The Supreme Court is tying up the hopes and dreams of our families! [immigration]

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We won’t let the Supreme Court tie up the hopes and dreams of our families!

National Domestic Workers Alliance

Dear Chris,

Today the Supreme Court announced a split decision, or tie vote, to block President Obama’s executive action programs designed to provide relief from deportation to close to 5 million undocumented immigrants – Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) and the expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA ). A tie vote means that the decision of the lower courts to freeze DAPA and DACA stays in place: DAPA and DACA will not go into effect. Today’s decision does NOT impact 2012 DACA, which is still in effect.

Our hearts are heavy because we know that this is a bad decision for the country and for domestic workers who are living in fear of deportation, or of having their families separated. For domestic workers like Ana and millions of other families, today’s decision is devastating

Ana fled abuse and poverty to come to the United States to provide safety and security for her children. After 8 years of separation, she was finally able to reunite her family, but like millions of undocumented mothers, she lives in constant fear that her family will be torn apart again.

As the mother of two U.S. citizen children, Ana hoped she would be eligible for DAPA. “I had so much hope for DAPA. Now that the Supreme Court is tied, I’m angry and sad, but I know that we have to keep organizing. I’m not going to let the Court’s decision break my courage. It’s up to our communities to stand together, stop my deportation order and protect my family and all families.”

Like Ana, we are mothers, daughters, fighters. We won’t rest until our children can go to sleep without worrying that their family members will be taken away from them during the night.

Let’s stand with Ana and the 11 million who live in fear of deportation or of being separated from their loved ones. Together our courage is stronger than the Court’s decision.

Please share this meme from We Belong Together, our national immigrant rights campaign co-anchored by the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF), on Facebook (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/6AA/ni0YAA/t.1ya/dh6mzPQ1SdmePARF7lJq5w/h1/0-2FBp831ThCWZ6x3vq1nE4bQzcARri8iN1tinQcvUfFOUafrPLu 8vt4fJxy5ZnXATBaRkmd2trKiP-2BCmYOuEMridM8Ud-2BMB5L4Z1Mvxmr710PHzYWvkUlFeM9yfLimk4KUK3YgsEFr8kf L17w0sL4N-2FuutphzklYtHgHFWYyoi5PCnBYmaxPQnzznwFi3-2FE5oCm62QTCV41GvVicFsa-2Be1hQIYg0utt6zgTE1MPZmdy5ioqTzO25rlHzhbDC5LCdPyVz P8ANchMwSjROON0dU5w3vWp3X4l7Yo5m3xKEu4MATErrzGZtBt eUUbg93PtXmKj5HKs-2BQN7QNCxq5odrwHXl9KLOja0-2BS1SJ2rzadU2rSQRfN3iOAHr8EO5bvd6SL7i9pP5GRGg9D2R0 ly1sZbB8TCFL-2FywfxAgNPfkq7RREuPVl0bXiTUDBAIcTnJN7D) and Twitter (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/6AA/ni0YAA/t.1ya/dh6mzPQ1SdmePARF7lJq5w/h2/0-2FBp831ThCWZ6x3vq1nE4QkWwXaFSTmst8J7uTprizlb8IMMG5 kOZrarfhwgPSpnRm6k3P3AgfmK0C-2B9jLxOUzC6naWWOHxbiqPjpDU3ErIgXWgFoYRdwyfcqNvtVPh NbaNCv5JSz-2BXc0cxQbClmbqJdDlELrcKF6JjvovNZy4ieX2pG-2BlRa7x8fiE1A-2BEp-2B69JNOyDcyoqocV-2B38KSZ86Its8WwyTqUmgoSdT8MThe8UP8XVEV0SXeJDcRSa-2FuUHRWvEYfDVnzCgiNrzevF6eV3CDlIkJMK5ZxLjapmt-2Fp9l3I-2BucNT3LEaKbLQwlu0kbKE5IwhAyszuL48zfojL1WZwT4G6-2BZvSgJbYa6gzsVJ0ZgVPSH8TAq7Bverr-2BT5EcNvMbbPmOl-2FiisAQm9O1b5K2YasG4qLS3ZQu70a-2FWyI6mSFgefagtN0CtmT0nG2) in solidarity with Ana and the millions of domestic workers like her.

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Thank you,

Andrea Cristina Mercado,
NDWA Campaign Director and Co-Chair of the We Belong Together campaign

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Outrage against Supreme Court blocking Deferred Action for Parents of Americans

By staff

Washington D.C. – On June 23, the Supreme Court made an announcement that crushed the hopes of over 5 million undocumented parents. The Supreme Court split in 4-4 tie vote, meaning that the lower court decision blocking Deferred Action for Parents of American Citizens (DAPA) and the expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programs was not overturned.

The DAPA and expanded DACA programs were a result of DREAMers and immigrant rights activists hitting the streets demanding a halt to deportations. President Obama, who earlier had said that he did not have the power to more widely defer deportations, gave ground in 2014 to the protests, given the continued stonewalling by the Republican controlled House and Senate to block any legalization bills. Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott and 25 other Republican state governments immediately filed suit in federal court to block the programs, and were able to persuade the lower court to do so.

The DAPA program would have expanded the DACA program to the undocumented parents of U.S.-born citizen children, granting them temporary relief from deportation and the legal right to work. DAPA, along with the expansion of the DACA, would have covered about 5 million people, or less than half the more than 10 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

The vast majority of the undocumented population is Mexican and Central American. Fleeing gang violence and government repression in their home countries, they enter the U.S. only to be met with further violence, government repression, exploitation and racist discrimination. Minutemen (a paramilitary group) and right-wingers like Donald Trump fuel the anti-immigrant fire, and call for increased attacks against the undocumented - including building another wall at the U.S./Mexico border.

“This decision confirms the need for the mass movements to unite with the demand for legalization for all 11 million undocumented people. The courts, the right wing which is the political voice of the corporations that exploit the undocumented, and an unwilling President Obama all fail to deliver. This government is in the hands of the ruling class and that means denials, delays, deaths and deportations for the undocumented workers and their families,” says Santiago Molina who is an activist in Tucson, Arizona.

The Legalization for All Network (L4A) supports protests of the Supreme Court ruling that continues to block DAPA. L4A is a network comprised of individuals and organizations around the country who support legalization for all; a stop to all deportations; no Bracero programs (Blue Visas); and a stop to border militarization. Encouraging all to rise up in a time of bad news, L4A condemns the ruling and will continue to fight back against deportations and for legalization!

Read more News and Views from the Peoples Struggle at http://www.fightbacknews.org. You can write to us at [email protected]

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Did you see Isabel in the New York Times?

National Domestic Workers Alliance

Dear Chris,

One of Isabel’s employers used to leave pornographic magazines around the house where she would find them as she cleaned. Another stole $10,000 in wages — equivalent to months and months of work.

“In any regular workplace, this type of behavior wouldn’t be tolerated. But for domestic workers like me, who do their jobs in the privacy of people’s homes, there isn’t much we can do. If we say something, we get fired.“
That’s why Isabel joined hundreds of other domestic workers in Illinois to organize and win the Illinois Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, a story she shared in the New York Times. (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/3gA/ni0YAA/t.21j/SSmcCM51T4yKKL4RGhe9Jg/h1/o3hKGjP2lyKkChtzXOzYGSENC8nh-2FOxyOsZuY32uXrvk24vWeDA-2BnhdCg5f6e3da8UxyiBDNzJ67T5eFWnUZF7LRIep0LJQv1Oj3 b13XQqKuBWMsUP1kDLQGV2XQ7X9dstapULS3B8iAZsm2NnhO-2FOwx63yEsbRvuwvSkCgqcm-2BV5wB0-2FD-2BYm2phiFy97V0WAwQNXWofcusIVCzW9bk48vt3K8mIOqXTrKe rvvArPvF3d1gOvC-2BZtRYGLHI8pUji0DHz6KHYx35HgsLWflAMBG6PCjKCG9R6JAs c1ufbICs18nAuOPUiwtrZvpzUTDQ2-2BiO7-2BpjLDXCtCr5FsKd71xWMikw485OC3s0mkOTxAxJfAR2YHuPfI axDsPRFf-2B5W5O9xYtL4Ix0mGGARPUn9OQ-3D-3D)

Isabel’s story (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/3gA/ni0YAA/t.21j/SSmcCM51T4yKKL4RGhe9Jg/h2/o3hKGjP2lyKkChtzXOzYGSENC8nh-2FOxyOsZuY32uXrvk24vWeDA-2BnhdCg5f6e3da8UxyiBDNzJ67T5eFWnUZF7LRIep0LJQv1Oj3 b13XQqKYO3yVtyLJcAvqwnoTziVugSaqEsrnVDcsukXxR4A4lc WTjCQmfd1GWA8W7tT1Yo4HWV2cpWh751oVbeVaQNnykhUQTwv5 qLhU7KsafFBFflDp4TY4zuzpUuDin0Yug8hdQXjFy-2FwFUldZGzVRT-2Bvvhwbb0bPkl3B473ASWdDm5tT1rtNmq26wgF9rPhMu6Lg8dk ApB2i1kjeFpnRilaM8ATe3hQr76E4TJiB3TR5Gcw51GbMjq3JA hVEhLywcE074I5XJ6TZItjgQ7bDh8cK4OYdLKiXfEqKYP8H2uS Djyw-3D-3D) of courage and organizing in the face of racism, sexism, and fear-mongering matters to all of us and shows the power we possess when we raise our voices.

We must share our stories to create a different future for all of us — a future where domestic workers are valued and respected and women are treated with dignity not because we are mothers, daughters or sisters, but because we are human beings with intrinsic dignity.

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Andrea Cristina Mercado,
Senior Director of Campaigns

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Call-In Day: ICE Free Calvin from Adelanto Detention Center



Immigrant Youth Coalition (IYC)
Dear Chris,

Calvin Carter has been in immigrant detention for 5 years! He is currently in Adelanto Detention Center and was recently granted Convention Against Torture (CAT) protection but still being detained in Adelanto.

Join us for a Call-In Day of Action TODAY to Demand #FreeCalvin

Calvin is part of the LGBTQ community and fled Jamaica after being tortured and seeing his boyfriend murdered in front of him. Calvin has five U.S. citizen kids who love him and need their father. He needs to be released immediately from ICE's infamously homophobic jail system and allowed to heal. It makes no sense that someone can win their case and still be warehoused so that a private prison company can make money.

Call the Los Angeles ICE office to demand the liberation of Calvin Carter:
LA ICE office: (213) 830-7911

SAMPLE CALLING SCRIPT:

“I’M CALLING FOR CALVIN CARTER A JAMAICAN REFUGEE AND A FATHER OF FOUR U.S CITIZENS WHO WAS RECENTLY GRANTED CAT (CONVENTION AGAINST TORTSURE RELIEF) AND IS STILL BEING HELD BY ICE AT ADELANTO DETENTION CENTER. WE ASK THAT THE ICE DIRECTOR EXERCISE DISCRETION AND RELEASE HIM NOW SO HE CAN BE RE-UNITED WITH HIS FAMILY”

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He had previously been deported for two misdemeanors which he has already served time for and now seeks protection in the United States. He was granted CAT, only 2% of applicants receive CAT protections, which demonstrates the severity of the suffering that Calvin has endured.
Despite winning his immigration case, ICE may still keep him caged for a long time, adding onto his trauma.
Please also sign and share his petition:

bit.ly/FreeCalvin
#FreeCalvinCarter

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Immigrant Youth Coalition
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Families call for release of ‘Minnesota 8’ facing deportation to Cambodia

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By Brad Sigal

Minneapolis, MN - Around 200 people packed Cowles Auditorium at the University of Minnesota Oct. 20 to hear from the families of eight Minnesota men who are currently detained by immigration officials and facing the threat of deportation to Cambodia. The families called for the release of the Minnesota 8 and an end to unjust deportations. The event also featured the documentary Sentenced Home, which tells the stories of several men who have already been deported to Cambodia.

The Minnesota 8 are Chamroeun Phan, Chan Heng Ouch, Chan Om, Ched Nin, Phoeuy Chuon, Ron An, Soeun Chheng and Sameth Nhean. They are refugees from Cambodia who were detained by ICE in late August, separated from their families, and informed that they will be deported to Cambodia.

These detentions and pending deportations are part of a wave of deportations hitting Cambodian families around the country. Many Cambodians became refugees in the context of the U.S. bombing of Cambodia in the late 1960s and 1970s during the Vietnam War and the subsequent political upheaval in Cambodia.

Several of the people facing deportation were born in refugee camps outside of Cambodia and later migrated to the U.S., never having lived in Cambodia. The eight have U.S. legal permanent residency, but due to punitive immigration laws passed in 1996 and an agreement between the U.S. and Cambodia in 2002 in the aftermath of 9/11, they are now subject to deportation because of felonies in their distant past for which they have already been punished.

The event began with a presentation by a U of MN professor who gave context for the Cambodian refugee experience in the U.S. After watching the documentary Sentenced Home, there were brief statements from representatives of the Cambodian Student Association and the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee-UMN. Then a panel of family members and an immigration lawyer answered questions from the audience. Many people expressed the desire to take action to support the Minnesota 8, and many also expressed the need to build unity to stop these deportations as well as deportations affecting immigrants and refugees of other nationalities.

The families of the Minnesota 8 called on people to contact their elected officials on Monday, Oct. 24 to ask them to pressure ICE to release the Minnesota 8. Specifically, they want calls directed to Senators Klobuchar and Franken, and Representatives Ellison and McCollum. Further details are on the Facebook page @ReleaseMN8 (http://fightbacknews.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a29530af96a02fc55d345e735&id=cbf21e6a10&e=d323598fe4) and #ReleaseMN8.

The Oct. 20 event was hosted by the Cambodian Student Association-Minnesota, the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee-UMN and several other organizations.

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Help Us Free Javier, Workplace Retaliation Victim! / Ayúdanos a Liberar a Javier, Víctima de Represalia Laboral!


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Dear Chris,

We need you to take action right NOW to stop the deportation of Javier Martinez-Gonzalez. Can you take 10 seconds and sign & share the petition?

SIGN THE PETITION HERE: bit.ly/free-javier

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About the Case:

#FreeJavier: Boss Doesn’t Pay Workers & Calls ICE When They Sue!

Javier Martinez-Gonzalez came to Adelante looking for help to recover his unpaid wages. When he and his fellow workers stood up against their abusive former boss Antonio Mondragon and sued him in federal court, Mondragon threatened to report them to immigration. One week later, ICE arrived at Javier's new job and took him away!

Will you help us free Javier and stop his deportation by signing and sharing this petition (http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=h2Kqx3sGa6XiWo8tU%2Bb%2FpqSFJDsZv35D)?

Javier and two of his former coworkers, Gabriel and Rafael Diaz Valverde, are plaintiffs in a pending federal lawsuit, Valverde v. Mondragon, seeking to recover their stolen wages and protect their labor rights. The workers are owed about $10,000 in unpaid wages for roofing work they performed for Mondragon and other defendants in Alabama and Florida. The workers’ case has garnered significant community support and media attention.

“I witnessed Mondragon when he threatened to report Javier to immigration during a meeting with us and our lawyer only a couple weeks ago,” explains Gabriel. “He also threatened my brother Rafael and me. Now we’re scared that ICE will come for us too in our home or our workplace. All because Mondragon doesn’t want to pay us the wages he owes us.”

Javier has lived in Alabama for seven years. He is a hard worker who supports his aging parents. He has received some traffic tickets and paid a fine for a DUI in 2014. Under ICE’s own policy, workers fighting abuses by bosses, and plaintiffs in civil and labor rights lawsuits, are supposed to be protected from detention and deportation. Especially in a state like Alabama, which has very few protections for workers’ rights, allowing ICE to deport Javier will send a message to other unscrupulous employers that they are free to use ICE as a tool of retaliation and intimidation. It will drive other immigrant workers who are victims of labor rights violations back into the shadows.

Take action now (http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fxgLcXdyTLprQIc1NmX26aSFJDsZv35D) to demand that ICE release Javier from detention and close his deportation case.

Also, check out this video (http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jSXXtb%2FEYfqDV6bZoTnIFKSFJDsZv35D) from Javier’s coworkers Gabriel and Rafael, asking for your support!


In Solidarity,


Jessica Vosburgh, Director, Adelante Alabama Worker Center & Staff Attorney, National Day Laborer Organizing Network


Cesar Mata, Deportation Defense Coordinator, Adelante

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Estimado/a Chris,

Necesitamos que tomes acción AHORA para detener la deportación de Javier Martínez-González. ¿Puede tomar 10 segundos y firmar y compartir la petición?

FIRMA LA PETICIÓN AQUÍ: bit.ly/free-javier

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Sobre el caso:

#FreeJavier: Patron No Paga a Trabajadores y llama a ICE Cuando Ellos Lo Demandan!

Javier Martínez-González llegó a Adelante Centro de Trabajadores en busca de ayuda para recuperar su salario no pagado. Cuando él y sus compañeros se defendieron de su antiguo jefe abusivo Antonio Mondragon y lo demandaron en una corte federal, Mondragon amenazó a denunciarlos a inmigración. Una semana despues, ICE llegó al nuevo trabajo de Javier y se lo llevó!

¿Nos ayudan que Javier salga libre y detengamos su deportación en firmar y compartir esta petición?

Javier y dos de sus compañeros de trabajo, Gabriel y Rafael Díaz Valverde, son demandantes en una demanda federal pendiente, Valverde v. Mondragon, buscan recuperar sus salarios robados y proteger sus derechos laborales. A los trabajadores se les debe cerca de $10,000 en salarios robados para el trabajo de techado que realizaron para Mondragon y otros demandados en Alabama y Florida. El caso de los trabajadores ha ganado el fuerte apoyo de la comunidad y atención en los medios de comunicación.

"Fui testigo de Mondragón cuando amenazó con reportar a Javier con inmigración durante una reunión con nosotros y nuestra abogada hace tan sólo un par de semanas," explica Gabriel. "También amenazó a mi hermano Rafael y a mí. Ahora tenemos miedo de que ICE venga por nosotros en nuestra casa o en nuestro lugar de trabajo. Todo porque Mondragón no quiere pagarnos el salario que nos debe."

Javier ha vivido en Alabama durante siete años. Él es muy trabajador y ayuda a mantener a sus padres ancianos. Ha recibido algunos tickets de tráfico y pagó una multa por un DUI en 2014. Bajolas propias políticas de ICE, trabajadores que luchan contra abusos por parte de los patrones, y demandantes en casos de derechos civiles y laborales, son protegidos contra la detención y deportación. En un estado como Alabama, que de por si tiene muy pocas protecciones para los derechos de los trabajadores, dejar que ICE deporte a Javier enviaría un mensaje a otros empleadores sin escrúpulos que pueden usar a ICE como una herramienta de represalia yintimidación contra los trabajadores solo por querer defender sus derechos laborales. Y impulsará que otros trabajadores inmigrantes que son víctimas de violaciones laborales sean intimidados y vuelvan a la oscuridad de las sombras.

Tome acción ahora para exigirle a ICE que liberen a Javier y que cierren su caso de deportación.

También, eche un vistazo a este vídeo de los compañeros de trabajo de Javier, Gabriel y Rafael, pidiendo que lo apoyen!

En solidaridad,


Jessica Vosburgh, Directora de Adelante y Abogada de NDLON (Red Nacional de [email protected])

Cesar Mata, Coordinador de Defensa de Deportación, Adelante



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Free Carmina: Lesbian Asylum Seeker and Mother from Santa Ana


Immigrant Youth Coalition (IYC)

Dear Chris,

Carmina Ortega and family need our support! She passed her credible fear interview and needs be reunited with her family.
Join us TODAY TO CALL-IN urging her release from Santa Ana City jail

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Please call the Los Angeles ICE Office Director Bonales-Garibay at (213) 830-7911. Sample Script:

"This message is for Field Office Director Bonales-Garibay, my name is __________ and I am urging Director Bonales-Garibay to release Carmina Ortega (A# 095-760-568) from the Santa Ana City Jail. Carmina is a lesbian woman fleeing gender persecution in Mexico. She fears that, if deported, her ex-husband will come after her. She has passed her credible fear interview and in the process of submitting a petition for a U visa. She has a son and has raised 3 other children with her US Citizen partner who need from her. We urge you to release her to her family while her process continues."

SIGN & SHARE HER PETITION AT
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Carmina Ortega (A# 095-760-568) identifies as lesbian and fled gender persecution at 21 years old in Mexico—her ex-husband chained her in a room almost daily. She came to California escaping directly from the hospital where she had just given birth to her son. She fears that, if deported, her ex-husband will come after her. Carmina has resided in the US for 21 years and is a small business owner in Santa Ana.
Carmina is currently being detained in Santa Ana City Jail’s immigrant detention center where she is need of medical services after a man attempted to ran her over for holding her partners hand.

ICE has detained Carmina and targeted her for deportation despite that she has a strong asylum claim and should be eligible for a U visa, as a crime victim.

Carmina and Liz have a family of four children who need Carmina's emotional and economic support. One of her sons dropped out of college to work as a result of Carmina’s detention.

Carmina was transferred to ICE after police found she had a previous non-violent drug conviction and DUI. As members of the LGBTQ community are deprived of support and services, they are often left to self-medicate. That was true in Carmina’s case at the moments when she was experiencing trauma. However, Carmina has already served time for her previous convictions and should not be doubly punished. She should be reunited with her children and partner, and be permitted to stay in the United States for her safety.

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Amy Poehler’s heartfelt conversations with domestic workers


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Dear Chris,

This year was a historic one for domestic workers in California. In September, after years of advocacy by the California Domestic Workers Coalition, the 2016 California Domestic Workers Bill of Rights was signed into permanent law.

Friday night, the new documentary series AMERICA DIVIDED (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/1QA/ni0YAA/t.21t/e9XlPOe5TnS3MWHPd3jV4w/h1/XylYeLkqZtIRFf9MiYDNVyemYM4rh5qyMKv1pkHMZe5R71dNwH 5WaWKtgYQayPjBJ75vZYmP-2FpTjihuQdjJi-2BhYp0sZu6pvxldcoT-2FoMxVtgJAlLmd4WDYUAoem6YWZtnKyDHsPkqsJA-2B1uf-2F0kmu1DTUMp0plQBPHk8pIhK2QwLIGrCYy03kfIisWaoWRY9H kO0IT8eTahlKSU-2BcF-2FmVjc9hu-2F-2Fc2JUKZly5-2B-2B7gvovBWEjkEXFZ8Cg-2Fbg0m0D2eZljSv-2Bn8gkzpOo5s9PzznxiAMLVoR9362HddkppAxqi62TWeH-2BzpEK-2FG91hpuB4p28Yv9lNm-2F6JEZISvW0fJOzSGnQLTuUuztq3Z2-2FU44sSI3P8mRJtVDf8M2ZP87Xcblymj6b8nY4-2BQSiznxdD2epN-2Bug5fy92yUCPuV-2FQTH8-3D), from the premium cable channel Epix, will focus on California domestic workers’ successful struggle to win the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, and features domestic worker leaders from NDWA affiliates CHIRLA and the Pilipino Workers Center.


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It airs tomorrow, October 28 at 9 ET/8 CT. And you can watch it, because Epix is offering a free trial of their service.

In the episode, comedian Amy Poehler speaks with domestic workers, and learns about the day to day challenges of caring for another’s family while providing for your own. It’s empowering to see our stories take center stage, and I hope you will join us in watching.

We will be livetweeting throughout the episode on Twitter, and will be joined by our Director Ai-Jen Poo. Please join us (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/1QA/ni0YAA/t.21t/e9XlPOe5TnS3MWHPd3jV4w/h4/2RVzWDSIG55zp08xQdQltUv5WknIG7uLxSiX6huH2MT4Z511-2F44OqryrTureMXBjSCy4M3uGlwxoQKY8OPMJyezOwXzx7XH2t ilnddlz6L0noqmshvcMHs9w8LyfSDnVOE5iWwG-2FeZFEdGG0QPi9yDT4T7PbB8FUU3a-2F82Em3-2FVngJ3O-2FQ-2BJx-2B8RBx0a1gXgJRMDB0AKllszPdkfoimDUPKoYPaKU-2Ftmuq-2B6FS8bD0BfZCfMhaCwgvmjz2jTOlPlPV6X-2B4KXhm10EbIJ2mSbPEOsOpqlb0KCzwI8B-2FNPowY8-2BEj-2B96xltD1AIKKKjRHDNnoIe91pqN-2FRTIbgW-2F0gOKT-2FVULQ6PRAIO0jm-2BnTlKdZLypbOGjRlwKFBB1quuWXqBK8-2BCh4pKJa3nS04EvoCuOtw-2BqSL7kGP0hviKJMyVE-3D) for this online conversation using the hashtag #AmericaDivided. Tomorrow’s episode will be a chance for us to spend some time sharing our struggles, our challenges, and, yes, our joys as domestic workers, employers, and families.

Epix has agreed to give a limited-time free trial of their entire service, so you can see this episode. Importantly, the free trial gives you access to their on-demand service, so if Friday night doesn’t work for you, you can still watch it before the free trial ends on October 31.

We hope you will take the time to watch this important episode, and if you can, join us on Twitter (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/1QA/ni0YAA/t.21t/e9XlPOe5TnS3MWHPd3jV4w/h6/2RVzWDSIG55zp08xQdQltUv5WknIG7uLxSiX6huH2MR0yCKW6h 8zaK6ujAiVp3V4gPxoJapnyLDKTekbBginR3Dlsa7FG1x3r8Zk nHYanHp-2FhGYI4LYGtNSO2CJgJaHa6BZ4g8Dh8K0SHNRcIzXA4yCDU-2FSHSj209cIjTGdoQbYrohuitPZgpfDZkYeIQdbRGjT9w7hmd5 g-2B21-2BPEiZmjXrE2F61g64s-2FbDQEDUvkmDRgSIdnyKr9Aw16XmqonhJTvWarU8raIDNvMrg5 MF52qA3WMC5EO9b5py-2FyZAKa8EQM2NdvnzRzMcKhtI3-2BYVKpsLaSEk-2BY1f1-2B2ArvuCso5YGyKh-2FeWGuQliFCOgeevzbM6vd-2B7q-2BorNSO2oIcw-2F5nJAB2RgsUuQ6h6G3W0AdDPBKup8aAjhY-2BrhaG4OEIw0-3D) tomorrow night at 9 ET/8 CT for an online conversation with Ai-jen Poo!

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Rally demands ICE release Minnesota 8, stop deportations to Cambodia (http://fightbacknews.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a29530af96a02fc55d345e735&id=90ef575769&e=d323598fe4)

By staff

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Saint Paul, MN - Over 100 people converged Nov. 3 at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office at Fort Snelling to protest the pending deportations of loved ones to Cambodia. Eight Cambodian refugee men from Minnesota have been targeted for deportation because of old criminal convictions. All served their sentences and had moved on with their lives when they were apprehended by ICE and processed for deportation. “My husband hasn’t even been to Cambodia,” said Jenny Srey, wife of Ched Nin, 36, one of the men targeted. “He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and grew up in Minnesota. He has a Minnesotan accent. He belongs here with us.”

Children, family members, and supporters are asking ICE to release the men immediately. “They might as well be sending these men to their deaths,” said Sokha Kul. “They have no ties to Cambodia. Their entire lives are here.” Sokha added, “To our kids, these ICE agents are monsters. My baby is having nightmares about his daddy being deported. They need to know the kind of terror they are inflicting on our families.”

The eight men were detained in August as part of a nationwide sweep of Cambodian refugees with old criminal records that make them deportable. Katrina Dizon Mariategue of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) in Washington, D.C., explained that immigration laws passed during a “tough on crime” mood in the mid-1990s vastly expanded the range of convictions, from violent crimes to shoplifting and minor drug-related offenses, that can result in mandatory deportation. “Immigration judges have spoken out that these laws unfairly tie their hands. They see refugee fathers who have moved on with their lives - people like Ched Nin who have kids with health issues, and who volunteer their time in the community. But these laws make it difficult to stop their deportations.”

The families of the eight men continue to fight against the deportations, which are rumored to be set for late November and December. “Without Ched we lose our health insurance, our home, our family’s rock,” said Srey. “We will do everything we possibly can to keep him home with us.”

See a video here about the Minnesota 8: https://vimeo.com/189347573

Read more News and Views from the Peoples Struggle at http://www.fightbacknews.org. You can write to us at [email protected]

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Tell U.S. Mayors: Protect Undocumented Immigrants - Declare Your City a Sanctuary of Safety! #HereToStay

Petition by Greisa Martinez

To be delivered to U.S. Mayors

Trump has said he will deport millions, and anti-immigrant harassment is already out of control. It is time to declare America’s cities as sanctuaries of safety and not allow local police to do the work of immigration agents. If your city is not already, declare it a sanctuary city. And if it is, commit to do everything in your power to maintain your sanctuary status and protect your undocumented residents from a Trump administration.

There are currently 114,252 signatures. NEW goal - We need 125,000 signatures!

PETITION BACKGROUND

Mayors across the country must stand with their undocumented immigrant residents in this moment of crisis.

Undocumented Immigrants like me are under attack: Donald Trump has already said that in the first 100 days of office he would cancel DACA, a program that provides undocumented youth with work permits and protection from deportation, and begin deporting 2 million undocumented immigrants. But we can change this if we pressure mayors to declare their cities as sanctuaries of safety.

In a sanctuary city, officials implement policies to restrict local police from turning immigrants over to federal immigration agents and declare in no uncertain terms that immigrants are welcome. Without them, undocumented immigrants like me and my family are left vulnerable to racial profiling, detention and deportation.

We salute the mayors of cities like Seattle, San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland who have been quick to stand with their undocumented residents.

This is just the beginning —we can make our cities and states safe for all!

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Minneapolis takes to the streets to oppose Trump’s attacks on immigrants and refugees (http://fightbacknews.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a29530af96a02fc55d345e735&id=330f2f08f2&e=d323598fe4)

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By staff

Minneapolis, MN – More than 400 people marched in Minneapolis, Nov. 23, to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to attack immigrants. Lake Street, the march route, rang with chants of, “No Trump, no KKK, no racist USA,” “Build bridges, not walls” and “Trump eschucha, estamos en la lucha!”

The site of the protest, south Minneapolis, is largely populated by new immigrants from Latin America and Somali refugees. People jumped out of their cars to chant along or honked their horns in support.

The protest was sponsored by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC), an immigrant rights organization in Minnesota. The march demanded, “Hands off DACA!” “Stop immigration raids and deportations!” “No border wall” “No anti-Muslim bigotry!”

Giselda Gutierrez of MIRAC said, “We had a great a event, a lot of people came out, we are going to have to sustain that kind of energy going into Jan. 20 and beyond. When we’re united and out on the street we can win just like we won in 2006 with a very Republican administration. We need to harness all our energy and now is not the time to be silent, now is the time to fight, now is the time to organize. I hope we have a huge turnout for Jan. 20 so that we can show everybody that we are not going to accept this as our new normal. On Jan. 20. ‘No Work, No School, No Business as Usual!’”

Read more News and Views from the Peoples Struggle at http://www.fightbacknews.org. You can write to us at [email protected]

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It's Time to Organize Against Hate. Let's do this. #AltoTrump!


National Day Laborer Organizing Network - News & Updates


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Dear Chris,

This past week we saw neo-Nazi and white supremacists celebrate Donald Trump's election victory in Washington, DC. There is no time to waste to organize the national resistance against hate.

Below you will find links, for you and your organization, to get involved and build the local resistance against Trump's agenda: Host an assembly. Organize a neighborhood committee. Help us track hate crimes.

ALTO TRUMP RESOURCES:

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1. Popular Assembly Toolkit: Has your community hosted a Popular Assembly to plug-in new activists and build local committees? Check out the new Popular Assembly Toolkit (http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=HHEqj0hAY0al2f3sXGT2CTj5tYcM3ejR) for some helpful guidance on local organizing.

2. Mapping the Rise of Hate Crimes: There has been a spike in hate crimes since the election. Use the map on the front page of AltoTrump.comto submit and track incidents of hate (please help spread the word (http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mLdhFuXJU48%2Bdxg05bFtXzj5tYcM3ejR) and share it too).

3. Demand Sanctuary Now: What can local and state officials to do ensure that local resources are not being utilized to advance a Trump deportation force? Join us for the next national sanctuary/ICE Out call on Monday 1pm PST//4pm EST. For more info, email Salvador G. Sarmiento at [email protected]

4. Volunteers! Get involved: What can I do locally to support immigrant workers? Sign-up to volunteer locally! (http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Y9pHYH7Otr%2FJzJvXLygwYDj5tYcM3ejR)

5. Organizations! Take a position: It's crucial that our organizations are fighting efforts to normalize what is happening in Washington, DC and taking a strong position against Trump's agenda. Has your organization endorsed the Alto Trump campaign (http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yPWX%2BC43km8IcZvwvZwjJjj5tYcM3ejR)?

All of these resources will be housed at AltoTrump.com and we'll soon have some updates on the art and music front!

We have 57 days to build the national resistance and send a message.

We will not comply with hate.

#ALTOTRUMP

In Solidarity,


Claudia Bautista
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Progressive Congress Applauds DHS Advisory Panel's Recommendation Regarding Use of Private Prisons


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December 2, 2016

Progressive Congress Applauds DHS Advisory Panel’s Recommendation to End Reliance on Use of Private Prisons as Immigration Detention Centers, Urges DHS to End Use of Private Prisons Entirely


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Washington, D.C.— In response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory panel’s recommendation on December 1, 2016 rejecting DHS’s decision to continue using private prisons as immigration detention centers, Progressive Congress issued the following statement:

“Progressive Congress applauds the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory panel’s rejection of DHS’s decision to continue using private prisons as immigration detention centers. Earlier this year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) recognized the harmful abuse and violations of human rights that often occur in private prisons; this led to the DOJ’s decision to end federal contracts with private prisons. This was an incredible step forward for criminal justice reform, and it signaled a new approach to mass incarceration, placing human lives above profits.

“As soon as the DOJ announced their decision, we joined members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Members of the Democratic Caucus and other civil rights and social justice organizations in calling on the Department of Homeland Security to join the Department of Justice and end the use of private prisons to detain immigrants. The risk of abuse at immigration detention centers is greatly multiplied in privately contracted facilities, where administrators and officials have little to no oversight and no incentive to address problematic conditions.

“We were disappointed with DHS’s announcement yesterday that they would continue to contract with private prisons, despite evidence in their recently released report of abuse and inhumane conditions. We were pleasantly surprised the same afternoon to hear that the DHS advisory panel had not only rejected this decision but urged DHS to end its use of private prisons. This is a welcome announcement and we hope that DHS will follow this recommendation. Immigrants regardless of citizenship are subject to the same human rights and civil liberties as all global citizens; while they await trial or case resolution, we must afford them the protection and dignity that we would wish our own citizens to be granted around the world.

“‘We applaud the DHS advisory panel’s recommendations regarding the use of private prisons as detention centers, and we are gratified that the DHS report calls for greater oversight and monitoring of immigration detention facilities,” said Dr. Gabriela Lemus, President of Progressive Congress. “Abuse at these detention facilities is well-documented, and it is past time to address the need to preserve the rights and human dignity of the men, women, and children who are currently detained in these facilities. Privatization without limitations goes against our core American values and defies the real need for government accountability. Our nation’s detention centers must reflect our more humane belief in the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’”



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Obama administration defends indefinite detention of immigrants before Supreme Court

By Bill Van Auken

3 December 2016

The Obama administration went before the US Supreme Court this week to defend its power to indefinitely detain immigrants facing deportation proceedings—many of them legal US residents and asylum seekers—without granting them the right afforded to virtually anyone facing criminal prosecution to appear before a judge for a bond hearing to determine whether or not their imprisonment is justified.

Barely seven weeks before Donald Trump takes office, having vowed to deport up to 3 million people and prosecute an even more draconian crackdown against immigrants, the Democratic administration is fighting intransigently to defend one of the more egregious features of the massive and brutally repressive immigration enforcement system that it will hand over to the Republican president-elect.

Obama’s acting solicitor general, Ian Gershengorn, went before the high court in an attempt to overturn a ruling by the San Francisco-based US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which upheld a district court injunction requiring that immigrants fighting deportation orders be granted bond hearings after being held for more than six months in detention and every six months thereafter.

The 9th Circuit ruling followed a similar decision by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City, which held that people detained for more than six months in its jurisdiction, which includes New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, must be granted a bond hearing.

The original case leading to the 2015 ruling by the 9th Circuit was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Alejandro Rodriguez, who came to the US with his parents as a baby, grew up in Los Angeles and worked legally as a dental assistant to support his two children. He had two minor scrapes with the law, one for “joyriding” when he was 19 and a second when he was convicted on misdemeanor drug possession charges when he was 24 and sentenced to five years’ probation.

After the second conviction, for which he was not sentenced to a single day in jail, he was picked up by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents and locked up while facing deportation proceedings to send him back to Mexico, a country he had left as an infant. He remained incarcerated for three years before immigration authorities finally dropped removal proceedings against him.

The government released Rodriguez from custody only after the ACLU filed its lawsuit on behalf of Rodriguez and similarly incarcerated immigrants in the Los Angeles area, claiming that its ending of his incarceration rendered the case moot, a contention rejected by the district and appeals courts. Rodriquez finally won his case and retained his lawful permanent resident status in the US, but only after forfeiting three years of his life.

Rodriguez’s lengthy incarceration was not an aberration. The ACLU cited numerous similar cases. Among them was that of Warren Joseph, a legal permanent resident from Trinidad, who joined the US Army at the age of 21 and saw combat in the first Persian Gulf War. Sentenced to six months for violating probation, he was picked up by ICE and spent three and a half years in a for-profit immigration jail in New Jersey, suffering aggravation of injuries he incurred in the military that ultimately required hospitalization and surgery that left him with difficulty walking. In the end, the government dropped its attempt to deport him, his legal permanent residence was restored and he subsequently became a US citizen.

According to the ACLU, since the 9th Circuit ruling, judges in the Los Angeles area ”found about 70 percent of immigrants eligible for release at their bond hearings, and about 70 percent of those found eligible were able to post bond and go home to their families.” The Obama administration’s intervention is aimed at calling a halt to these releases and restoring its unfettered indefinite detention of all those fighting deportation.

Asked in the November 30 Supreme Court hearing whether he believed the court could rule that “three years is too long” to detain someone without justifying their incarceration, Gershengorn responded, “I mean, if it were 20 years, I mean, we could go on, then, of course, that might be a concern that, in fact, we were no longer trying to effectuate removal.”

The government also argued that bond hearings are unnecessary because those detained pending deportation can file individual habeas corpus petitions in federal courts. This complicated remedy is effectively denied to the majority of those incarcerated, who have no legal counsel, and, according to the ACLU, such cases take on average of 19 months to wind their way through the courts.

The government’s position is that it is required to detain all immigrants subject to deportation for past crimes including drug charges and other minor offenses under a draconian law signed by Democratic President Bill Clinton in 1996.

Ahilan Arulanantham, the ACLU lawyer who argued against the government, pointed out that under the USA Patriot Act, non-citizens subject to long-term detention on terrorism charges are granted hearings every six months, while those picked up for deportation based on shoplifting or minor drug possession charges are denied them under the 1996 law.

The government’s appeal to the Supreme Court is effectively the defense of what amounts to a police state system in its treatment of immigrants in which the constitution does not apply.

With a remaining vacancy leaving eight members on the Supreme Court, a split decision on the case would allow the bond hearings taking place in the 9th and 2nd Circuits to continue, but provide them nowhere else. If the court rules in favor of the government, the bond hearings would be ended and indefinite detention enforced nationwide.

Just a day after the high court hearing, a Department of Homeland Security review panel issued a report recommending that the government continue locking up immigrants in private, for-profit prisons, despite multiple investigations, including by the US Commission on Human Rights, demonstrating that these facilities fail to provide even the abysmal standards of treatment and medical care prevailing in government-run prisons. Sexual and physical abuse, including of immigrant children, have been reported in a number of facilities.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson ordered the review following a decision by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to stop using private prisons because of the widespread reports of abuse.

The thrust of the panel’s findings was that private facilities are cheaper than public, and the DHS must prepare for “dramatic surges in detention.” An estimated 73 percent of immigrants detained by the government are being held in the private prisons. In at least one case, a private facility that the Bureau of Prisons stopped using because of abuses and poor standards is now being converted into an immigrant detention facility.

The projected “surges in detention” have led to a surge in profits for the private jailers. The value of shares in CoreCivic, the new name chosen to perfume the abysmal record of Corrections Corp. of America, increased by 67 percent in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory. Stocks in the GEO Group, another private prison company, rose by 40 percent.

The total number of immigrants in detention has already risen from a “normal” level of 34,000 to over 41,000, and DHS is scrambling to acquire new detention facilities.

While Trump campaigned on the basis of fascistic anti-immigrant demagogy and has vowed to deport between 2 and 3 million immigrants, whatever attacks are carried out by the incoming administration have been prepared by the administration of Barack Obama, who has been dubbed the “deporter in chief.” His administration is on track to deport 3 million immigrants before it leaves office, more than all the presidents who preceded him.

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Estelita says no kids belong in jail // Estelita dice que ningún niño o niña debe estar en la cárcel


We Belong Together

*****Abajo en español*****

Dear Chris,

On Friday, 460 mothers and children were released from the Karnes and Dilley family detention centers after a Texas judge ruled that the two prisons could no longer be licensed as child care facilities.

This is a huge win for our communities and for the mothers and children who have been suffering behind bars for too long!

This weekend’s victory in Texas was the result of years of organizing by courageous leaders from Grassroots Leadership and Raices, as well as the mothers and children in detention who bravely spoke out, and is a powerful reminder that when we organize with love in our hearts, we win. Through this year’s Wish for the Holidays campaign, our children have the opportunity to lead us all with love and remind our elected officials that children and families should be together and not behind bars. (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/3gA/ni0YAA/t.22w/kiJaIv7JRCy8AQNAFQPDgA/h0/UNKZTfjsmiar9Az9yYCKxhanp7084yMzJPcdY2L-2BKbso7NCWcmN2v3rphR7gG8iU5PirJjzoKmXDlEic0Jepl2zK HZh0MzIvwJJm76guglhT8phEXxh7n9yrNnbuzOsrnx-2B8W-2FW7EGfKUSEjqToydWr4BH31nu-2BQGZx2uXBf9cR2YSzhAPwgonPppnrO-2B8qDSquCSxyHzmX49OZ44MYFAoQsTmL4cP3j9hB-2F0ozzmfcX4QJCdgXw0e8c6SknkS0PkAbTWj7biT0ELFz7ZILf Kfc-2BYqR7YPCh4Piw9p5iPz3yehzjmlL84Pc2gzF-2FqKMQYZdFn41Iv-2FFsuECew1PZJ8nFJkH3oBzuhvpIX5Zvv8ax2Mvj0WC3Tw9tBE XAO7uvekxVM-2BxbcuuNvc6Zlo4-2F1VnxPaz8vbfhQ5erPwxmzvP-2FLaPJsscClI7PFSbsJnId5DJ25CbxA-2BjweBT7SsRjAUcz6cFXcMtaDPmed6waRP98sRla5BsX4oWThn m7UEf-2FWFDw8DaHU-2FMfeyb5MxaSl2lGlIyGMFBrVW5Sk3aXKi-2BCU95kEMRljhxKM2SZdUp4)

This weekend, my own daughters Sierra Luna and Estelita, showed me how much easier things would be if decisions at all levels were guided by love and empathy towards others. Kids know that children and their families should not be locked-up. That there is enough love and abundance for everyone.

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Will you ask the children and youth in your life to share their letters and drawings of love and solidarity? Sharing letters with your mayor or governor helps us build momentum to defend immigrants in communities across the nation. (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/3gA/ni0YAA/t.22w/kiJaIv7JRCy8AQNAFQPDgA/h1/UNKZTfjsmiar9Az9yYCKxhanp7084yMzJPcdY2L-2BKbsZNYL1hD-2FA8ne7cOOl4zH6b2b3-2F26dHJ-2Fme-2BfgmXShBMGbIuU7UiJoMZOTGp7oZX2NYEr8qLLf8du44WkOXx nb2Yd5JD4mqjBfD-2BK73VIcX8M8xf1I4tHGckDmUVhBligRNMF8RjVHdl8HbK8aKP x6exGZK-2BpVukhclkpoTzegfQE7BEAaCacz4EDPAH5rwdIY4Tu8oLq90J gqfyi4De5z4jBm0XGvOYDMlKQzcO5Pj3S-2BgIygfD4KNShmR5bGf-2BF4ExqDo-2Fc2-2F9eSKErIzjR4mJRgWOJ2arjslQGpLXDMwb4rlX-2BqlWQ1lb-2Bp1-2BPApEIHRfOanwbVHnITXccuzQ2DvrmWIPDSDSv2NC247JRXQ7 lZ33GnV-2BLFYd8lzRHOwbkmiLaohyt5opYVKzDVMbfSVgXEYVomyF96HL D-2BWeaFQg5wnEAX-2Bv-2Bovec6bOlORS-2B3JkV6gBE-2BOPDqD-2BKYD4EzVR3Csm94tZRLE3-2Fzp7ryIVdG2poG0jGuEz-2F1dD2eZsga-2Fv8H5spdz-2FVETWOCsDYY)

Post your kids’ letters on social media (Facebook, Twitter or Instagram) using the hashtags #WishForTheHolidays2016 and #KidsLettersOfHope. By sharing thousands of letters we can build a groundswell of support for immigrant and Muslim families.

Let’s spread love, solidarity and hope this holiday season!

With love,

—Andrea Cristina, on behalf of the entire We Belong Together team

[email protected] Chris,
El pasado viernes, 460 madres y niñ@s fueron [email protected] de los centros de detención de familias en Karnes y Dilley después de que un juez de Texas dictaminó que las dos cárceles ya no podían ser licenciadas como guarderías infantiles.

Esta es una gran victoria para nuestras comunidades y para las madres y niñ@s que han estado sufriendo tras las rejas durante muchísimo tiempo!


La victoria de este fin de semana en Texas fue el resultado de años de organización por valientes líderes de Grassroots Leadership y Raíces, así como de las madres y niñ@s [email protected] que valientemente dieron su testimonio, y es un importante recordatorio de que cuando organizamos con amor en nuestros corazones, ganamos. A través de la campaña "Deseos para las Fiestas" de este año, nuestros [email protected] tienen la oportunidad de guiar nuestros pasos con amor y recordar a nuestros funcionarios electos que [email protected] niñ@s y las familias deben estar juntas y no tras las rejas. (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/3gA/ni0YAA/t.22w/kiJaIv7JRCy8AQNAFQPDgA/h2/UNKZTfjsmiar9Az9yYCKxhanp7084yMzJPcdY2L-2BKbuZO-2B62-2FKYMt8IPjsU-2B976Qn-2Fk6Hewnt9f3tNfdA5K07UUfqcNQeRRBO70dT8BN410aO5HLkR 7TI2qmklEOu7jglmPjm5h-2FeOecNsfsBBveZlNufg3FGUq0m7Q5thAQ4Z5zbAiZ29I8uWOp eRzCdB6Y-2BzODnIIB2UqObiI4NRxZNkGSOP1nl1cBzvxhCkZV0y3sg1Ucm UO4eZ0-2Ff7Wbyb8qgfJv3m-2BX6Fu5Khr-2FXczhSIDQeOi6Y-2FNnHm6DyYJegFOs8NOHMvGz2vEhR6n3ouZ0rWbRe23wL4jx-2BJDYhNSJ-2FnxT9DVA9bk1xuqAGB1x5K2R-2BI3IR5eStVJp6m3LQ5eKrKf7-2F53y0n0rp1KReJgeTjCX5zorA7ekWd7STPpCg-2BZD-2F0Tw97R-2FZc-2Fj5DU8KoAgFZfNodjCAjIvH-2BCkpvBO-2B051fNnsvrHv0m0lYDBSNEUR6ws-2BmYsN1dPY8a-2BWGlXwfBTQdcX341vNCCt9k4DmXNwc-2B5gqAKsbxCmUrdBnasWm4KbRPATQ5opj3KBTsXP9)

Este fin de semana, mis hijas Sierra Luna y Estelita, me mostraron cuán más fáciles serían las cosas si las decisiones en todos los niveles estuvieran guiadas por amor y empatía hacia [email protected] demás. [email protected] pequeñ@s saben que [email protected] niñ@s y sus familias no deben estar [email protected] Que hay suficiente amor y abundancia para [email protected]

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¿Le pediría a [email protected] niñ@s y jóvenes de su vida que compartan cartas y dibujos de amor y solidaridad? El compartir cartas con su alcalde o gobernador nos ayuda a impulsar la defensa de los inmigrantes en comunidades de todo el país. (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/3gA/ni0YAA/t.22w/kiJaIv7JRCy8AQNAFQPDgA/h3/UNKZTfjsmiar9Az9yYCKxhanp7084yMzJPcdY2L-2BKbuZO-2B62-2FKYMt8IPjsU-2B976QrIq94We0J6rivBvFHdOTHyIB3uioopoo9NbKaE1mIoUr N7q7hD22VJlWS9JgNbJygGrArmct5H-2FJKMGN01Iw-2FVZWhIX0ucwWdzGb-2BCoDSVDNdiRZFpYGkwf4p5-2BrjhFFWtTZRrca1qPeHwU6FDlb1X7pkF4L6Deuo0CQMeI2n-2FsyNg9mFFrLxcGqCuCRhFknCddJVeY1XthpFLVPm5XlW-2F2p0bDYhq3dlxUwH6n9PxGQMj1JDAuR8lE6il0Adb6bzYOuPo EQW5EGngXF4P-2FawpQf7s57AZa5ymPhSlRNjwUg0AnlBdWGteyIQ1caGbRIicS 0rG-2BJacXQ4owDJXtgPxRdERqBcFVJxfvARmvaBZc1kONryNjji9j iZ9GXh436dgYFfq3YcmDlqbSAUswmCvMOkIMcDz7MV2407WrRB WQSCsJvVY0mxpAhBfDqzBsvlC-2B5p4gAH-2BStkv6u9egcZ0Jx57Xj5s-2Fa5DySePAUFFAPt93QI8bCXO4zdWyTGEME)

Publique las cartas de sus [email protected] en las redes sociales (Facebook, Twitter o Instagram) usando los hashtags #WishForTheHolidays2016 y #KidsLettersOfHope. Al compartir miles de cartas, podemos crear una ola de apoyo para familias inmigrantes y musulmanas.

¡Difundamos amor, solidaridad y esperanza durante esta época de fiestas!


Con amor,

—Andrea Cristina, en nombre de todo el equipo de Nos Mantenemos Unidas


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URGENT: Karnes

Dear Chris,

You were one of thousands who took action to stop the sexual abuse of immigrant women and children held in the Karnes detention center in Texas.

Well this weekend, a judge ruled against the for-profit company that runs Karnes and freed more than 500 of those women and children! For these families, the nightmare of inhumane detention--including the horrifying sexual abuse these women experienced at Karnes--is over. This ruling is a significant victory in the movement to end family detention policies in the United States once and for all.

But there's bad news--Karnes tossed these women and their children out late at night without any money or a way to find shelter or loved ones. Now, our friends at RAICES Texas need help providing them with food, shelter, and a way to contact their families.

You took action to help these women and children before. Can you take action again by donating to our friends at RAICES who are providing bedding, medicine, diapers, and phone service? (https://act.weareultraviolet.org/go/5591?t=1&akid=3872.852651.fkhe1o)

Thanks to the unrelenting work by our allies in Texas, and to UltraViolet members like you who signed the petition, made countless phone calls, and rallied right in front of Karnes detention, we dealt a huge blow against Karnes and the inhumane practice of detaining families seeking refuge in the United States.

Once again, this goes to show that when we take action together, we can accomplish the impossible. Thank you for all that you do!

--Nita, Shaunna, Kat, Karin, Adam, Holly, Kathy, Onyi, Susan, Anathea, Audine, Shannon, Megan, Libby, Emma, PaKou, and Pilar, the UltraViolet team



Sources:

1. 500 Immigrant Women & Children Released from Family Detention in Texas (https://act.weareultraviolet.org/go/5592?t=2&akid=3872.852651.fkhe1o), Democracy Now!, December 5, 2016


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