[mgj-discuss] YOU'RE INVITED: Prince William County Critical Immigrant Solidarity Meeting, Thurs., Aug. 9, 7pm

Thu Aug 9 06:49:37 PDT 2007

Hey all,
This came into the MGJ e-mail account. I think I am going to try and  
go tonight.
Morrigan

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      Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:19:54 -0400
      From: Rudy Arredondo <arredondo.rudy at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Rudy Arredondo <arredondo.rudy at gmail.com>
   Subject: YOU'RE INVITED: Prince William County Critical Immigrant
Solidarity Meeting, Thurs., Aug. 9, 7pm
        To: mgj at riseup.net

    Dear Sisters & Brothers,

This is a reminder. Please forward this message as widely as possible

Mexicanos Sin Fronteras and Woodbridge Workers Committee urgently  need your
support and solidarity. On July 10, 2007 the Prince William  County Board of
Supervisors unanimously approved anti-immigrant  legislation directing
county employees to require proof of  citizenship before providing county
services (except those protected  by state and federal laws). Additionally
information about a person's  status may be sent and received by county
employees to other local,  state, and national agencies including
Immigration and Customs  Enforcement. It also calls for PWC police to
investigate a person's  immigration status when detained by the police if
there is "probable  cause" to believe that immigration laws were violated.
In addition it  calls for an agreement between PWC police and Immigration
and Customs  Enforcement that would train a group of PWC police to act as
immigration officials.  We believe this resolution targets people of  color,
allows for racial profiling and violates the human and civil  rights of the
immigrant community. It has already created at  atmosphere of fear and
division in the community.

On Thursday, August 9, 7:00 PM there will be a support and solidarity
organizing meeting at Bull Run Unitarian-Universalist Congregation  located
at Church and Main Sts. in Old Town Manassas, VA. Please send  a
representative to this important meeting.

Since the July 10th Supervisors' vote, we have organized three  community
meetings to gather the community's ideas and  recommendations for opposing
the resolution. The response was  inspiring, with over 3,000 community
residents attending.

The community recommended and overwhelmingly approved the following
actions:

* Call on the PW Board of County Supervisors to immediately rescind  this
resolution in its entirety.
* An economic boycott of all Prince William businesses (except those  that
are immigrant owned) from August 27 - September 3, 2007.
* A massive nonviolent march and rally on Sunday, September 2, 2007.
* A one-day work stoppage on October 9, 2007.

The purpose and focus of the boycott and work stoppage is to  demonstrate
the importance of the contributions made by the immigrant  community to
Prince William County's economy. In addition, the rally  and demonstration
will call attention to the civil and human rights  violations made by this
resolution.

In addition to sending a representative to the meeting, you can  express
your solidarity in any of the following ways:
* Send a delegation from your community to the march and rally on  September
2;
* Send financial support to help defray the costs of this massive
mobilization;
* Send a statement from you or your organization expressing  solidarity and
support;
* Make a commitment to inform your community about our struggle.

Sisters and brothers, our struggle is your struggle. This resolution  will
impact all communities, especially people of color, and is  already having
ramifications well beyond Prince William. The  resolution was drafted by the
legal arm of FAIR, an extremist  national anti-immigrant organization, and
clearly is intended as a  model for communities nationwide. Several
jurisdictions in Virginia  have introduced legislation patterned on Prince
William and we expect  this to spread quickly throughout the nation. We are
an all volunteer  community group and ask for your solidarity in our
frontline  struggle. Material support can be sent to Mexicanos Sin Fronteras
at  PO Box K, Woodbridge, VA 22194 (Because legislation is involved it  is
not tax-deductible). Messages can be left at 703-822-3485, or by  e- mail at
msf at mexicanossinfronteras.org<http://by101fd.bay101.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&a=5b07835338e4c050639a1fc5b20675c1e66b6d18f15513018e86f30c2d4cee9f&mailto=1&to=msf@mexicanossinfronteras.org&msg=19DF176E-E322-46AF-B4DD-97511D70BDF1&start=0&len=5705&src=&type=x>.
You may also visit our  website at
www.mexicanossinfronteras.org

In Solidarity,

John Steinbach
Teresita Jacinto
Ricardo Juarez
Nancy Lyall

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