a home or property for up to three years without paying rent before evicting them. Peru’s pro-tenant policy contrasts sharply with eviction laws in the United States, which generally grant a 30-day reprieve, at most, before kicking out tenants on the street. Drawing contrasts between the two legal approaches is timely given the thousands of homeowners in the United States who are being booted out of their homes…
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What U.S. Citizens Need to Do to Solve the Immigration Crisis
President-elect Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to grant amnesty to the 12 million undocumented aliens living in the United States. Now many wonder if he will live up to that promise. A recent news item from the Andina news agency, summarized by Living in Peru staffers, reports: Peruvians living in the United States hope that America’s next president Barack Obama will grant amnesty for undocumented immigrants, as part of a new immigration policy that would benefit millions of immigrants. ”This would help to legalize the immigration status of some 12 million undocumented aliens living in the United States”, said July Rojas, president of the Consultative Council of Peruvians in New York,…
