Fatal Funnel Finale: Special night set for Welder Center
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IF YOU GO
When: 7 p.m. Sept. 1. Please arrive by 6:45 p.m.
Where: Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Victoria.
Tickets: Tickets are free and available for pick-up before the event at the Victoria Advocate ...
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IF YOU GO
When: 7 p.m. Sept. 1. Please arrive by 6:45 p.m.
Where: Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Victoria.
Tickets: Tickets are free and available for pick-up before the event at the Victoria Advocate and Welder Center. Please limit four per pick-up.
Remaining tickets available at the Welder Center the night of the event. Access limited to 500 guests.
For more information, contact Advocate Public Service Editor Gabe Semenza at 361-580-6519 or gsemenza@vicad.com.
To mark the end of a 16-month immigration and border series, the Victoria Advocate invites you to a special event.
For one night, a sheriff, priest and internationally known journalist will share a stage and answer your questions about trafficking in the Crossroads.
The event "Fatal Funnel Finale," named for the newspaper's oft-controversial series, is an examination of illegal immigration and possible solutions.
Dr. Tim Hudson, University of Houston-Victoria president, will begin the night by debuting a song he wrote and produced. The song is based on the story of the 19 illegal immigrants found dead in Victoria on May 14, 2003. The song is set to video.
This special event also will detail the scope of the 16-month newspaper project - from trips to Mexican drug cartel hotbeds, stops throughout the Valley and back to the scene of the historic immigration tragedy near Victoria. A short film will look back at the work involved, the topics covered and the places visited.
A roundtable discussion will follow. Speakers include:
Sheriff T. Michael O'Connor, who scoured his land for tragedy survivors in May 2003 and who now battles trafficking daily.
The Rev. Stan DeBoe, a Victoria priest who worked in Colombia during a brutal drug war. He was a congressional adviser for human rights issues such as human trafficking and immigration.
Macarena Hernandez, an acclaimed former Dallas Morning News and San Antonio Express-News immigration reporter and columnist. Hernandez also co-produced projects for PBS's "Frontline."
After the discussion, the audience will be invited to ask questions.
O'Connor, who dubbed the highways that lead from Victoria to Mexico the "Fatal Funnel," said this event offers residents a unique opportunity.
"This gives people a follow-up on the first newspaper presentation, the showing of the film 'Drug Wars: Silver or Lead,'" the sheriff said, noting the December event. "Drugs and immigration are all interconnected.
"During this event, we can give them the rest of the story. I regard the whole issue, the trafficking, as extremely important. It affects our lives. I encourage people to get involved. At the very least, they should come to this event and ask questions."
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There will also be a party across the street of the Leo J Welder center at the Wells Fargo Building under the pavilion celebrating the end of this series. Yes it was sad about these people but it gets more coverage in the paper than our U.S.A. troops fighting for our freedom. Are we loyal to the USA or mexico Victoria Advocate?
September 1, 2009 at 3:57 p.m.VISDmom - :D
You keel me! You keel me!!!!
August 31, 2009 at 8:28 p.m.enforce existing immigration laws, DONT give any aid, financial, social ANY kind of aid to illegals and the problem will be solved, they will deport themselves. I am tired of seeing illegals driving expensive vehicles (ones I cant afford) living off food stamps and sucking the life out of our country.
August 31, 2009 at 4:35 p.m.hahaha VISDmom...I see it too! Cannot wait for the funnel series to end.
August 31, 2009 at 4:06 p.m.Thank heavens...there's a light at the end of the funnel!
August 31, 2009 at 3:53 p.m.I did a little research, and because of the US and the jobs offerings, these people find it easy just to come here, instead of fighting for their rights in Mexico. So, two types of people should be blamed for this, the people looking for an easy way out, and the people that hire them for little pay, both quilty.
August 28, 2009 at 12:45 p.m.reverendmwagner, I believe its called 'beating a dead horse'. Having thought provoking articles on the immigration issue is one thing, continually rehashing what happened in 2003 is annoying. It happened, we need to learn from it and move on in a positive way. I'm all for observing the event yearly and offering proper respect for those who did not make it and remembrance for those few that did....but every month, no. Why not focus on positive things that can be done....for Victoria, for our children, for our community.
August 28, 2009 at 12:19 p.m.I do not understand why all the thank you's for the end of this Fatal Funnel.If you are not interested in the story do not read it.Some people this might be interesting to. Why does every post have to be so negative.
August 28, 2009 at 11:38 a.m.I am sick of the whole series nad say THANK YOU for finally ending it. Might be one thing if anyone learned from it, but illegals still keep coming here any way they can and not necessarily just from Mexico. So nobody learned a darn thing, but by golly we are going to be talking about it forever.
August 20, 2009 at 4:06 p.m.I contend the only real solution to our illegal immigration problem is for the U.S. to step up to the plate and deny the financial incentives that causes immigration to USA.
August 19, 2009 at 11:33 a.m.AltonEaston:
------Wishful thinking-----Wishful thinking.--------
August 19, 2009 at 2:27 a.m.I contend the only real solution to our illegal immigration problem is for Mexico to step up to the plate and provide an financial economy in Mexico that causes immigration to USA to have very limited appeal.
August 19, 2009 at 12:45 a.m.