Make the DREAM Act a Reality!!

Join us for an interfaith vigil to support the DREAM Act
 
Tuesday, 12/7 @ 6pm
 
Location: St. Theresa's Church
 
141 Henry Street
 
New York, NY 10002-7198
 
**NY Faith & Justice Executive Director Lisa Sharon Harper will be speaking
 

 
As you may know, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the DREAM Act next week.
 

 
THANK YOU for making calls!! Just yesterday alone, there were 16,588 calls made nationwide. Please continue to call 866-967-6018 or 866-957-2612 and ask to speak to your Congress member and one of the five Congress members below. Tell them you need them to vote "YES" on the DREAM Act.
 
* Congressman Michael Arcuri
 
* Congressman John Hall
 
* Congressman Brian Higgins
 
* Congressman Scott Murphy
 
* Congressman William Owens
 

 
ALSO:
 

 
On Thursday, December 9th: Governor Paterson Protect Our Communities Rally!
 

 
NO MORE DEPORTATIONS. POLICE SHOULD NOT BE IMMIGRATION AGENTS.
 
RALLY in Manhattan. Thursday December 9, 2010, 11 am. Gov. Paterson's
 
NYC Office, 633 3rd Ave (btwn 40th and 41st St.)
 

 
For more information: Lili Salmeron, NMCIR, 212-781-0355 or
 
co@nmcir.org
 

 
In May 2010, NY State signed a Memorandum of Agreement with ICE
 
approving "Secure Communities," in which local police send
 
fingerprints of all arrestees to Department of Homeland Security
 
databases. This costly program will push thousands more immigrants
 
into the unjust detention and deportation system, while making us all
 
less safe and violating our rights. ICE has repeatedly misrepresented
 
and lied about the program to the state and nation. Join us in
 
demanding that Governor Paterson terminate the Secure Communities
 
agreement and that the federal courts require ICE to share all
 
documents on "opting out" of the program.* New York State should not
 
cooperate with ICE in tearing apart immigrant families.
 

 
**After the rally, a federal judge presiding over NDLON v. ICE will
 
consider an emergency injunction ordering ICE to make documents public
 
regarding whether jurisdictions can refuse to participate in Secure
 
Communities. Please come to the hearing to show your support for this
 
injunction at 2:00 at US District Court at 500 Pearl Street, Courtroom
 
15C, NY, NY.