A Message From Petra Falcon, Promise Arizona Dream Vote Today

Petra Falcon is one of my mentors, a person in whom I have great respect.  She sent me this message and asked we pass it along!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Tim,

If there was ever a moment when we needed all your faith and action, today is it.

The House leadership announced last night that the DREAM Act will come up for a vote today. And this afternoon, the Senate will be voting on the cloture motion that would allow the Senate to proceed to a vote on the DREAM Act. NOW is the time to do everything we can to pass the DREAM Act!

We urge you to support the thousands of DREAMers in Arizona and across the nation through your prayers and phone calls to representatives.

Call your Senators: English: 866-996-5161 | Spanish: 866-961-4293
Call your Representative: English: 866-967-6018
Call a targeted Senator: English: 866-587-6101 | Spanish: 866-956-3902

All our Members of Congress have to hear from us, but especially the following Arizona representatives who need a good final push to vote YES!

Congresswoman Giffords Arizona Office: (520) 881-3588 & DC Office (202) 225-2542
Rep. Kirkpatrick Arizona Office: (928) 445 3434 & DC Office (202) 225 2315/

Tell the staffer who answers that you're counting on them to stand on the just side of this issue by voting for the DREAM Act which will give our young people a chance to fulfill their dreams and serve their country.

In prayer and solidarity,

Petra Falcon
Executive Director
Promise Arizona

P.S. Please forward this message widely!

The Dream Act could add billions to the economy and reduce the deficit!  It would add hundreds of potential recruits in defense of our country!  Hundreds of young people are at risk of deportation as we speak!

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Tough Tits For Dream Student Steve Li

 
This article first published by Tim Paynter as “Tough Titty For Dream Student Steve Li” on Technorati  S55Z3Z7ZW8TF

STEVE IS SCHEDULED FOR DEPORTATION MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010.  IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED.  YES!  CALL ON SUNDAY!

Steve Li on Facebook

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A nation that prides itself as compassionate and a leader in human rights is slamming the doors on the fingers of a 20-year-old student who wants to devote his life to taking care of the sick. Without immediate intervention, nursing school student Steven Li will be practicing Spanish in Lima Peru, while his parents grieve the separation of parent and child. An unfair immigration system says tough titty to Steve Li.
“A 20-year-old City College student is not a threat to our national security,” Li’s attorney, Sin Yen Ling, said at a protest today.

Li, who lives with his mother in San Francisco, was picked up by ICE on September 15th, 2010 along with his mother, Maria. Li’s father was picked up shortly thereafter. Their request for asylum was denied five years ago and they are under a final order of deportation.
Subsequently, the parents were released from custody. China refuses to accept the parents back because they came here as political refugees from a one child policy and out of fear of their government.
Meanwhile, Steve was transferred to an ICE facility in Arizona and is now lost in the maze of public and private ICE detention facilities. It is possible the youth will not see his parents before authorities put him on a plane to Lima, Peru.
Li, who was a child during the original immigration proceedings had no say in a bad decision made early in the case by his parents.  He was not even aware of the deportation order until ICE came to his door.  He thought his tourist visa was adequate and his parents, wishing to spare him anxiety, had not been forthright about the removal order.  Steve never had his day in court, since his presence was waived due to his age.
Read more: http://technorati.com/politics/article/tough-titty-for-dream-student-steve/#ixzz15HCdG6GD
"(ICE) Fugitive Operations says, ‘well, you had your court date. You had your due process, now you have to leave.’  But this is not adequate due process for Steve Li,” said his attorney Ling (since the parents appeared on behalf of their son, who knew little of what was happening.)
“He has no money, no clean clothes, how will he get by?” his mother Maria said with tears running down her cheeks.
Steve was born in Peru but left there as a child. He has no family, no means of support and nowhere to go once his plane touches down in Lima. What harm does a nursing school student pose to this nation in a time when there is a shortage of nurses?
In fact, the Board of Supervisors  from San Francisco Community College passed a unanimous resolution in support of Steve Li saying he is a model student.  "We don't pass many unanimous resolutions," said one member of the Board of Supervisors.
The family is faced with difficult decisions. The parents could apply for a visa for Peru, but there is no guarantee it will be granted. If not, they face being separated from their son for years. If the parents migrate to Peru, they will not be able to return to the U.S. for 10 years.
"Speaker Pelosi believes that Steve Li’s case is a textbook example of the pressing need for comprehensive immigration reform and passage of the DREAM Act,” a spokesman for Pelosi’s office said.
Steve’s Supporters have asked Senator Barbara Boxer to sponsor a private bill in a last ditch effort to halt Li’s deportation to Peru, scheduled for Monday, November 15th.
‘We ask that a miracle take place and that Steve’s mom and San Francisco can be happy again, that the heart and soul of what is morally right can overcome regulations,” Reverend Normal Fang said.
Read more: http://technorati.com/politics/article/tough-titty-for-dream-student-steve/page-2/#ixzz15HCr79av

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