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19th December 2016, 19:26
Call to Action: Tweet & Call for Haitian Refugee Advocacy Day
Immigrant Youth Coalition (IYC)
Dear Chris,
Call to Action: Haiti Advocacy Day
This Monday December 19 is a last chance to call the White House, DHS, and Congress to stop Haiti deportations, redesignate Haiti for TPS due to Hurricane Matthew, and expand the Haitian Family Reunification Program (HFRP)!
ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA TO DO THESE THINGS NOW!
President Obama Needs to Hear From the Haitian Diaspora And Its Supporters! REDESIGNATE TPS, EXPAND HFRP, HALT DEPORTATIONS!
http://action.ndlon.org/c/1509/images/Stop%20Haitain%20deportations%20pic.jpg
TPS was designed for disasters like Matthew rendering deportations unsafe! And only 1,952 Haitians have succeeded under HFRP (compared to over 100,000 under the Cuban program)! Like deportations to a nation reeling from Matthew, inaction on TPS and HFRP makes no sense; PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD ACT NOW!
CALL TO ACTION: SEND A LETTTER & TWEET the White House, your Representative in Congress and the Department of Homeland Security TODAY!
WHITE HOUSE:
SAMPLE TWEETs:
[email protected] I URGE YOU TO REDESIGNATE HAITI FOR TPS, EXPAND HAITAIN FAMILY REUNIFICATION PROGRAM & HALT DEPORTATIONS TODAY!
Mr. @POTUS stand up for #humanrights and demand that @DHSgov redesignate temporary protected status for Haitian refugees immediately
Mr. @POTUS take action, stand up for #humanrights and demand that @DHSgov expand the Haitian Family Reunification Program refugees now!
Mr. @POTUS please call on @DHSgov's Secretary Johnson to stand up for #humanrights and stop the unsafe deportations to #Haiti immediately
ORGANIZATION SIGN-ON LETTER: http://bit.ly/2hRjo0c
Please submit your comments to the WH email HERE: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Sample message: “Mr. President, please urgently redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status due to Hurricane Matthew’s massive destruction in October; expand the much-too-limited Haitian Family Reunification Program, under which fewer than 2000 people have succeeded, defeating its purpose to create an orderly outflow mechanism and help Haiti recover by generating remittances; and stop the unsafe deportations to Haiti which DHS resumed in November! Haiti is reeling from Matthew and can’t safely reintegrate deportees! Thank you, Mr. President!”
CONGRESS:
1. Dial the Capitol Switchboard – 202-225-3121. Ask to be connected with your Representative’s office. (Click here (http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AsNXi1PXefiTVUtCxyephVmhICcrVbS3) to find your Representative by zip-code; Click here (http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Z0eUkB7QShwFHlFFLcTUV9%2BlVWWT9m6t) to find your Senator by name or zip-code.)
2. You will be connected with Your Representative’s receptionist. Ask to speak to the staff person who handles immigration policy or international issues. (If the receptionist can’t connect you with the aide who handles Haiti, you can just ask the receptionist to take down your message and relay it to both the staff person and to your Representative.)
3. Whether you speak to the staffer in person or just leave a message on his/her voicemail, here’s what you can say:
“My name is ___________ and I am a constituent from __(your city)___. I am calling to ask that Representative ___________ please immediately urge President Obama to redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status due to Hurricane Matthew’s massive destruction in October; expand the much-too-limited Haitian Family Reunification Program, under which fewer than 2000 people have succeeded, defeating its purpose to create an orderly outflow mechanism and help Haiti recover by generating remittances; and stop the unsafe deportations to Haiti which DHS resumed in November! Haiti is reeling from Matthew and can’t safely reintegrate deportees! Thank you!”
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY:
Secretary Jeh Johnson: Comment Line: 202-282-8495 and simply amend the message to Obama (above) by replacing “Mr. President” with “Mr. Secretary”
You can use your own words if you prefer, but remember to keep it brief. Do not worry that you are not prepared for a long discussion. The staff member will just take your message without asking for more details.
Be sure on your calls to thank everyone for their time!
Please call on Monday, December 19! And tell your friends and family to call too, and share this with others. Let’s show how powerful our united voices can be! Thank you for taking a minute and making this important call.
In solidarity,
Marleine Bastien, Executive Director, Fanm Ayisyen nan Miami (FANM), Haitian Women of Miami, Inc.
Jean Robert Lafortune, Chairperson, Haitian American Grassroots Coalition (HAGC)
Jimy Mertune, Representative, Collective in Solidarity With the Victims of Cholera (Collective Solidarité Avec Les Victimes de Cholera), Orlando, FL
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Immigrant Youth Coalition (IYC)
Dear Chris,
Call to Action: Haiti Advocacy Day
This Monday December 19 is a last chance to call the White House, DHS, and Congress to stop Haiti deportations, redesignate Haiti for TPS due to Hurricane Matthew, and expand the Haitian Family Reunification Program (HFRP)!
ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA TO DO THESE THINGS NOW!
President Obama Needs to Hear From the Haitian Diaspora And Its Supporters! REDESIGNATE TPS, EXPAND HFRP, HALT DEPORTATIONS!
http://action.ndlon.org/c/1509/images/Stop%20Haitain%20deportations%20pic.jpg
TPS was designed for disasters like Matthew rendering deportations unsafe! And only 1,952 Haitians have succeeded under HFRP (compared to over 100,000 under the Cuban program)! Like deportations to a nation reeling from Matthew, inaction on TPS and HFRP makes no sense; PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD ACT NOW!
CALL TO ACTION: SEND A LETTTER & TWEET the White House, your Representative in Congress and the Department of Homeland Security TODAY!
WHITE HOUSE:
SAMPLE TWEETs:
[email protected] I URGE YOU TO REDESIGNATE HAITI FOR TPS, EXPAND HAITAIN FAMILY REUNIFICATION PROGRAM & HALT DEPORTATIONS TODAY!
Mr. @POTUS stand up for #humanrights and demand that @DHSgov redesignate temporary protected status for Haitian refugees immediately
Mr. @POTUS take action, stand up for #humanrights and demand that @DHSgov expand the Haitian Family Reunification Program refugees now!
Mr. @POTUS please call on @DHSgov's Secretary Johnson to stand up for #humanrights and stop the unsafe deportations to #Haiti immediately
ORGANIZATION SIGN-ON LETTER: http://bit.ly/2hRjo0c
Please submit your comments to the WH email HERE: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Sample message: “Mr. President, please urgently redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status due to Hurricane Matthew’s massive destruction in October; expand the much-too-limited Haitian Family Reunification Program, under which fewer than 2000 people have succeeded, defeating its purpose to create an orderly outflow mechanism and help Haiti recover by generating remittances; and stop the unsafe deportations to Haiti which DHS resumed in November! Haiti is reeling from Matthew and can’t safely reintegrate deportees! Thank you, Mr. President!”
CONGRESS:
1. Dial the Capitol Switchboard – 202-225-3121. Ask to be connected with your Representative’s office. (Click here (http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AsNXi1PXefiTVUtCxyephVmhICcrVbS3) to find your Representative by zip-code; Click here (http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Z0eUkB7QShwFHlFFLcTUV9%2BlVWWT9m6t) to find your Senator by name or zip-code.)
2. You will be connected with Your Representative’s receptionist. Ask to speak to the staff person who handles immigration policy or international issues. (If the receptionist can’t connect you with the aide who handles Haiti, you can just ask the receptionist to take down your message and relay it to both the staff person and to your Representative.)
3. Whether you speak to the staffer in person or just leave a message on his/her voicemail, here’s what you can say:
“My name is ___________ and I am a constituent from __(your city)___. I am calling to ask that Representative ___________ please immediately urge President Obama to redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status due to Hurricane Matthew’s massive destruction in October; expand the much-too-limited Haitian Family Reunification Program, under which fewer than 2000 people have succeeded, defeating its purpose to create an orderly outflow mechanism and help Haiti recover by generating remittances; and stop the unsafe deportations to Haiti which DHS resumed in November! Haiti is reeling from Matthew and can’t safely reintegrate deportees! Thank you!”
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY:
Secretary Jeh Johnson: Comment Line: 202-282-8495 and simply amend the message to Obama (above) by replacing “Mr. President” with “Mr. Secretary”
You can use your own words if you prefer, but remember to keep it brief. Do not worry that you are not prepared for a long discussion. The staff member will just take your message without asking for more details.
Be sure on your calls to thank everyone for their time!
Please call on Monday, December 19! And tell your friends and family to call too, and share this with others. Let’s show how powerful our united voices can be! Thank you for taking a minute and making this important call.
In solidarity,
Marleine Bastien, Executive Director, Fanm Ayisyen nan Miami (FANM), Haitian Women of Miami, Inc.
Jean Robert Lafortune, Chairperson, Haitian American Grassroots Coalition (HAGC)
Jimy Mertune, Representative, Collective in Solidarity With the Victims of Cholera (Collective Solidarité Avec Les Victimes de Cholera), Orlando, FL
Immigrant Youth Coalition
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