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Does not having a driver’s license merit tearing this family apart? Despite having no criminal record, ICE is planning to deport Jose TODAY!
Can you help Luis, Joselyn, and Gloria keep their Daddy home? Their representative, Congressman George Holding, is their only hope.
Make a call and Sign the petition calling on Rep. Holding to Intervene on behalf of this family!
Call Congressman George Holding:
Washington D.C. Office: 202-225-3032
Raleigh Office: 919-782-4400
Sample Script: “Hi, I’m calling to ask that Congressman Holding support Jose Guillermo Ortiz (A# 205-213-818) and stop his deportation set for today. Jose is the sole bread winner for his family that includes three US Citizen children. GOP leaders are working towards comprehensive immigration reform in Washington DC. Rep. Holding has a responsibility to keep this family together. Will he intervene to stop Jose’s deportation today?”
Remember, the congressman has the power to address a letter to ICE asking to stop the deportation of Jose. He can also make a call to ICE or even issue a private bill to keep this family together.
Let us know what his office tells you! Leave a message on our facebook page or send an email to viridiana@thencdreamteam.org. Thank you for your support!
Location: St Bernadette Catholic Church - 1005 Wilbon Rd, Fuquay-Varina, NC
Time: 6 to 8 pm
Petition: http://bit.ly/noljosenc
The driver’s license issue could not be more obvious than now. Another family is at risk of being torn apart all because North Carolina does not issue driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants.
His name is Jose Guillermo Ortiz. He is a father or 3 US citizen kids - Luis (6), Gloria (4), and Joselyn (3). On a morning in May when Jose was on his way to work, he had a minor traffic accident. When the officer who arrived at the scene asked him for his driver’s license and Jose could not provide it, the officer proceeded to arrest him. What should’ve been a simple traffic ticket, turned into Jose ending up under the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Jose had shown the officer his consular ID card with his picture, as it was the only form of ID he had with him. In a racist move, the officer took Jose to the Wake County jail where he knew he would be processed.
Jose was released after a week in jail but had an immigration court date to attend. At his last hearing, Jose Guillermo was not granted favorable prosecutorial discretion like the Morton Memo instructs for immigrants like him. He was forced to take voluntary departure and now faces deportation on May 23rd, in just 8 days!
We need your help to stop Jose’s deportation. If you can attend tonight’s vigil at 6 pm at St Bernadette Catholic Church (1005 Wilbon Rd, Fuquay-Varina, NC), please do. If you can’t make it, however, you can SIGN and SHARE his petition calling on ICE to stop his deportation immediately. No family should be torn apart because the primary breadwinner cannot obtain a driver’s license.
Thank you for your support!
Contact:
Jackie Aguilar
Tel: (919) 395-8458
E-mail: jackieaguilar711@gmail.com
NC Youth Lobby for Access to College for Undocumented Students
Raleigh, NC — On Wednesday May 8th, current high school students and recent graduates will visit the NCGA to talk to representatives about HB 904, a proposed piece of legislation that would allow all young people who have graduated from North Carolina high schools and lived in the state for at least two years to pay the in-state tuition rates at our public colleges and universities regardless of immigration status.
Youth are looking for bi-partisan support on HB 904. North Carolina has invested in these youth throughout their primary education and higher education should be accessible to all of our state’s young people. Enabling these students to attend college will strengthen our future tax base by giving these undocumented students the opportunity to move up the economic ladder and become self-sufficient engines of the NC economy.
Marco Cervantes, a 2012 graduate from Chapel-Hill High School says, “We can no longer put a limitation on our possibilities.”
With the inevitability of immigration reform, North Carolina’s leaders should be thinking how best to prepare those immigrants to enter the workforce. Sixty-one percent of all jobs in North Carolina will require at least some college by 2020.
So far 14 states have passed in-state-tuition for undocumented students, lets work together and make North Carolina the 15th state in the nation to give undocumented students the opportunity to get a higher education and a job where they can strengthen the economic growth in NC.
WHERE: NC General Assembly at 16 W. Jones St. Raleigh, NC
WHEN: 10:00 AM on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
WHO: Adelante Education Coalition with youth representing NC DREAM Team, Immigrant Youth Forum, Latin American Coalition, and El Cambio.
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Let’s Learn NC is a statewide campaign initiative of the Adelante Education Coalition for college tuition equality. The campaign strives to generate awareness of the current tuition inequality as well as introduce state legislation that will provide in-state tuition to all eligible resident students, regardless of their immigration status. To learn more about the campaign, visit http://www.letslearnnc.org and to learn more about the Adelante Education Coalition, please visit en.adelantenc.org.
The anti immigrant group, NC Listen, made a call today, to all anti immigrant people in North Carolina, to mobilize tomorrow at 10 am at the General Assembly in Raleigh. The topic: HB786, which if approved as law, would grant driving permits to certain undocumented immigrants in our state.
The call to anti-immigrants by Director Ron Woodard states the following:
“The Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly just passed a bill out of the Judiciary committee to give illegal immigrants a driver’s license permit and the bill also guts our earlier E-Verify bill to protect jobs for citizens in North Carolina. I know it’s hard to believe but the state Republicans will make this actual law if we don’t stop them very soon.”
Right wing extremists like Ron Woodard are not putting the safety of North Carolina first. Their anti-immigrant rhetoric doesn’t move us forward. Undocumented immigrants are as much a part of North Carolina and it’s economy as he is.
There are many parts to this bill that are problematic. But things are already bad. Proof of this, are the families and individuals affected by deportation and the way they were put in deportation proceedings. Racism and discrimination already exist. The deportations for something as simple as not having a drivers license already exist. The separation of families by the detention and deportation of immigrants already exist. Immigrants with illnesses without access to to adequate medical care and treatment already exist. Things are already bad. The question is, are we willing to allow things to continue this way? Or do we want change?
We at the NC Dream Team want change and we will negotiate with Democrats and Republicans to achieve it.
One thing we do agree on with anti-immigrant and director of NC Listen, Ron Woodard, is that you should not wait for someone else to change things for you. You and I, undocumented and all, have a voice and have the power to change our situation. Change is in our hands. To start, sign the following petitions and help stop deportations. Today it is them, tomorrow it might be you.
Youth coordinator of Immaculate Conception Church in Durham, Fabiana Palomo, is currently detained in an immigration jail in Georgia. You can find more details about her case in the petition. If the federal government is so committed to immigration reform, why is Fabiana detained? Sign and Call!
SIGN THE PETITION BY CLICKING HERE
Jose Guillermo fell into deportation proceedings after a minor car accident. The police asked for his license and since he didn’t have one, he was arrested and taken to jail. These are the consequences for not being able to obtain a driver’s license. His deportation is set for May 23rd. For him and all the cases that we’re unaware of, we are willing to negotiate with Republicans for driving permits, even if they have restrictions.
El grupo anti-inmigrante NC Listen hizo hoy un llamado a las personas anti-inmigrantes de Carolina del Norte para mobilizarse el dia de mañana a las 10 am en la asamblea general en Raleigh. El tema: La propuesta de ley iniciativa Republicana – HB786 – que, si pasara a ser ley, otorgaria permisos de manejo a ciertos indocumentados en nuestro estado.
El llamado a la comunidad anti-inmigrante de parte del Director Ron Woodard dice lo siguiente:
“Los Republicanos en la Asamblea General de Carolina del Norte estan a punto de pasar una propuesta de ley para dar permisos de manejo que serviran como permisos de trabajo tambien a los inmigrantes ilegales. Se que es dificil de creer pero los Republicanos de nuestro estado van a crear esta ley si no los detenemos pronto.“
“Se que el llamado se esta haciendo a ultima hora pero necesitamos hacerles saber a nuestros representantes en la asamblea general que esto es inaceptable.“
Esto es prueba de que la propuesta de ley HB786 es mas pro-inmigrante que anti-inmigrante. Nosotros sabemos que hay muchas partes de esta propuesta que son problematicas. Pero las cosas ya estan mal. Prueba de esto son las familias e individuos afectados por la deportacion y la forma en que cayeron en procedimiento de deportacion. El racismo y la discriminacion ya existen. Las deportaciones por algo tan simple como manejar sin licencia ya existen. Las familias separadas por la deportacion y detencion de inmigrantes ya existen. Inmigrantes con enfermedades sin acceso a cuidado medico y tratamiento ya existen. Las cosas ya estan mal. La pregunta es, estamos dispuestos a seguir asi? O queremos ver un cambio?
Nosotros si. Y negociaremos con los Democratas y Republicanos para lograrlo.
En algo si estamos de acuerdo con el señor anti-inmigrante y director de NC Listen Ron Woodard y eso es que no debes asumir que alguien mas lo va a hacer por ti, tu tienes voz y tienes poder de cambiar tu situacion.. nuestra situacion. El cambio esta en nuestras manos. Para empezar, firma las siguientes peticiones y ayuda a parar deportaciones. Hoy son ellos, mañana puedes ser tu.
La coordinadora de Jovenes de la Iglesia Inmaculada Concepcion en Durham Fabiana Palomo se encuentra detenida en una carcel de inmigrantes en Georgia. Puedes encontrar mas detalles sobre su caso en la peticion. Si el gobierno federal esta tan comprometido a pasar la reforma migratoria, porque esta detenida Fabiana? Firma y llama!
Jovenes del grupo de Fabiana piden publicamente a inmigracion que sea liberada
FIRMA LA PETICION HACIENDO CLICK AQUI!
Jose Guillermo cayo en procedimientos de deportacion despues de un accidente de trafico menor. El policia le pidio su licencia de manejo y como el no tiene, fue arrestado y llevado a la carcel. Estan son las consecuencias de no poder obtener una licencia de manejo. Su deportacion esta programada para el 23 de Mayo. Por el y por todos los casos de los cualos no nos enteramos, estamos dispuestos a negociar con los Republicanos para los permisos de manejo, aunque tengan restricciones.
Jose Guillermo con su esposa y sus hijos ciudadanos Luis, Gloria, y Joselyn
Contact:
Viridiana Martinez
(919) 704-0599
viridiana@thencdreamteam.org
Detained After Minor Traffic Accident: ICE, Drop the Hold on Fabiana!
Durham, NC – On Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 Fabiana Palomo-Muniz (A# 096-114-526) was involved in a minor traffic accident for which she was ticketed and taken to the Wake County Detention Center. Since Wake County participates in the 287(g) program, a county contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Fabiana is now detained and facing deportation instead of being released to her community despite having no criminal record.
Fabiana came to the US 8 years ago in search of a better life. For the past 6 years she has been living in Durham, NC and has been a dedicated and respected community member at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Fabiana has been working hard to help her community and has helped guide many youth within her church to better themselves by providing mentorship as a volunteer coordinator of the Latino Youth Ministry Program.
A prayer vigil will be held in Fabiana’s church to push for her release and deportation to be halted. Family, friends, and at least 100 church members and supporters are expected to attend. Over 500 petition signatures calling on ICE to release Fabiana have been gathered.
When: Monday, April 29th, 2013 @ 6:00pm
Where: Immaculate Inception Catholic Church, 810 W Chapel Hill St, Durham, NC
Online Petition: http://action.dreamactivist.org/northcarolina/fabiana
Our community thrives and depends on dedicated and values oriented people like Fabiana. She is an asset to this state and country. Fabiana should not be torn away from her family that includes her US citizen niece, 11 years old, and nephew, 6 months old, who she helps provide childcare for. Additionally, at church she develops the leadership skills of youth within the youth ministry group and provides support for the parents so that positive relationships are developed with their children. This type of volunteer work is essential for the positive development of US youth so that they are goal oriented and developed to be the leaders of tomorrow.
If deported, Fabiana’s family and church community will suffer. Fabiana is a low priority for deportation according to the Morton Memo released by DHS in 2011. Fabiana’s ICE hold should be dropped and she should be released immediately.
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The NC DREAM Team is an organization composed of undocumented immigrant youth and allies. We are dedicated to the creation of a sustainable, community-led immigrant rights movement in North Carolina. We aim to help undocumented youth recognize our individual and collective power to activate our communities.
Despite living in the United States for 14 years and a clean record, soccer Coach Eduardo Salazar (A# 200-717-517) is facing deportation in just FOUR days!
Take action: SIGN the petition and call ICE @ 202-732-3000 or 202-732-3100!
Sample Script: “Hi, I was calling to ask that ICE stop the deportation of Coach Eduardo Salazar (A# 200-717-517). Coach Salazar has been living in the U.S. for over 14 years, coaching soccer and supporting his family. He is a low-priority for deportation. Please don’t deport Coach Salazar!”
Eduardo Salazar is a beloved soccer coach, a boy scouts volunteer, and a loving grandfather. His family needs him here, especially his DACA approved son and granddaughter who is in critical medical condition. Make sure to take 2 minutes to call and sign his petition! Thanks for your support!
Call Wake County Detention Center at (919) 255-7111, Wake County ICE at (919) 255-7200 and DC ICE at 202-732-3000!
Sample Script: “Hi, I’m calling to ask that ICE drop the hold on Fabiana Palomo-Muniz (inmate #1064336). Fabiana is a committed member in her church and has been so for the past six years by coordinating a youth ministry program. She is an asset to this community. Please remove the ICE hold and release her immediately.”
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The Durham community is at risk of losing yet another dedicated member to deportation. Fabiana Palomo Muniz (inmate #1064336) is a devoted and respected community member who has been in the US for the past eight years and has built a life here with her husband. She is involved with her church and for the past six years has coordinated the Latino Youth Ministry Program at Immaculate Inception Catholic church.
Fabiana Palomo-Muniz
Fabiana was on her way to a training for youth facilitators through her church when she got into a minor traffic accident. When police arrived she was ticketed for the accident and for driving without a license. Fabiana then asked for an interpreter and even tried calling friends of hers to help interpret. However, no one was available and so communication with the police was not clear.
Fabiana understood that it was fine for her to leave since she had already been given a ticket. Such was not the case and when she tried to leave police arrested her. She is now at Wake County Detention Center facing charges of resisting a police officer with an ICE hold.
This is a misunderstanding and dedicated community members like Fabiana should not be torn away from their loved ones. It is also important to note that a driver’s license is not an option for Fabiana because the state of North Carolina currently does not allow the undocumented community to apply for one.
Fabiana and her loved ones need your help to get her released! Call ICE at Wake County Detention Center and urge them to drop the ICE hold!
ACT NOW!
Call Wake County Detention Center at (919) 255-7111, Wake County ICE at (919) 255-7200 and DC ICE at 202-732-3000!
Sample Script: “Hi, I’m calling to ask that ICE drop the hold on Fabiana Palomo-Muniz (inmate #1064336). Fabiana is a committed member in her church and has been so for the past six years by coordinating a youth ministry program. She is an asset to this community. Please remove the ICE hold and release her immediately.”
April 11, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jose Torres-Don
Mobile: 512-744-8804
Email: jose.torresdon@gmail.com
NC DREAM Team Supports RECLAIM NC Act:
Coming Out of the Shadows
RALEIGH, NC—The North Carolina DREAM Team (NCDT) supports Republican led initiatives for continued dialogue on immigration matters in North Carolina. On Wednesday, Republican Representatives Warren, Jordan, Brown and Collins filed House Bill 786-the RECLAIM NC Act that includes a process for bringing undocumented immigrants in NC out of the shadows through a driving permit. As undocumented people we are living through the consequences of the failed promises in the past decade from the national Democratic Party on immigration reform. We welcome this initiative from NC Republicans as a signal of their better understanding of the value in this opportunity to move North Carolina forward in a way that is inclusive of the Hispanic Community. We call on the leadership of this state, both Republicans and Democrats, to resist the bullying tactics of extreme anti-immigrant factions and arrive at reasonable policies in the best interest of the state’s economy and public safety.
In the summer of 2006 NC changed its laws that made it impossible for our undocumented families to obtain or renew driver’s licenses. This change was made under the leadership by then Democratic Governor, Mike Easley, who signed the Technical Corrections Act on August 27th, 2006. In the years that have followed, undocumented community members have been and continue to be deported as a result of not being able to produce a driver’s license. We intend to fully engage in conversation on initiatives from both, Republicans and Democrats, for the possibility of a driving permit. All legislators must propose and pass meaningful legislation that elevates outcomes over false rhetoric of hope. We welcome all initiatives independent of party affiliation.
To address the concerns that this proposal sounds like a round ‘em up and deport ‘em type of policy, our everyday lives remind us that this is vigorously happening already to our community under the leadership of the national Democratic Party. NCDT member, Viridiana Martinez, 26, previously detained in an immigrant detention center in Florida experienced first-hand such destructive policies of the Obama administration. Martinez states, “there is a cruel deceptiveness in the “low priority for deportation” directive from Obama that is nothing more than a talking point… we seek an alternative to the status quo”. Currently NCDT is rallying to stop the Deportation of dedicated grandfather and Boy Scouts soccer coach, Eduardo Mireles Salazar (Alien Number: 200-717-517), who has been ordered deported from North Carolina as a result of merely driving without a license. For Coach Salazar and the many others that go unnoticed, we support Representatives Warren, Jordan, Brown and Collins in their initiative to seek better solutions.
We are aware there are problematic provisions within the proposed bill and we intend to provide our voice to that discussion so that there is understanding of the community directly affected. The NC DREAM Team looks forward to having a bigger conversation about the enlightened self-interest for Republicans in NC to align with the national leadership of the GOP that has signaled a more reasonable approach in dealing with immigration and with that fostering a better relationship with a growing Hispanic political base.
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The NC DREAM Team is an organization composed of undocumented immigrant youth and allies who are dedicated to the creation of a sustainable, community-led immigrant rights movement in North Carolina. We aim to help undocumented youth recognize their individual and collective power to activate their communities.
escrito por Viridiana B. Martinez
FIRMA LA PETICION PARA DETENER LA DEPORTACION DEL COACH SALAZAR!
Coach Salazar con su equipo de futbol
El tema de las licencias de manejo en Carolina del Norte sigue dando de que hablar. Y no solo entre circulos de personas indocumentadas. Tambien en la asamblea general, lugar donde se llevan acabo las discusiones que se convierten en propuestas de ley. Ayer, el Senador Republicano Stan Bingham removio su nombre de la propuesta de ley SB 622 que otorgaria nuevamente licencias de manejo a los portadores del ITIN.
El Senador Bingham se dejo influenciar por sus colegas republicanos que no estan dispuestos a apoyarnos a nosotros los indocumentados. Esto significa que su influencia fue mas que la nuestra. Mi gente, tenemos trabajo que hacer. Y este trabajo empieza con dejar el miedo atras, salir de las sombras – sin estatus legal.. y que?, y hacer presencia en la asamblea general.
El momento es ahora de establecer dialogo con nuestros representantes estatales. Al fin y al cabo, pagamos impuestos, no? Si estas palabras no te presionan a tomar accion, quizas el caso del Coach Salazar si lo hara.
El fue detenido por inmigracion en la ciudad de Charlotte cuando un policia lo paro y lo encontro manejando sin licencia. El Coach Salazar a vivido en los Estados Unidos por casi 14 anos, es coach de futbol soccer para una liga juvenil, y es voluntario de los Boy Scouts. Aun y con este perfil excepcional, inmigracion tiene programada su deportacion el 19 de Abril.. en solo 15 dias!
Firma la peticion para detener la deportacion del Coach Salazar haciendo click aqui!
No es la primera vez que luchamos por detener la deportacion de alguien cuyo unico crimen es mantener a su familia. Pero esto tiene que cambiar. Por eso, te animo ha tomar accion para ti, para tu familia, para nuestra comunidad entera. Estas proximas semanas estaremos presentes en la legislatura estatal todos los dias. Comunicate conmigo si quieres saber mas detalles. Mi email es viridiana@thencdreamteam.org.
Lo mas urgente por ahora es firmar la peticion para detener la deportacion del Coach Salazar y compartirla en nuestras redes sociales. Tenemos 15 dias para dejarle saber a inmigracion que el Coach no esta solo. Si vienen por uno, se meten con todos. Luchemos juntos y pongamos en practica aquel dicho que tanto usamos.. el que dice que el pueblo unido jamas sera vencido. Facil se empieza firmando la peticion para que el Coach Salazar no sea deportado!
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Sign the petition to stop Coach Salazar’s Deportation!
The topic of driver’s licenses in North Carolina if giving something to talk about. Not only because its circulating among undocumented people. Its also being discussed in the general assembly, the place where proposals become law. Yesterday, Republican Senator Stan Bingham removed his name from SB 622 which would allow those who have ITIN’s to receive a driver’s license.
Senator Bingham allowed himself to be influenced by his republican colleagues who are not willing to support us, the undocumented. This means that their influence was stronger than ours. My people, we have work to do. This work starts by leaving the fear behind, coming out of the shadows – without legal status…and what?, and making our presence be known in the general assembly.
The moment is now to establish dialogue with our state representatives. After all, we pay taxes, don’t we? If these words don’t make you want to take action, maybe Coach Salazar’s case will.
He was detained by immigration in the city of Charlotte when a police officer stopped him and found that he was driving without a license. Coach Salazar has been living in the United States for almost 14 years, is a little league soccer coach, and a volunteer with the Boy Scouts. Even with this exceptional background, immigration has his deportation set for the 19th of April… In just 15 days.
Stop Coach Salazar’s Deportation!
This is not the first time that we have fought to stop the deportation of someone whose only crime is providing for their families. But this has to change. This is why I encourage you to take action for you, for your family, for our entire community. These next few weeks, we will be present at the state legislature every day. Contact me if you would like to know more details. My email is viridiana@thencdreamteam.org
The most urgent thing for the moment is to sign the petition to stop the deportation of Coach Salazar and share it on your social network. We have 15 days to let immigration know that Coach Salazar is not alone. If they come for one, they come for us all. Lets fight together and put in practice the saying that is so often used… The one that says, the people united will never be defeated. Its easy to start by signing the petition!
