[Oe List ...] Undocumented immigrants

[Jack and Louise Ballard]

Hi Jan.

The United Methodist Church has been working for many years through the "Justice For Our Neighbors" (JFON) program which provides free high quality legal aid to undocumented immigrants, when possible, advocacy and education programs.  Here is the link to their website: www.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/work/immigration/jfon.  There should be plenty of information at this website for your workshop.  I volunteer with JFON in the Baltimore-Washington Conference.  If you have more questions after visiting the website don't hesitate to contact me (ballardica at gmail.com).
    Good Luck, Grace & Peace, Jack Ballard
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  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?

  Karen Bueno

  Here's a new item:

  June 5, 2012 - Press release
  Undocumented Youth Risk Arrest in Denver to Demand Executive Order at Obama Office

  'Coming out' action in Denver

  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.

  “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.”

  CAD, along with the group Colorado, Organize, Resist, Escalate (COORE) will deliver a letter to the Obama Campaign office followed by a “Coming out of the Shadows” rally where undocumented immigrants will publicly declare their status.

  “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.

  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. 

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  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 
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