[mgj-discuss] URGENT: Immigrant Activist Elvira Arellano - Protest in DC on Thurs!

[Michele Bollinger]

Emergency Response Protest at the Offices of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):
 
Stop the Raids and Deportations!
We Support Elvira Arellano!
 
425 'Eye' St. NW, Washington D.C.
Thursday, August 23rd, 4 pm-6 pm
 
Sponsored by the D.C. Alliance for Immigrant Justice
and the Metro D.C. Interfaith Sanctuary Network
 
On Sunday, immigration agents arrested Elvira Arellano
after she spoke at a church in Los Angeles.  Within a
day, Arellano was deported, with no public hearing or
consideration for her 8-year old son Saul, who is a
U.S. citizen.  Elvira Arellano has been a powerful
leader in the movement for immigrant rights, and has
helped to shape the New Sanctuary Movement among
communities of faith giving solidarity to undocumented
immigrants.
 
By deporting Elvira Arellano, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement is sending a message that no one is safe
from their raids and deportations.  We are
demonstrating to say no to this campaign of terror,
and to declare that the sanctuary movement will
continue until there is meaningful legalization for
all immigrants.  We demand an end to raids and
deportations and call upon Washington D.C. to become a
sanctuary city.  Join us to build the movement for
immigrant justice!
 
--- Ruth Castel-Branco <ruthcastelbranco at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear All,
> Please spread far and wide.
> 
> Emergency Alert! Immigrant Activist Elvira Arellano
> Arrested in Los
>  > Angeles! Your URGENT Support is Needed!
>  >
>  > Elvira Arellano, the immigration activist who
> sought refuge inside
>  > a Chicago church for a year was arrested in Los
> Angeles this
>  > afternoon after taking her campaign on the road.
> We need to act
>  > quickly to demand her release! (see below)
>  >
>  > National Immigrant Solidarity Network
>  >
>  > Immigration activist Arellano arrested
>  > By Antonio Olivo
>  > Chicago Tribune
>  >
>  > August 20, 2007
>  >
>
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-elvira_web.
>  > 1aug20,1,5166191.story?coll=chi_breaking_500
>  >
>  >
>  > LOS ANGELES—An immigration activist who sought
> refuge inside a
>  > Chicago church for a year was arrested in Los
> Angeles this
>  > afternoon after taking her campaign on the road.
>  >
>  > Elvira Arellano was arrested about 4:15 p.m.
> Chicago time by law-
>  > enforcement officials after leaving Our Lady
> Queen of Angels Church
>  > in downtown Los Angeles, said Emma Lozano, an
> adviser who was there
>  > during the arrest.
>  >
>  > After talking to news media inside the church,
> Arellano and her
>  > supporters got into their van to head north to
> San Jose, where she
>  > was scheduled to speak at another church, Lozano
> said. Moments
>  > after they entered the van, an unmarked vehicle
> stopped them.
>  >
>  > The driver of Arellano's van, Roberto Lopez,
> poked his head out
>  > because he wanted to see why they were being
> blocked. Several other
>  > unmarked vehicles surrounded their van.
>  >
>  > Agents emerged from all the cars screaming for
> Arellano to get out,
>  > Lozano said. Her 8-year-old son, Saul, started to
> cry, and Arellano
>  > said to everyone in the car, "Calm down. Don't
> have any fear. They
>  > can't hurt me."
>  >
>  > Then she turned to the people who were about to
> arrest her and she
>  > said, "You're going to have to give me a minute
> with my son,"
>  > Lozano said. She spent time with her son in the
> car, then  
> surrendered.
>  >
>  > Arellano was arrested on Main Street, near the
> church, where she
>  > slept Saturday night and where she's held several
> press conferences
>  > Saturday and today.
>  >
>  > aolivo at tribune.com
>  >
>  >
>  > Suggest Immediate Actions to Support Her:
>  >
>  > 1) Call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
> (ICE) office,
>  > demand them the safety of the Elvira Arellano, no
> deportation, and
>  > demand her immediately release from the ICE
> custody.
>  >
>  > ICE Field Office Director, Los Angeles
>  > 300 North Los Angeles St., Room 7631A
>  > Los Angeles, CA 90012
>  > Phone: 213-830-7911
>  >
>  > ICE Headquarters, Director, Office of Detention
> and Removal  
> Operations
>  > 801 I St, NW
>  > Suite 900
>  > Washington, DC 20536
>  > Phone: 202-305-2734
> 
> 
> ----
> Ruth Castel-Branco
> (p) 202.489.2273
> (e) ruthcastelbranco at gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
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