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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>What are you all thinking about undocumented
immigrants these days? I have been given the opportunity to lead 15
minutes of a workshop on immigration for some 500 lay people of Rocky
Mountain United Methodist Annual Conference in Denver next week. Many will
be those in the ranks of "just send 'em all back" persuasion. Any
pertinent points I should be sure to speak about?</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Karen Bueno</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Here's a new item:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>June 5, 2012 - Press release</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Undocumented Youth Risk Arrest in Denver to Demand
Executive Order at Obama Office<BR><BR></STRONG><I>'Coming out' action in
Denver</I></DIV>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><BR>DENVER – Undocumented immigrant youth walking
from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. will protest outside of the Obama
campaign office today on 9th Avenue. They will ask that his administration stop
the deportations of DREAM Act-eligible youth by signing an executive
order.<BR><BR>“With Deportations on the rise and Secure Communities recently
implemented in the state of Colorado, We cannot just sit back and wait!” said
Veronica Gomez, an undocumented student with Campaign for an American Dream
(CAD), which is walking across the country to raise awareness about immigrant
rights. “The immigrant community in Colorado needs to know that we have a voice
in this country, that we are not criminals, and we deserve a pathway to
legalization.”<BR><BR>CAD, along with the group Colorado, Organize, Resist,
Escalate (COORE) will deliver a letter to the Obama Campaign office followed by
a <I>“Coming out of the Shadows”</I> rally where undocumented immigrants will
publicly declare their status.<BR><BR>“If they want the Latino vote in Colorado,
they must show the community what they are doing for us. We are asking them to
stop the deportation of all DREAM eligible youth!” said Javier Hernandez, an
undocumented immigrant living in Colorado and member of COORE.<BR><BR>Despite
the memo authored by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton
explaining that ICE is supposed to focus its resources on deporting criminals,
DREAM-eligible youth are being put in deportation proceedings nationwide. We
need the strength of an executive order to stop our deportations.
<BR><BR>###<BR><BR>CAD’s mission is to walk across the nation from San Francisco
to D.C creating dialogue around the passage of the DREAM Act and fixing our
broken immigration system with the values of equality, unity, and diversity. CAD
believe’s all people are equal, all those who are oppressed should be united,
and our daily lives and the Campaign itself highlight diversity.
http://thedreamwalk.org </P></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>