UNDOCUMENTED AND EDUCATED!
Graduation tomorrow, took me all night to finish the poster. When I walk across the stage going to be flashing this(:
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Marvin was stopped by a police officer for driving without a license. He has been detained at Broward Transitional Center for the past 4 months, away from his 5 year old daughter. Marvin has been ordered deported by June 4th but he can be deported any day now.
Please help us to get Marvin released and reunited with his family.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS PETITION AND ACTION ALERT TO 5 OF YOUR FRIENDS!
Make a Phone Call
1. Call ICE – John Morton (202.732.3000)
Sample Script: “I am calling to ask that you release Marvin Corado (A# 136-191-190) from Broward Transitional Center in Florida and stop his deportation. Marvin has been living in the U.S. for the past 12 years and has a 5 year old U.S. citizen daughter who will suffer if her dad is deported. Marvin is not a priority for deportation and should be allowed to stay in the U.S. with his family. Release Marvin from detention.”
Barbara, Silvia, and Laura Avilar have to check in with ICE on June 13 and are set to be deported on June 15. All three were arrested when 6 ICE agents came to their home. They were released under supervision and were forced to wear ankle bracelets. All three have young U.S. citizen children who shouldn’t be separated from their mothers.
Please take action now by making a call and signing the petition!
Make a Phone Call
Call ICE Director John Morton - 202-732-3000
Sample Script: “Hi, I am calling to urge you to stop the deportation of Barbara Avilar, Silvia Avilar, and Laura Avilar. All three are sisters who have been living in the U.S. for 20 years. They all are mothers of young U.S. citizen children and shouldn’t be separated from their families. The Avilar sisters are a low-priority case and shouldn’t be deported.”
Claudio Rojas is facing deportation to Argentina after being detained at Broward Transitional Center in Broward County, Florida. He has spent the last three months inside this detention facility, while his family continues to struggle to make ends meet fearing that Claudio may not return home. Claudio needs to be with his family! Don’t let ICE separate another family!
Please take action to stop Claudio’s deportation by making a phone call and signing the petition.
Make a Phone Call
1. Call ICE – John Morton (202.732.3000)
Sample Script: “I am calling to ask that Claudio Rojas (A# 892-32-994) be allowed to stay in the United States. Claudio has been living in the United States for the past 11 years. If he is deported, he would leave his family, friends, and the country he has called home behind. Claudio fits the guidelines set forth under the Morton Memo, as being considered a “low-priority” case. Don’t deport Claudio!”
Alicia Torres Don knows how to fight. In the ring she is known as La Aguila Dorada, or the Golden Eagle, a luchadora character she developed around her fight for justice. However, outside the ring, she is best known for another fight: for the rights of undocumented youth living in fear and uncertainty inside the U.S.
Backstory
The story of Alicia Torres Don is one of struggle. It is about her fight to be equal in a society that treats her as something less. She came to the United States at the age of six, clutched in the arms of her parents who left Mexico for a better life. Despite not knowing English, Alicia quickly acclimated to a new culture in Austin, Texas, earned high marks throughout school, and went to college to study nursing. “I was privileged,” she says, pointing out that most states do not offer in-state tuition to undocumented students. She had yet to experience such limitations.
Her final semester in college, however, Alicia was forced to confront her status when a Social Security number requirement prevented her from completing required clinical exams. “It was one of the worst days of my life, she said. “I felt like I had failed.”
Refusing to accept this reality, Alicia searched and found a community college where she could complete her degree. But despite having earned her high school diploma and college degree in the United States, she could not work as a nurse. She did not have a Social Security number.
Alicia remained in Austin with her family, earning money translating and babysitting. But everything changed when her mother was diagnosed with kidney failure. Alicia panicked. Doctors in Austin were unable to treat her mother because of her status, forcing Alicia to confront her undocumented identity again.
Alicia searched across the country for a hospital or clinic that would treat her mother. A U.S. citizen with health insurance in this situation would receive treatment in an outpatient dialysis clinic, paying a standard deductible and co-pay. But for undocumented immigrants, who typically work in low-wage jobs with no benefits, there is not system for treatment. Alicia and her family report their earnings and pay taxes, though they are ineligible for most benefits, including Social Security. Emergency Medicare funds helps pay for a significant portion of the dialysis treatment, however these funds are generally not accepted in outpatient clinics, resulting in thousands of dollars in additional costs every week.
When Alicia found a hospital in North Carolina with funding available to cover the ER costs, she dropped everything. She and her brother immediately moved their mother to North Carolina, leaving behind the family and the home they had known since they were children.
Alicia’s mother continues to receive treatment in North Carolina, though her health slowly deteriorates. Being apart from her family, Alicia says, is the most difficult part of her life right now. “My mom shouldn’t have to live through this situation,” she said.
Are you ready to get active on the NY State Dream Act campaign but don’t know how to plug yourself in?
Do you want to gain practical organizing skills and start your own DREAM Team?
Come to the NY Youth Leading Change Training hosted by the New York State Youth Leadership Council!
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Thanks to everyone who has taken action, or made a phone call, or participated in a rally in order to stop the building of the detention center in Crete, Illinois. Today we came one step closer: the House Executive Committee moved the bill to the floor of the House. Now is when it gets extremely difficult. We need strong support from Democrats and Republicans to overcome the expensive lobbying effort being made by CCA.Read the ICIRR press statement below.
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La Primavera Mexicana.
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May Day 2012 - New York City
Photo by redguard
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