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    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Hugs and tears as Rasmea Odeh deported</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Palestinian American hero  Rasmea Odeh speaking shortly before her deportation.&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;Chicago, IL — About 150 people gathered outside the international terminal, Sept. 19, at Chicago&#39;s O&#39;Hare airport in support of Rasmea Odeh. The send-off rally was the last chance for supporters to say goodbye, as Rasmea was forced to depart the U.S. after an almost four-year legal and political struggle. Speakers applauded Rasmea and a defense campaign that put Israel on trial for its crimes, and lifted up the cause of Palestinian liberation.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;Rasmea said, “They want to destroy me, but I am strong. They can&#39;t destroy me.”&#xA;&#xA;When it was time to go board her flight to Jordan, the crowd followed Odeh into the airport. After countless hugs, she crossed the security line with her fist raised, to chants of, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!”&#xA;&#xA;#ChicagoIL #ImmigrantRights #PeoplesStruggles #Deportation #politicalRepression #Antiracism #RasmeaOdeh&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Chicago, IL — About 150 people gathered outside the international terminal, Sept. 19, at Chicago&#39;s O&#39;Hare airport in support of Rasmea Odeh. The send-off rally was the last chance for supporters to say goodbye, as Rasmea was forced to depart the U.S. after an almost four-year legal and political struggle. Speakers applauded Rasmea and a defense campaign that put Israel on trial for its crimes, and lifted up the cause of Palestinian liberation.</p>



<p>Rasmea said, “They want to destroy me, but I am strong. They can&#39;t destroy me.”</p>

<p>When it was time to go board her flight to Jordan, the crowd followed Odeh into the airport. After countless hugs, she crossed the security line with her fist raised, to chants of, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!”</p>

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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Rally demands ICE release Minnesota 8, stop deportations to Cambodia</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Protest at ICE Field Office against deportations of Cambodians Field Office at Fort Snelling against deportations of Cambodians \(Fight Back! News/staff\)&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;Saint Paul, MN - Over 100 people converged Nov. 3 at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office at Fort Snelling to protest the pending deportations of loved ones to Cambodia. Eight Cambodian refugee men from Minnesota have been targeted for deportation because of old criminal convictions. All served their sentences and had moved on with their lives when they were apprehended by ICE and processed for deportation. “My husband hasn’t even been to Cambodia,” said Jenny Srey, wife of Ched Nin, 36, one of the men targeted. “He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and grew up in Minnesota. He has a Minnesotan accent. He belongs here with us.”&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;Children, family members, and supporters are asking ICE to release the men immediately. “They might as well be sending these men to their deaths,” said Sokha Kul. “They have no ties to Cambodia. Their entire lives are here.” Sokha added, “To our kids, these ICE agents are monsters. My baby is having nightmares about his daddy being deported. They need to know the kind of terror they are inflicting on our families.”&#xA;&#xA;The eight men were detained in August as part of a nationwide sweep of Cambodian refugees with old criminal records that make them deportable. Katrina Dizon Mariategue of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) in Washington, D.C., explained that immigration laws passed during a “tough on crime” mood in the mid-1990s vastly expanded the range of convictions, from violent crimes to shoplifting and minor drug-related offenses, that can result in mandatory deportation. “Immigration judges have spoken out that these laws unfairly tie their hands. They see refugee fathers who have moved on with their lives - people like Ched Nin who have kids with health issues, and who volunteer their time in the community. But these laws make it difficult to stop their deportations.”&#xA;&#xA;The families of the eight men continue to fight against the deportations, which are rumored to be set for late November and December. “Without Ched we lose our health insurance, our home, our family’s rock,” said Srey. “We will do everything we possibly can to keep him home with us.”&#xA;&#xA;See a video here about the Minnesota 8: https://vimeo.com/189347573&#xA;&#xA;#SaintPaulMN #Deportation #Minnesota8&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Saint Paul, MN – Over 100 people converged Nov. 3 at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office at Fort Snelling to protest the pending deportations of loved ones to Cambodia. Eight Cambodian refugee men from Minnesota have been targeted for deportation because of old criminal convictions. All served their sentences and had moved on with their lives when they were apprehended by ICE and processed for deportation. “My husband hasn’t even been to Cambodia,” said Jenny Srey, wife of Ched Nin, 36, one of the men targeted. “He was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and grew up in Minnesota. He has a Minnesotan accent. He belongs here with us.”</p>



<p>Children, family members, and supporters are asking ICE to release the men immediately. “They might as well be sending these men to their deaths,” said Sokha Kul. “They have no ties to Cambodia. Their entire lives are here.” Sokha added, “To our kids, these ICE agents are monsters. My baby is having nightmares about his daddy being deported. They need to know the kind of terror they are inflicting on our families.”</p>

<p>The eight men were detained in August as part of a nationwide sweep of Cambodian refugees with old criminal records that make them deportable. Katrina Dizon Mariategue of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) in Washington, D.C., explained that immigration laws passed during a “tough on crime” mood in the mid-1990s vastly expanded the range of convictions, from violent crimes to shoplifting and minor drug-related offenses, that can result in mandatory deportation. “Immigration judges have spoken out that these laws unfairly tie their hands. They see refugee fathers who have moved on with their lives – people like Ched Nin who have kids with health issues, and who volunteer their time in the community. But these laws make it difficult to stop their deportations.”</p>

<p>The families of the eight men continue to fight against the deportations, which are rumored to be set for late November and December. “Without Ched we lose our health insurance, our home, our family’s rock,” said Srey. “We will do everything we possibly can to keep him home with us.”</p>

<p>See a video here about the Minnesota 8: <a href="https://vimeo.com/189347573">https://vimeo.com/189347573</a></p>

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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2016 20:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>National week of action demands end to jailing of Central American children</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Tampa protest against the jailing of Central American children&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;Los Angeles, CA - The Legalization for All Network (L4A) hosted a National Week of Action to demand an end to the jailing of Central American children, also known as ‘family detention.’ Starting on Nov. 2 and ending Nov. 8, protests in cities across the country demanded an “End to Family Detention” and “Not One More Deportation.”&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;Protests were organized from coast to coast, including actions organized by Florida’s Raices en Tampa; the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) in Minneapolis; Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Together Without Borders in Provo, Utah; LUPE in Tucson, Arizona; and Centro CSO in Los Angeles.&#xA;&#xA;Since the summer of 2014, over 68,241 refugee children from Central America and Mexico have taken to the treacherous journey of crossing the U.S./Mexico border. Many of them are fleeing the turmoil in their country, like those from Honduras. Honduras’ dire state is the result of a coup backed by the Obama administration. Since last summer thousands of young people have been fleeing violence and devastating poverty, crossing the U.S. border hoping for asylum once in the U.S.&#xA;&#xA;Rather than being welcomed, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has threatened to deport them back to their home countries. But public pressure has forced the DHS to wait rather than deport the refugee children immediately. Instead of following the process of releasing these children to family members in the U.S. to await their asylum hearing, the DHS has decided to indefinitely jail thousands of children and mothers in new family detention centers, the largest of which are in Dilley and Karnes, Texas. These detention centers, private prisons operated for profit by the Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group, have terrible and horrifying conditions.&#xA;&#xA;A federal judge has twice ordered the administration to release all the detained refugee children, but so far these children have not been released.&#xA;&#xA;Next up for the Legalization for All Network are actions in response to the recent attack against the expansion of Deferred Action for parents (DAPA), which would have expanded the number of undocumented immigrants who would not face the immediate threat of deportation. On Nov. 9 the courts continued to block the expansion of DAPA. It was originally blocked when 26 states with Republican governors sued to block it, and now a higher court upheld that ruling, making it more likely that the case will go to the Supreme Court.&#xA;&#xA;#LosAngelesCA #Deportation #LegalizationForAllNetwork #familyDetention #Karnes #Dilley&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Los Angeles, CA – The Legalization for All Network (L4A) hosted a National Week of Action to demand an end to the jailing of Central American children, also known as ‘family detention.’ Starting on Nov. 2 and ending Nov. 8, protests in cities across the country demanded an “End to Family Detention” and “Not One More Deportation.”</p>



<p>Protests were organized from coast to coast, including actions organized by Florida’s Raices en Tampa; the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) in Minneapolis; Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Together Without Borders in Provo, Utah; LUPE in Tucson, Arizona; and Centro CSO in Los Angeles.</p>

<p>Since the summer of 2014, over 68,241 refugee children from Central America and Mexico have taken to the treacherous journey of crossing the U.S./Mexico border. Many of them are fleeing the turmoil in their country, like those from Honduras. Honduras’ dire state is the result of a coup backed by the Obama administration. Since last summer thousands of young people have been fleeing violence and devastating poverty, crossing the U.S. border hoping for asylum once in the U.S.</p>

<p>Rather than being welcomed, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has threatened to deport them back to their home countries. But public pressure has forced the DHS to wait rather than deport the refugee children immediately. Instead of following the process of releasing these children to family members in the U.S. to await their asylum hearing, the DHS has decided to indefinitely jail thousands of children and mothers in new family detention centers, the largest of which are in Dilley and Karnes, Texas. These detention centers, private prisons operated for profit by the Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group, have terrible and horrifying conditions.</p>

<p>A federal judge has twice ordered the administration to release all the detained refugee children, but so far these children have not been released.</p>

<p>Next up for the Legalization for All Network are actions in response to the recent attack against the expansion of Deferred Action for parents (DAPA), which would have expanded the number of undocumented immigrants who would not face the immediate threat of deportation. On Nov. 9 the courts continued to block the expansion of DAPA. It was originally blocked when 26 states with Republican governors sued to block it, and now a higher court upheld that ruling, making it more likely that the case will go to the Supreme Court.</p>

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      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2015 00:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Arizona immigrant rights organizers fight racial profiling</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;Tucson, AZ - On Aug. 10, Tucson Police (TPD) pulled over Norlan Flores Prado, a day laborer from Nicaragua, for allegedly making an improper right turn. Tucson Police then did exactly what they claim not to: they contacted the Border Patrol. Immediately, nearly 50 activists mobilized into action and flooded the scene. Two women threw themselves under the unmarked government SUV in which Flores was detained. Amid chants of “La Migra, policia, la misma porqueria!” the police and Border Patrol were forced to extract the two activists from underneath the vehicle in order to proceed with the bogus arrest.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;In Arizona the law is so ill defined, that Chicanos, American Indians, Mexicans and Latinos, are regularly stopped with no legitimate reason. The law states, “...where reasonable suspicion exists that a person is an alien...” That is the legal justification for racial profiling in Arizona and because of this discriminatory law, a working father of a three-day-old baby is now separated from his family.&#xA;&#xA;Less than 24 hours after the attempt to stop the unmarked Border Patrol SUV, the community mobilized over 80 people in support of the detained immigrant worker Flores Prado. The crowd swarmed the front walk of the Tucson Police Department demanding the immediate release of Flores and an end to TPD-Border Patrol collaboration. Friends and family held signs saying, “Alto a la Poli-Migra” and “Ni un mas.” The fiercely determined crowd chanted, “No somos ilegales, tampoco criminales! Somos trabajadores de pueblos originales!”&#xA;&#xA;A member of the Southside Worker Center spoke at the rally saying, “These laws are unconstitutional. They are based on racial discrimination. We will keep fighting these!” This was the second demonstration at Tucson Police Department in less than a week to protest the detention of a Southside worker due to the collaboration of Tucson Police with the Border Patrol. The momentary celebration of the release on bond of Gerardo Ruiz-Lopez, a father of three daughters, was overshadowed by the detainment of Flores.&#xA;&#xA; In Arizona, the oppression of undocumented people and other nationalities is being met with resistance and a back-and-forth struggle over tactics and countermoves. For example, organizers developed a network of community responders that arrive to a scene where TPD has contacted Border Patrol. Border Patrol is attempting to outmaneuver the activists by using unmarked vehicles and an unidentified agent.&#xA;&#xA;Organizers and activists have talked with Police Chief Roberto Villasenor and the Tucson City Council about TPD’s collaboration with Border Patrol. Immigrant rights activist Dean Jefferson explains, “This is a deportation apparatus desperate to meet quotas based on a racialized agenda.”&#xA;&#xA;Organizer Geoff Boyce provided details, “Villasenor denies that his officers collaborate with Border Patrol by saying that there are no records on cell phones of calls made by TPD to Border Patrol. But how is it that time and time again Border Patrol is at the scene of a supposed traffic violation by a Brown person? Clearly, TPD is now using private cell phones to call Border Patrol. They’re trying to dodge our pressure. But we will keep it up.”&#xA;&#xA;Adding to the sentiment of sustained resistance, activist and mother Angie Loreto said, “We need to put the heat on Villasenor. He never wants to come out and meet us. We need to make him feel the pressure that our undocumented families feel every day.”&#xA;&#xA;Despite an ACLU effort that forces the sheriff to report on calls to Border Patrol, activists are holding the city accountable to its own slogan. Summing up much of the institutional inaction, activist-educator Alisha Maria commented: “The fact that Tucson City Council has declared the city an ‘Immigrant Welcoming Community’ is offensive. It’s a slap in the face to all of those hardworking people who endure harsh conditions just to get here and face heavy oppression and exploitation. People don’t like to get slapped. Slap them enough and they’ll slap back.”&#xA;&#xA;Protesters vow to improve their rapid action network. They aim to stop the racial profiling, end the intimidation tactics used by the police to harass drivers and workers and to stop the deportations.&#xA;&#xA;#TucsonAZ #PeoplesStruggles #Deportation #Arizona #ACLU #Immigration&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Tucson, AZ – On Aug. 10, Tucson Police (TPD) pulled over Norlan Flores Prado, a day laborer from Nicaragua, for allegedly making an improper right turn. Tucson Police then did exactly what they claim not to: they contacted the Border Patrol. Immediately, nearly 50 activists mobilized into action and flooded the scene. Two women threw themselves under the unmarked government SUV in which Flores was detained. Amid chants of “La Migra, policia, la misma porqueria!” the police and Border Patrol were forced to extract the two activists from underneath the vehicle in order to proceed with the bogus arrest.</p>



<p>In Arizona the law is so ill defined, that Chicanos, American Indians, Mexicans and Latinos, are regularly stopped with no legitimate reason. The law states, “...where reasonable suspicion exists that a person is an alien...” That is the legal justification for racial profiling in Arizona and because of this discriminatory law, a working father of a three-day-old baby is now separated from his family.</p>

<p>Less than 24 hours after the attempt to stop the unmarked Border Patrol SUV, the community mobilized over 80 people in support of the detained immigrant worker Flores Prado. The crowd swarmed the front walk of the Tucson Police Department demanding the immediate release of Flores and an end to TPD-Border Patrol collaboration. Friends and family held signs saying, “Alto a la Poli-Migra” and “Ni un mas.” The fiercely determined crowd chanted, “No somos ilegales, tampoco criminales! Somos trabajadores de pueblos originales!”</p>

<p>A member of the Southside Worker Center spoke at the rally saying, “These laws are unconstitutional. They are based on racial discrimination. We will keep fighting these!” This was the second demonstration at Tucson Police Department in less than a week to protest the detention of a Southside worker due to the collaboration of Tucson Police with the Border Patrol. The momentary celebration of the release on bond of Gerardo Ruiz-Lopez, a father of three daughters, was overshadowed by the detainment of Flores.</p>

<p> In Arizona, the oppression of undocumented people and other nationalities is being met with resistance and a back-and-forth struggle over tactics and countermoves. For example, organizers developed a network of community responders that arrive to a scene where TPD has contacted Border Patrol. Border Patrol is attempting to outmaneuver the activists by using unmarked vehicles and an unidentified agent.</p>

<p>Organizers and activists have talked with Police Chief Roberto Villasenor and the Tucson City Council about TPD’s collaboration with Border Patrol. Immigrant rights activist Dean Jefferson explains, “This is a deportation apparatus desperate to meet quotas based on a racialized agenda.”</p>

<p>Organizer Geoff Boyce provided details, “Villasenor denies that his officers collaborate with Border Patrol by saying that there are no records on cell phones of calls made by TPD to Border Patrol. But how is it that time and time again Border Patrol is at the scene of a supposed traffic violation by a Brown person? Clearly, TPD is now using private cell phones to call Border Patrol. They’re trying to dodge our pressure. But we will keep it up.”</p>

<p>Adding to the sentiment of sustained resistance, activist and mother Angie Loreto said, “We need to put the heat on Villasenor. He never wants to come out and meet us. We need to make him feel the pressure that our undocumented families feel every day.”</p>

<p>Despite an ACLU effort that forces the sheriff to report on calls to Border Patrol, activists are holding the city accountable to its own slogan. Summing up much of the institutional inaction, activist-educator Alisha Maria commented: “The fact that Tucson City Council has declared the city an ‘Immigrant Welcoming Community’ is offensive. It’s a slap in the face to all of those hardworking people who endure harsh conditions just to get here and face heavy oppression and exploitation. People don’t like to get slapped. Slap them enough and they’ll slap back.”</p>

<p>Protesters vow to improve their rapid action network. They aim to stop the racial profiling, end the intimidation tactics used by the police to harass drivers and workers and to stop the deportations.</p>

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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Tampa protest demands &#39;Protection, not deportation!&#39; for immigrant children</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Enter a descriptive sentence about the photo here.&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;Tampa, FL - On July 31, two dozen protesters gathered outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Ybor City, demanding President Obama extend protection to incoming refugee children from Central America. The protesters stood in front of the office doors, brandishing signs and chanting, &#34;Liberation! Not deportation!&#34; The ICE office directs the detentions of undocumented immigrants in the Tampa Bay area.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;In the past year, over 40,000 children fled violence and poverty in Central America, crossing the border into the U.S. seeking refuge. Thousands are detained and even more are deported back to their home country. President Obama is requesting $3.7 billion from Congress to pay for deporting and detaining these children.&#xA;&#xA;A group named Raíces en Tampa led the event, with many other local organizations supporting, such as the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Awake Pinellas, Hondureños Unidos en Tampa and Tampa Students for a Democratic Society.&#xA;&#xA;Jared Hamil of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization explained, &#34;The U.S. has sent troops to Honduras countless times to support and defend investments in U.S. fruit corporations. In 2009 the U.S. even supported the overthrow of democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya. While the U.S. backs the interests of corporations that fuel poverty abroad, they also target the same peoples who come here to escape from that poverty. We&#39;re here to say no more detentions. No more deportations. We want protection. Protect them from being targeted. Protect them from being locked up. Protect them from being deported, and protect them from violence and poverty both here and abroad.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;Oscar Hernandez of Raíces en Tampa said &#34;I find it hypocritical that a country that prides itself on defending human rights is willing to deport these children, condemning them to violence and even death.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;Alicia Argenal-Gazga, also with Raíces en Tampa, related, &#34;I know what it&#39;s like to live in their fear. Having grown up in Honduras, I also lived in fear of kidnapping and gang violence. President Obama shouldn&#39;t be treating these children as criminals, they need to be given refugee status.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;Raíces en Tampa is planning to focus on ending &#39;ICE holds&#39; by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff David Gee holds people for up to 48 hours, both documented and undocumented, while determining their immigration status. Nearby counties ended this controversial jailing practice. Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri recently said that he is allowing arrested immigrants who can post bail to leave jail. Pasco County and Hernando County near Tampa no longer jail immigrants simply to determine their status.&#xA;&#xA;#TampaFL #ImmigrantsRights #PeoplesStruggles #Deportation #Florida #RaicesEnTampa&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Tampa, FL – On July 31, two dozen protesters gathered outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Ybor City, demanding President Obama extend protection to incoming refugee children from Central America. The protesters stood in front of the office doors, brandishing signs and chanting, “Liberation! Not deportation!” The ICE office directs the detentions of undocumented immigrants in the Tampa Bay area.</p>



<p>In the past year, over 40,000 children fled violence and poverty in Central America, crossing the border into the U.S. seeking refuge. Thousands are detained and even more are deported back to their home country. President Obama is requesting $3.7 billion from Congress to pay for deporting and detaining these children.</p>

<p>A group named Raíces en Tampa led the event, with many other local organizations supporting, such as the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Awake Pinellas, Hondureños Unidos en Tampa and Tampa Students for a Democratic Society.</p>

<p>Jared Hamil of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization explained, “The U.S. has sent troops to Honduras countless times to support and defend investments in U.S. fruit corporations. In 2009 the U.S. even supported the overthrow of democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya. While the U.S. backs the interests of corporations that fuel poverty abroad, they also target the same peoples who come here to escape from that poverty. We&#39;re here to say no more detentions. No more deportations. We want protection. Protect them from being targeted. Protect them from being locked up. Protect them from being deported, and protect them from violence and poverty both here and abroad.”</p>

<p>Oscar Hernandez of Raíces en Tampa said “I find it hypocritical that a country that prides itself on defending human rights is willing to deport these children, condemning them to violence and even death.”</p>

<p>Alicia Argenal-Gazga, also with Raíces en Tampa, related, “I know what it&#39;s like to live in their fear. Having grown up in Honduras, I also lived in fear of kidnapping and gang violence. President Obama shouldn&#39;t be treating these children as criminals, they need to be given refugee status.”</p>

<p>Raíces en Tampa is planning to focus on ending &#39;ICE holds&#39; by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff David Gee holds people for up to 48 hours, both documented and undocumented, while determining their immigration status. Nearby counties ended this controversial jailing practice. Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri recently said that he is allowing arrested immigrants who can post bail to leave jail. Pasco County and Hernando County near Tampa no longer jail immigrants simply to determine their status.</p>

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      <title>Immigrant rights activists protest Sheriff Stanek fundraiser</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[June 4 No More Deportations protest against Sheriff Stanek, Minneapolis&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;Minneapolis, MN - Chanting, “Stanek says deportation! We say no!” 30 immigrant rights activists protested outside Hennepin County Sheriff Richard Stanek’s reelection campaign fundraiser here June 4. Protesters marched around the busy downtown intersection of Nicollet and 9th Street for an hour, while chanting, handing out flyers and engaging the public. Stanek’s fundraiser was inside at the Minneapolis Downtown Council office. Two activists tried to enter Sheriff Stanek’s fundraiser but were immediately confronted by police, threatened with arrest and kicked out.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;The protest was organized by the No More Deportations campaign of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC). Protesters were highly visible marching in the crowded Nicollet Mall area, educating the public about Sheriff Stanek’s role in deporting immigrants and separating families.&#xA;&#xA;More immigrants are deported from Sheriff Stanek’s Hennepin County jail than any other in Minnesota. Stanek has also lobbied for anti-immigrant legislation at the state legislature. Stanek is running for reelection in November so he has been campaigning in many communities, including in the Latino community, smiling and waving on a float in the Cinco de Mayo parade on Lake Street.&#xA;&#xA;Activists with MIRAC’s No More Deportations campaign say they will continue to pressure Sheriff Stanek until he agrees to stop cooperating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s ‘hold requests’ on immigrants in the Hennepin County jail. The activists see this as a way to prevent deportations that separate families. 2 million people have been deported since President Obama took office in 2009, more than Bush deported during his entire eight years in office, and more than any other president in U.S. history.&#xA;&#xA;While immigrant rights activists continue to push President Obama to take executive action to stop deportations nationally, campaigns are gaining momentum on the local level to pressure sheriffs to stop cooperating with ICE in detaining and deporting so many people. These campaigns have been successful in several major cities and counties around the country.&#xA;&#xA;On June 4, the same day as the Minneapolis protest, there was a victory in San Diego county in California where Sheriff Bill Gore said in a statement, &#34;The Sheriff&#39;s Department will no longer hold someone past their release date based on an ICE detainer alone.” A recent federal court decision has bolstered activists’ efforts to get local sheriffs to stop honoring ICE hold requests. The court decision held that a local jail had violated the Fourth Amendment by granting the detainer request without probable cause or a court-approved warrant.&#xA;&#xA;June 4 No More Deportations protest against Sheriff Stanek, Minneapolis&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;#MinneapolisMN #Deportation #MinnesotaImmigrantRightsActionCommittee #NoMoreDeportationsCampaign #SheriffStanek #ICEHolds&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Minneapolis, MN – Chanting, “Stanek says deportation! We say no!” 30 immigrant rights activists protested outside Hennepin County Sheriff Richard Stanek’s reelection campaign fundraiser here June 4. Protesters marched around the busy downtown intersection of Nicollet and 9th Street for an hour, while chanting, handing out flyers and engaging the public. Stanek’s fundraiser was inside at the Minneapolis Downtown Council office. Two activists tried to enter Sheriff Stanek’s fundraiser but were immediately confronted by police, threatened with arrest and kicked out.</p>



<p>The protest was organized by the No More Deportations campaign of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC). Protesters were highly visible marching in the crowded Nicollet Mall area, educating the public about Sheriff Stanek’s role in deporting immigrants and separating families.</p>

<p>More immigrants are deported from Sheriff Stanek’s Hennepin County jail than any other in Minnesota. Stanek has also lobbied for anti-immigrant legislation at the state legislature. Stanek is running for reelection in November so he has been campaigning in many communities, including in the Latino community, smiling and waving on a float in the Cinco de Mayo parade on Lake Street.</p>

<p>Activists with MIRAC’s No More Deportations campaign say they will continue to pressure Sheriff Stanek until he agrees to stop cooperating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s ‘hold requests’ on immigrants in the Hennepin County jail. The activists see this as a way to prevent deportations that separate families. 2 million people have been deported since President Obama took office in 2009, more than Bush deported during his entire eight years in office, and more than any other president in U.S. history.</p>

<p>While immigrant rights activists continue to push President Obama to take executive action to stop deportations nationally, campaigns are gaining momentum on the local level to pressure sheriffs to stop cooperating with ICE in detaining and deporting so many people. These campaigns have been successful in several major cities and counties around the country.</p>

<p>On June 4, the same day as the Minneapolis protest, there was a victory in San Diego county in California where Sheriff Bill Gore said in a statement, “The Sheriff&#39;s Department will no longer hold someone past their release date based on an ICE detainer alone.” A recent federal court decision has bolstered activists’ efforts to get local sheriffs to stop honoring ICE hold requests. The court decision held that a local jail had violated the Fourth Amendment by granting the detainer request without probable cause or a court-approved warrant.</p>

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      <title>The President’s Immigration Reform Proposal: Not Good Enough</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[FL protesters demand &#39;legalization for all&#39;.&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;San José, CA - On Jan. 29, one day after a group of eight U.S. Senators announced their bipartisan proposal for immigration reform, President Obama made his own proposal. While the President’s proposal was better than the bipartisan Senate proposal in several areas, in particular calling for recognition of same-sex partners of U.S. citizens or legal residents who are seeking legal residency; overall it offered the same approach of harsh treatment of the undocumented and a pro-business approach.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;President Obama, like the eight senators, used language that called for more militarization of the border and suggesting that the undocumented are potential criminals and terrorists. One improvement is that the President’s proposal does not have an explicit “enforcement first” policy that could postpone legalization forever.&#xA;&#xA;The president’s proposal, like the Senate&#39;s bipartisan proposal, also calls for more workplace enforcement. It also explicitly calls for a new Social Security card that comes close to being a national I.D. card.&#xA;&#xA;In terms of legalization, the president and the senators are similar in terms of putting up many obstacles to legalization. One improvement is that the president’s proposal does not require employment to become a legal resident. However, the president’s proposal does require college or military service for faster legalization of undocumented who came as children. But with only about one of three Latino youth attending college, the other two-thirds will feel pressure to join the military in order to legalize and be forced into U.S. military intervention and wars abroad.&#xA;&#xA;The president’s proposal does call for a temporary increase and more flexibility in family reunification visas to try to shorten the waiting lists. But he also calls for a permanent increase in employment visas and eliminating all country caps. Why not do the same for family visas, when it is clear that a long term reduction in undocumented immigration can only happen if there is a permanent increase in family reunification visas?&#xA;&#xA;Last, but not least, there is no mention of stopping deportations now that a legalization proposal is under discussion. The president could have the power to slow or even stop the record levels of deportations that are breaking up families and sowing fear, especially in Chicano, Mexicano and Central American communities.&#xA;&#xA;#SanJoséCA #ImmigrantsRights #militaryRecruitment #Deportation #PresidentObama #immigrationReform&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
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<p>San José, CA – On Jan. 29, one day after a group of eight U.S. Senators announced their bipartisan proposal for immigration reform, President Obama made his own proposal. While the President’s proposal was better than the bipartisan Senate proposal in several areas, in particular calling for recognition of same-sex partners of U.S. citizens or legal residents who are seeking legal residency; overall it offered the same approach of harsh treatment of the undocumented and a pro-business approach.</p>



<p>President Obama, like the eight senators, used language that called for more militarization of the border and suggesting that the undocumented are potential criminals and terrorists. One improvement is that the President’s proposal does not have an explicit “enforcement first” policy that could postpone legalization forever.</p>

<p>The president’s proposal, like the Senate&#39;s bipartisan proposal, also calls for more workplace enforcement. It also explicitly calls for a new Social Security card that comes close to being a national I.D. card.</p>

<p>In terms of legalization, the president and the senators are similar in terms of putting up many obstacles to legalization. One improvement is that the president’s proposal does not require employment to become a legal resident. However, the president’s proposal does require college or military service for faster legalization of undocumented who came as children. But with only about one of three Latino youth attending college, the other two-thirds will feel pressure to join the military in order to legalize and be forced into U.S. military intervention and wars abroad.</p>

<p>The president’s proposal does call for a temporary increase and more flexibility in family reunification visas to try to shorten the waiting lists. But he also calls for a permanent increase in employment visas and eliminating all country caps. Why not do the same for family visas, when it is clear that a long term reduction in undocumented immigration can only happen if there is a permanent increase in family reunification visas?</p>

<p>Last, but not least, there is no mention of stopping deportations now that a legalization proposal is under discussion. The president could have the power to slow or even stop the record levels of deportations that are breaking up families and sowing fear, especially in Chicano, Mexicano and Central American communities.</p>

<p><a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:SanJos%C3%A9CA" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">SanJoséCA</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:ImmigrantsRights" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">ImmigrantsRights</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:militaryRecruitment" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">militaryRecruitment</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Deportation" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Deportation</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:PresidentObama" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">PresidentObama</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:immigrationReform" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">immigrationReform</span></a></p>

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      <title>Minnesotans protest Secure Communities deportation program</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Protest against &#34;Secure Communities&#34; deportation program, Feb. 18, 2012&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;Minneapolis, MN - On February 18 more than 50 immigrants and supporters protested against a new deportation program imposed in Minnesota. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) imposed the controversial “Secure Communities” deportation program in all 87 Minnesota counties on February 7. The protesters gathered at People’s Plaza in downtown Minneapolis to denounce the program and call for an end to deportations. Over a million people have been deported in the last three years leaving massive numbers of separated children and families, largely as a result of deportation programs like Secure Communities.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;The Minneapolis protest was organized by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAc). The first speaker at the rally was Hennepin County Commissioner Gail Dorfman, who encouraged activists to continue to press to end Secure Communities and also spoke against the state legislature’s cuts to emergency medical assistance for immigrants. Susana De Leon of the National Lawyers Guild spoke about the effect of deportation programs like Secure Communities on the community and encouraged people to continue to organize to stop this program at the national level and county-by-county. Isaac Martin of MIRAc encouraged people to get invovled in MIRAc’s No More Deportations campaign which aims to stop Secure Communities and other ICE deportation programs in Minnesota such as the Criminal Alien Program.&#xA;&#xA;After the speakers, the group marched across the street to the Hennepin County Detention Center, which is one of the jails where Secure Communities is now implemented. Protesters chanted and spoke out against Hennepin County Sheriff Stanek, who is in charge of the jail and pushed hard to get Minnesota to participate in Secure Communities. Immigrant rights activists are pushing for county sheriffs and county boards to stop cooperating with ICE’s requests to local jails to detain people for extra time (at the county’s cost) that ICE wants to take away for deportation, even after the local jail would have otherwise released them. Several counties across the country, including Santa Clara, CA, Cook County, IL and Washington DC, are now refusing to honor such ICE hold requests as a way to counteract jail-based deportation programs like Secure Communities that ICE has imposed on counties that don’t want to participate.&#xA;&#xA;Protest against &#34;Secure Communities&#34; deportation program, Feb. 18, 2012&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;#MinneapolisMN #MIRAc #Deportation #MinnesotaImmigrantRightsActionCommittee #SecureCommunities&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Minneapolis, MN – On February 18 more than 50 immigrants and supporters protested against a new deportation program imposed in Minnesota. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) imposed the controversial “Secure Communities” deportation program in all 87 Minnesota counties on February 7. The protesters gathered at People’s Plaza in downtown Minneapolis to denounce the program and call for an end to deportations. Over a million people have been deported in the last three years leaving massive numbers of separated children and families, largely as a result of deportation programs like Secure Communities.</p>



<p>The Minneapolis protest was organized by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAc). The first speaker at the rally was Hennepin County Commissioner Gail Dorfman, who encouraged activists to continue to press to end Secure Communities and also spoke against the state legislature’s cuts to emergency medical assistance for immigrants. Susana De Leon of the National Lawyers Guild spoke about the effect of deportation programs like Secure Communities on the community and encouraged people to continue to organize to stop this program at the national level and county-by-county. Isaac Martin of MIRAc encouraged people to get invovled in MIRAc’s No More Deportations campaign which aims to stop Secure Communities and other ICE deportation programs in Minnesota such as the Criminal Alien Program.</p>

<p>After the speakers, the group marched across the street to the Hennepin County Detention Center, which is one of the jails where Secure Communities is now implemented. Protesters chanted and spoke out against Hennepin County Sheriff Stanek, who is in charge of the jail and pushed hard to get Minnesota to participate in Secure Communities. Immigrant rights activists are pushing for county sheriffs and county boards to stop cooperating with ICE’s requests to local jails to detain people for extra time (at the county’s cost) that ICE wants to take away for deportation, even after the local jail would have otherwise released them. Several counties across the country, including Santa Clara, CA, Cook County, IL and Washington DC, are now refusing to honor such ICE hold requests as a way to counteract jail-based deportation programs like Secure Communities that ICE has imposed on counties that don’t want to participate.</p>

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      <title>No More Deportations campaign spreads message in the Latino community </title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[No More Deportations campaign presentation 12/19/2010 in NY Plaza on Lake Street&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;Minneapolis, MN - On Dec. 19 activists from the No More Deportations campaign brought their message to the New York Plaza shopping center on Lake Street in Minneapolis. In the Latino market, activists explained the campaign to weekend shoppers and signed up dozens of people on the petition to stop deportations in Hennepin County.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;The No More Deportations campaign is an all-volunteer effort to stop deportations in Hennepin County. They are organizing community outreach and education activities like this to explain how immigrants can exercise their rights and be part of the struggle to stop deportations that tear apart families and communities.&#xA;&#xA;Many shoppers stopped to listen as activists explained about the No More Deportations campaign. The campaign aims to stop Hennepin County Jails from cooperating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through the so-called Criminal Alien Program (CAP). The campaign also aims to block the so-called Secure Communities program from being implemented in Hennepin County. It’s not here yet, but the Obama administration wants to implement it nationwide by 2013. These programs, along with 287g, are responsible for the majority of deportations under the Obama administration.&#xA;&#xA;Under the CAP program, during the jail booking process people are asked where they’re from, and if they’re immigrants their file is flagged so that ICE comes to interview them and possibly start the deportation process, even if the person is never charged with or convicted of a crime. Likewise, under the Secure Communities program, people are fingerprinted when they are booked into jail, and their fingerprints are run through a national database to see if they should be deported. County jails are not obligated to participate in these deportation programs. The No More Deportations campaign aims to convince the Hennepin County Commissioners to vote to cut off these programs.&#xA;&#xA;At New York Plaza, four activists with the campaign did a street theater to demonstrate that immigrants should exercise their right to not talk to the police or let the police into their house without a warrant, because they could end up getting deported. Christian performed a spoken word decrying the government for its repression against immigrants and all oppressed people and Niger explained the Secure Communities and Criminal Alien Programs, encouraging people to get involved in the campaign to demand that the Hennepin County Commissioners stop these programs.&#xA;&#xA;The No More Deportations campaign was initiated by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAc), a Twin Cities-based immigrant rights group fighting for legalization and full equality for immigrants.&#xA;&#xA;#MinneapolisMN #InJusticeSystem #MIRAc #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcementICE #Deportation #MinnesotaImmigrantRightsActionCommittee #CriminalAlienProgram #NoMoreDeportationsCampaign #SecureCommunities #CAP&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Minneapolis, MN – On Dec. 19 activists from the No More Deportations campaign brought their message to the New York Plaza shopping center on Lake Street in Minneapolis. In the Latino market, activists explained the campaign to weekend shoppers and signed up dozens of people on the petition to stop deportations in Hennepin County.</p>



<p>The No More Deportations campaign is an all-volunteer effort to stop deportations in Hennepin County. They are organizing community outreach and education activities like this to explain how immigrants can exercise their rights and be part of the struggle to stop deportations that tear apart families and communities.</p>

<p>Many shoppers stopped to listen as activists explained about the No More Deportations campaign. The campaign aims to stop Hennepin County Jails from cooperating with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through the so-called Criminal Alien Program (CAP). The campaign also aims to block the so-called Secure Communities program from being implemented in Hennepin County. It’s not here yet, but the Obama administration wants to implement it nationwide by 2013. These programs, along with 287g, are responsible for the majority of deportations under the Obama administration.</p>

<p>Under the CAP program, during the jail booking process people are asked where they’re from, and if they’re immigrants their file is flagged so that ICE comes to interview them and possibly start the deportation process, even if the person is never charged with or convicted of a crime. Likewise, under the Secure Communities program, people are fingerprinted when they are booked into jail, and their fingerprints are run through a national database to see if they should be deported. County jails are not obligated to participate in these deportation programs. The No More Deportations campaign aims to convince the Hennepin County Commissioners to vote to cut off these programs.</p>

<p>At New York Plaza, four activists with the campaign did a street theater to demonstrate that immigrants should exercise their right to not talk to the police or let the police into their house without a warrant, because they could end up getting deported. Christian performed a spoken word decrying the government for its repression against immigrants and all oppressed people and Niger explained the Secure Communities and Criminal Alien Programs, encouraging people to get involved in the campaign to demand that the Hennepin County Commissioners stop these programs.</p>

<p>The No More Deportations campaign was initiated by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAc), a Twin Cities-based immigrant rights group fighting for legalization and full equality for immigrants.</p>

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      <title>Immigrant Rights Activist Leaves Church Sanctuary</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Continues to Advocate for Rights of Undocumented Immigrants &#xA;&#xA;Flor Crisóstomo and Carlos Montes&#34;)&#xA;&#xA;Flor Crisóstomo, a well-known organizer for the rights of immigrants and indigenous peoples, announced on Oct. 19 that she would leave her church sanctuary in Chicago to advance her advocacy and organizing for immigrants rights to a new stage.&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;In 2006, Flor Crisóstomo was one of 1200 people detained in a raid by Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) at the IFCO Systems plant. Crisóstomo, an undocumented immigrant, was scheduled for deportation. She decided to fight the decision.&#xA;&#xA;In a press conference on the day she was scheduled for deportation in January 2008, Crisóstomo said, &#34;I am not leaving. I have asked and been granted sanctuary in my church. I am not defying the laws of this country and I am not hiding.&#34; Crisóstomo emphasized, &#34;I am taking a stand of civil disobedience to make America see what they are doing. I hope that adding my grain of sand to the struggle will help to get the U.S. Congress to act to fix a broken law and an inhuman system of undocumented labor.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;In explaining her decision to leave the church sanctuary, Crisóstomo indicated that staying in the church had begun to lose its political effectiveness for the immigrants rights movement. &#34;I came to the decision to leave sanctuary in order to begin what would be the next phase of my activism and to more effectively serve this struggle in the days, months and years ahead,&#34; Crisóstomo said.&#xA;&#xA;Crisóstomo emphasized that she will continue to organize and fight for the rights of immigrants and encouraged others to join with her. &#34;I ask all the undocumented people not to give up on our struggle and to keep the hope that we will achieve a just and humane immigration reform,&#34; she said.&#xA;&#xA;#ChicagoIL #Chicago #Deportation #FlorCrisóstomo #santuary&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>_Continues to Advocate for Rights of Undocumented Immigrants _</p>

<p><img src="https://i.snap.as/QvES8Ob2.jpg" alt="Flor Crisóstomo and Carlos Montes" title="Flor Crisóstomo and Carlos Montes Flor Crisóstomo and Carlos Montes of the Southern California Immigration Coalition and the Network to Fight for Economic Justice speaking at the “We Say Fight Back!” conference in Chicago, Illinois on Oct. 3  \(Fight Back! News/Kim Defranco\)"/></p>

<p>Flor Crisóstomo, a well-known organizer for the rights of immigrants and indigenous peoples, announced on Oct. 19 that she would leave her church sanctuary in Chicago to advance her advocacy and organizing for immigrants rights to a new stage.</p>



<p>In 2006, Flor Crisóstomo was one of 1200 people detained in a raid by Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) at the IFCO Systems plant. Crisóstomo, an undocumented immigrant, was scheduled for deportation. She decided to fight the decision.</p>

<p>In a press conference on the day she was scheduled for deportation in January 2008, Crisóstomo said, “I am not leaving. I have asked and been granted sanctuary in my church. I am not defying the laws of this country and I am not hiding.” Crisóstomo emphasized, “I am taking a stand of civil disobedience to make America see what they are doing. I hope that adding my grain of sand to the struggle will help to get the U.S. Congress to act to fix a broken law and an inhuman system of undocumented labor.”</p>

<p>In explaining her decision to leave the church sanctuary, Crisóstomo indicated that staying in the church had begun to lose its political effectiveness for the immigrants rights movement. “I came to the decision to leave sanctuary in order to begin what would be the next phase of my activism and to more effectively serve this struggle in the days, months and years ahead,” Crisóstomo said.</p>

<p>Crisóstomo emphasized that she will continue to organize and fight for the rights of immigrants and encouraged others to join with her. “I ask all the undocumented people not to give up on our struggle and to keep the hope that we will achieve a just and humane immigration reform,” she said.</p>

<p><a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:ChicagoIL" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">ChicagoIL</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Chicago" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Chicago</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Deportation" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Deportation</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:FlorCris%C3%B3stomo" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">FlorCrisóstomo</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:santuary" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">santuary</span></a></p>

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      <title>Minnesotans detained in and deported from Israel return home and speak out</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Fight Back News Service is circulating the following announcement  from the Anti-war Committee for their press conference on Monday August 3:&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;We are asking supporters who can to join us at the airport at 12:30 so we can welcome Sarah and Katrina home, and show strong support for them at their first public statements since they were held by authorities in Israel. Please join us in the baggage claim area (riding the light rail train is a good way to avoid parking costs).&#xA;&#xA;Minnesotans detained in and deported from Israel return home and speak out&#xA;&#xA;Israeli security forces refused entry to three U.S. solidarity activists for attempting to participate in a human rights delegation. They were treated as criminals, while their only goal was to learn about the reality of life for the Palestinian people. Sarah Martin, member of Women Against Military Madness, and Katrina Plotz, of the Anti-War Committee, refused voluntary deportation, and the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv informed us that they were forcibly deported Sunday evening. The third traveler, Karen Sullivan also of the Anti-War Committee, was already deported and returned home to Minneapolis on Sunday. Sarah and Katrina are expected to return home on a flight arriving at 12:37pm on Monday, August 3. A press conference with them, their families and supporters, will happen at 1pm in the baggage claim area of the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport (Lindbergh Terminal).&#xA;&#xA;Thousands of people have been denied entry by Israel, especially those who wish to see the Palestinian Territories. Not only international solidarity activists, but millions of Palestinian refugees living all over the world are prevented from returning to their homeland. Israel&#39;s policy of denying entry to people who support the Palestinian struggle and want to report on the situation, is one aspect of a campaign to isolate the Palestinian people from the world. This campaign includes hundreds military checkpoints inside the Palestinian Territories, blocking humanitarian shipments into the Gaza Strip, and the building of a massive Apartheid Wall.  Palestinians experience repression every day.&#xA;&#xA;Precisely because the official Israeli view receives much more widespread coverage in the U.S. media than does the impact of these policies on the lives of Palestinians, it is important that people like Sarah, Katrina and Karen be able to go and report the situation accurately, and show the Palestinian people that the world has not completely abandoned them.&#xA;&#xA;In spite of its special relationship with the U.S., the Israeli government showed no regard for the rights of American visitors, whose only crime was to express solidarity with the people of occupied Palestine. Karen reported that she was escorted onto her departing flight by an armed Israeli guard, and that she was interrogated upon re-entering the U.S. The AWC secured council for Sarah and Katrina, but they didn’t have access to speak to their lawyer and exercise their full right to appeal their deportation. Advocates for human rights should not be treated like criminals.&#xA;&#xA;Their case resulted in an outpouring of support from across the country. This will be their first public statements in the United States since their unjust detention on Saturday, August 1.&#xA;&#xA;#MinneapolisMN #AntiwarMovement #Occupation #Palestine #AntiWarCommittee #Statement #Deportation #Apartheid #MiddleEast&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Fight Back News Service is circulating the following announcement  from the Anti-war Committee for their press conference on Monday August 3:</em></p>



<p>We are asking supporters who can to join us at the airport at 12:30 so we can welcome Sarah and Katrina home, and show strong support for them at their first public statements since they were held by authorities in Israel. Please join us in the baggage claim area (riding the light rail train is a good way to avoid parking costs).</p>

<p><strong>Minnesotans detained in and deported from Israel return home and speak out</strong></p>

<p>Israeli security forces refused entry to three U.S. solidarity activists for attempting to participate in a human rights delegation. They were treated as criminals, while their only goal was to learn about the reality of life for the Palestinian people. Sarah Martin, member of Women Against Military Madness, and Katrina Plotz, of the Anti-War Committee, refused voluntary deportation, and the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv informed us that they were forcibly deported Sunday evening. The third traveler, Karen Sullivan also of the Anti-War Committee, was already deported and returned home to Minneapolis on Sunday. Sarah and Katrina are expected to return home on a flight arriving at 12:37pm on Monday, August 3. A press conference with them, their families and supporters, will happen at 1pm in the baggage claim area of the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport (Lindbergh Terminal).</p>

<p>Thousands of people have been denied entry by Israel, especially those who wish to see the Palestinian Territories. Not only international solidarity activists, but millions of Palestinian refugees living all over the world are prevented from returning to their homeland. Israel&#39;s policy of denying entry to people who support the Palestinian struggle and want to report on the situation, is one aspect of a campaign to isolate the Palestinian people from the world. This campaign includes hundreds military checkpoints inside the Palestinian Territories, blocking humanitarian shipments into the Gaza Strip, and the building of a massive Apartheid Wall.  Palestinians experience repression every day.</p>

<p>Precisely because the official Israeli view receives much more widespread coverage in the U.S. media than does the impact of these policies on the lives of Palestinians, it is important that people like Sarah, Katrina and Karen be able to go and report the situation accurately, and show the Palestinian people that the world has not completely abandoned them.</p>

<p>In spite of its special relationship with the U.S., the Israeli government showed no regard for the rights of American visitors, whose only crime was to express solidarity with the people of occupied Palestine. Karen reported that she was escorted onto her departing flight by an armed Israeli guard, and that she was interrogated upon re-entering the U.S. The AWC secured council for Sarah and Katrina, but they didn’t have access to speak to their lawyer and exercise their full right to appeal their deportation. Advocates for human rights should not be treated like criminals.</p>

<p>Their case resulted in an outpouring of support from across the country. This will be their first public statements in the United States since their unjust detention on Saturday, August 1.</p>

<p><a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:MinneapolisMN" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">MinneapolisMN</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:AntiwarMovement" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">AntiwarMovement</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Occupation" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Occupation</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Palestine" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:AntiWarCommittee" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">AntiWarCommittee</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Statement" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Statement</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Deportation" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Deportation</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Apartheid" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Apartheid</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:MiddleEast" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">MiddleEast</span></a></p>

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      <title>Urgent Alert: Minnesota activists jailed in Israel</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Please forward - Take action today &#xA;&#xA;Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee ( http://www.antiwarcommittee.org):&#xA;&#xA;!--more--&#xA;&#xA;We have just learned that Israeli security forces have refused entry to three U.S. activists attempting to visit the Palestinian Territories. One of them, Karen Sullivan, is being sent home on a flight tonight, and two others, Sarah Martin and Katrina Plotz have refused to leave, and are being taken into custody. They are being treated as criminals, while their only goal was to learn about the reality of life for the Palestinian people. All three should be allowed to enter the country, as millions of tourists do every year.&#xA;&#xA;Given the special relationship that the U.S. has with Israel, it is no surprise that U.S. citizens would want to travel there, and see how our tax dollars are spent. In spite of its special relationship with the U.S., the Israeli government showed no regard for the rights of American visitors, whose only crime was to express solidarity with the people of occupied Palestine.&#xA;&#xA;Palestinians experience repression every day. There is no way to travel to Palestinian cities, or from one Palestinian city to another, without passing through Israeli military checkpoints. Palestinian refugees who live outside the territories, have a legal right to return home, but face the same obstacles that stopped Karen, Katrina and Sarah at the Tel Aviv airport today.&#xA;&#xA;Katrina and Sarah have refused to cooperate in the face of this injustice, and have been sent to an Israeli jail. They have been told they will not be allowed to enter the country, and instead will be handcuffed and forced onto a departing plane.&#xA;&#xA;We urge everyone to call, write and fax the officials below to demand the immediate release for Katrina Plotz and Sarah Martin, and to urge Israeli authorities to allow both women into the country to witness the reality of life inside the Palestinian Territories, where they have been invited and are welcome.&#xA;&#xA;Contact the following right away:&#xA;&#xA;U.S. State Department&#xA;&#xA;202-647-4000&#xA;&#xA;Minister of Interior Mr. Eli Yishai&#xA;&#xA;Israeli Ministry of the Interior&#xA;&#xA;Tel. 011-972-2-670-1411 / 011-972-2-629-4722&#xA;&#xA;Fax: 011- 972-2-670-1628&#xA;&#xA;SAR@moin.gov.il and pniot@moin.gov.il&#xA;&#xA;MN Senator Al Franken&#xA;&#xA;(202) 224-5641&#xA;&#xA;E-mail: info@franken.senate.gov&#xA;&#xA;MN Senator Amy Klobuchar&#xA;&#xA;(202) 224-3244&#xA;&#xA;Web Form: klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm fax: 202-228-2186&#xA;&#xA;Main Line: 612-727-5220&#xA;&#xA;Main Fax: 612-727-5223&#xA;&#xA;#Palestine #AntiwarMovement #Occupation #AntiwarCommittee #Statement #Deportation #MiddleEast&#xA;&#xA;div id=&#34;sharingbuttons.io&#34;/div]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>_Please forward – Take action today _</p>

<p><em>Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee ( <a href="http://www.antiwarcommittee.org/">http://www.antiwarcommittee.org</a>):</em></p>



<p>We have just learned that Israeli security forces have refused entry to three U.S. activists attempting to visit the Palestinian Territories. One of them, Karen Sullivan, is being sent home on a flight tonight, and two others, Sarah Martin and Katrina Plotz have refused to leave, and are being taken into custody. They are being treated as criminals, while their only goal was to learn about the reality of life for the Palestinian people. All three should be allowed to enter the country, as millions of tourists do every year.</p>

<p>Given the special relationship that the U.S. has with Israel, it is no surprise that U.S. citizens would want to travel there, and see how our tax dollars are spent. In spite of its special relationship with the U.S., the Israeli government showed no regard for the rights of American visitors, whose only crime was to express solidarity with the people of occupied Palestine.</p>

<p>Palestinians experience repression every day. There is no way to travel to Palestinian cities, or from one Palestinian city to another, without passing through Israeli military checkpoints. Palestinian refugees who live outside the territories, have a legal right to return home, but face the same obstacles that stopped Karen, Katrina and Sarah at the Tel Aviv airport today.</p>

<p>Katrina and Sarah have refused to cooperate in the face of this injustice, and have been sent to an Israeli jail. They have been told they will not be allowed to enter the country, and instead will be handcuffed and forced onto a departing plane.</p>

<p>We urge everyone to call, write and fax the officials below to demand the immediate release for Katrina Plotz and Sarah Martin, and to urge Israeli authorities to allow both women into the country to witness the reality of life inside the Palestinian Territories, where they have been invited and are welcome.</p>

<p>Contact the following right away:</p>

<p><a title="U.S. State Departmnet Web Contact Form">U.S. State Department</a></p>

<p>202-647-4000</p>

<p>Minister of Interior Mr. Eli Yishai</p>

<p>Israeli Ministry of the Interior</p>

<p>Tel. 011-972-2-670-1411 / 011-972-2-629-4722</p>

<p>Fax: 011- 972-2-670-1628</p>

<p><a href="mailto:SAR@moin.gov.il">SAR@moin.gov.il</a> and <a href="mailto:pniot@moin.gov.il">pniot@moin.gov.il</a></p>

<p>MN Senator Al Franken</p>

<p>(202) 224-5641</p>

<p>E-mail: <a href="mailto:info@franken.senate.gov">info@franken.senate.gov</a></p>

<p>MN Senator Amy Klobuchar</p>

<p>(202) 224-3244</p>

<p>Web Form: <a href="http://klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm">klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm</a> fax: 202-228-2186</p>

<p>Main Line: 612-727-5220</p>

<p>Main Fax: 612-727-5223</p>

<p><a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Palestine" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:AntiwarMovement" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">AntiwarMovement</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Occupation" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Occupation</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:AntiwarCommittee" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">AntiwarCommittee</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Statement" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Statement</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:Deportation" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Deportation</span></a> <a href="https://fightbacknews.org/tag:MiddleEast" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">MiddleEast</span></a></p>

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