[nyfoil-l] 7/22 Bronx, NY: ANTI-DEPORTATION SPEAKS OUT

Fri Jul 21 22:17:49 CDT 2006

7/22: Anti-Deportation Heat Hits Bronx,  NY
From: Aarti Shahani _aarti at familiesforfreedom.org_ 
(mailto:aarti at familiesforfreedom.org) 

For Immediate Release: Friday, July 21, 2006
For more  information, contact: Aarti Shahani - 917 647  1627

ANTI-DEPORTATION HEAT HITS BRONX: Campaign for Immigrant  Families Keeps 
Moving
Visit _http://familiesforfreedom.org/actioncenter.htm_ 
(http://familiesforfreedom.org/actioncenter.htm)   for more info.

WHAT:
Last Saturday, immigrants facing  deportation and their loved ones reached 
2,000 
New Yorkers on the streets of  Flatbush. This Saturday, they aim to reach 
3,000 
more in the Bronx and  conduct a survey with local residents that will go 
towards a public opinion  report.

While Republicans convene closed-door "public meetings" across  the United 
States to move anti-immigrant agendas, immigrants and citizens  personally 
impacted by deportation are taking to the streets to raise their  voices 
against 
immigration laws that are destroying families and  communities. For the 
fourth 
summer in a row, Families for Freedom -- a  defense network of people in 
deportation and their loved ones -- is  organizing a citywide tour to warn 
immigrant New Yorkers of the deportation  system, conduct a street survey to 
poll residents on immigration and  security issues, and organize clinics for 
impacted individuals throughout  the City. They will also raise awareness of 
the 
Child Citizen Protection  Act, the only proposal in Congress to protect the 
citizen children of  immigrants. The proposed legislation would allow 
immigration judges to weigh  the best interests of American-born children 
before 
deporting their  parents.

Local community organizations will join these families at each  speak out 
site. 
Bronx families fighting deportation firsthand will share  their stories with 
pedestrians and the media.

WHEN: Saturday,  July 22nd 3-7pm (and Saturdays throughout Summer '06, see 
list  
below)

WHERE: Fordham & Grand Concourse (Bronx)

WHO:
*  Immigrants & Citizens Impacted by Deportation who are members of Families  
for 
Freedom
* Asociacion Tepeyac
* Don Juan Community Foundation
*  Jamaica Progressive League
* New York Civic Participation Project
*  Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
* Northwest Bronx Community  Clergy Coalition

CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE
All Speak Outs  are on Saturday, unless otherwise noted.
Date & Time --- Location
July  15th 3-7pm --- Flatbush & Church Ave (Brooklyn)
July 22nd 10am-1pm ---  138th & Willis Ave (Bronx)
**July 22nd 3-7pm --- Fordham & Grand  Concourse (Bronx)** site for media 
interviews
Aug 5th 3-7pm --- 181st St  & St. Nicholas (Manhattan)
Aug 12th 3-7pm --- Junction & Roosevelt  (Queens)
Aug 19th 3-7pm --- Jamaica & 164th (Queens)
Monday, Sep 4th  --- West Indian Day Parade (Brooklyn)

Organizations joining  Families for Freedom in this massive campaign include: 
Agenda 21, Asociacion  Tepeyac, By Ways & Hedges, Community Concern Network, 
Don 
Juan Community  Foundation, Immigrant Defense Project, Jamaica Progressive 
League, Latin  American Integration Center, Medgar Evers Center for Law & 
Social  
Justice, New York Civic Participation Project, Northern Manhattan Coalition  
for 
Immigrant Rights, Northwest Bronx Community Clergy Coalition, Safe  Horizon, 
and 
Sons & Daughters of Jamaica.

> From 1996-2004,  almost 1.5 million individuals were deported from the 
United 
States  according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Total Deportations by  Country (1998-2004)
Bangladesh 548
Brazil 16,027
China  3,956
Columbia 14,744
Dom. Republic 23,532
Ecuador 5,515
Egypt  1,102
El Salvador 33,052
Ghana 1,579
Guatemala 37,038
Guyana  1,929
Haiti 4,233
Honduras 38,400
India 3,141
Indonesia  1,137
Jamaica 14,271
Korea 1,932
Mexico 979,172
Nicaragua  3,636
Nigeria 3,374
Pakistan 3,498
Peru 5,449
Philippines  4,305
Trin. & Tob. 2,251

For more information, contact  Families for Freedom at 718-858-9658 x204.

Mark your calendar..

National Grassroots Immigrant  Strategy Conference

Together, We Build A New National,  Broad-Based, Immigrant Rights/Civil 
Rights  Movement!
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