After Morning Civil Disobedience, Stop Deportations Rally Planned for Obama Fundraiser to Lift Up Cases of Chicagoans Facing Removal What: Not1More Deportation Rally at Obama Fundraiser When: 4:30pm, Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 Where: Hilton Hotel, 720 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL Who: Undocumented Illinois, LOS, IYJL, CCWR, PASO, NPA, NDLON and ICIRR. Following the arrest of 12 undocumented Chicagoans and [...]
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1. Stephanie Camba was born in Quezon City, Philippines in 1990. Her family left the Philippines for the Marshall Islands in groups, starting with her grandparents, older sister and aunt. In 1991, Stephanie and her mom joined her remaining family members in search of better economic opportunities. Stephanie’s family naturalized after 10 years in the [...]
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On Day of President’s Visit Home, Undocumented Immigrants & Allies Block Traffic, Unfurl Banner Reading “400,000: Not1More Deportation” Recorded Live: (05.29.2013) Chicago, IL – Seated around a banner with the number 400,000, the amount of people scheduled to be deported this year under White House quota, Chicagoans mounted a morning rush hour protest to call [...]
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A coalition of groups from around Illinois led by undocumented immigrants will be holding a rally and action at the Broadview Detention Center calling for a suspension of deportations from President Obama. Press conference, rally and action in front of Broadview Detention Center by Illinois groups led by undocumented immigrants. The group seeks to bring [...]
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My name is Stephanie. I come from a line of hardworking people. As a result of the poverty my parents experienced in the Philippines, our family moved to the Marshall Islands in waves in order to be closer to the chance of coming to America. One year after naturalizing as Marshallese citizens, 9/11 forced my [...]
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Today more than 500 people faced Chicago winter to let president Obama know that there needs to be a stop to deportations. On the first day of his second-term inauguration, families that have been broken up by deportation spoke publicly at Federal Plaza, telling their stories and calling for a moratorium. The families who shared [...]
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Contribute to the Tariq Family Fund. Please click here. The Tariq family came to the United States on June 28, 2000 from Pakistan. Searching for a better life, they have faced harsh medical and legal barriers. The son, Fawad Tariq, is 17, and suffers from gastroparesis, a rare condition that can only be treated but [...]
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"La organización Chicago Community and Workers Rights esta invitando a una reunión informativa en nuestra organización a cerca de “la reforma..
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Houston - " Jovenes indocumentados en Texas salen de las sombras y declaran su estatus migratorio publicamente! Un abrazote a Alicia Torres quien..
