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Posts tagged deportation
5 Actions You Can Take To Halt the...
April 17, 2010
Really quick – An asylum seeker in the United Kingdom, Bita Ghaedi conducted a hunger strike for up to a month because she was terrified of being tortured and killed if she is forced to return to Iran. Guess what? She is being forced to... [+]
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17Apr
Why Are We Deporting Electrical...
August 13, 2009
…And instead, importing engineers from India to sign-up for the often-exploitative H-1B worker programs? Watch this video of Herta Llusho, who is being deported next week. She was educated in the United States and is currently studying Electrical Engineering in college. But instead of cultivating Herta’s... [+]
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13Aug
Stop the Deportation of Herta...
August 12, 2009
Herta Llusho, a 19 year old college freshman and a National Honors Society high school graduate, will be deported on August 19th, unless Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano intervenes. Please do the following to help us stop her deportation: 1. Join the facebook group for immediate... [+]
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12Aug
We win some. We lose many more.
July 11, 2009
As part of the weekly DREAM Act series on Change.org, I just read quite a moving story about a couple that now has to leave their home, simply because one spouse had been brought here at the age of 13, accrued illegal presence and had... [+]
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11Jul
Musings
July 8, 2009
The last few weeks were thoroughly exhausting. Between the long week in D.C., the non-gay drama (highly boring) of my father and some promigrant bloggers, a horrible court decision against us, the exhausting but exhilarating National DREAM graduation and efforts to save Walter Lara, I... [+]
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08Jul
Stop the Deportation of Walter Lara
June 26, 2009
“…doesn’t matter what they tell you. YOU belong here.” Advice DO NOT SIGN A VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE. EVER. Walter Lara, age 23, came to the United States from Argentina 20 years ago. Unless Congress or the Department of Homeland Security intervenes in his case, he will be required... [+]
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26Jun
USCIS Priority: Deport 11-Year Olds
June 12, 2009
I have this urge to put USCIS on the Morons of the Week every single week but alas, we have to pass on the title every now and then. What have they done this time? Try to deport a 11 year old to a country she... [+]
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12Jun
Warning: If You Were Born on a...
April 22, 2009
The US Constitution states that a US citizen can’t be deported unless he has committed treason or terrorism. Not one part of the US Government is looking into my case of a US citizen being deported. I was sent back to England where I have... [+]
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22Apr