[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] 21 IMMIGRANT YOUTH ARE ARRESTED AND RISK DEPORTATION
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Press Advisory
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, July 21 Event
Press Contacts:
Jose Herrera 773-632-9992 (Chicago-IL)
Rigo Padilla 773-614-9668 (Washington-DC)
21 IMMIGRANT YOUTH ARE ARRESTED AND RISK DEPORTATION,
STAGE SIT-IN AT CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES ON CAPITOL HILL
9 of them are members of the Chicago based Organization, Immigrant Youth Justice League (IYJL)
WHAT: Press conference in support of our courageous Chicago undocumented youth that were arrested on Tuesday, July 20th Action after their sit-ins at various Congressional offices in D.C. including Senator Menendez, Senate majority leader Reid, Senator Feinstein, Senator McCain, and Senator Schumer offices to ask them to become a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act as standalone.
WHEN: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: 205 W. Randolph St. (outside of the Illinois Republican Party offices)
WHO: Immigrant Youth Justice League (IYJL) members, Local Elected officials, immigrant advocates of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), Latinos Progresando, students, teachers and leaders from diverse organizations across Chicago and suburbs.
Members of the Immigrant Youth Justice League will be available for interviews.
WHY:
After two months of coast-to-coast actions,
including dozens of sit-ins, civil disobedience actions, and protracted hunger
strikes by both undocumented youth and community members, they have decided to
bring the cause of their lives to Washington D.C. The immigrant youth
participating in yesterday’s action hail from Illinois, Virginia, New York,
California, Arizona, Kansas, Missouri, and Michigan and is part of three days
full of actions at D.C.
On July 20th, hundreds of students from around the nation gathered in the nation's capitol to lobby for the passage of the DREAM Act, including members of the Immigrant Youth Justice League. On this day, 20 DREAM students engaged in a civil action to show the Senate that it is time for the DREAM Act to become a reality.
As of 7 pm on July 20th, all DREAM students engaged in the action have been arrested, nine of which are members of the Immigrant Youth Justice League, a Chicago based group.
Due to these arrests, they are very likely to be placed under deportation proceedings.
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The DREAM is Coming project is a collaboration between multiple organizations, including the New York State Youth Leadership Council, the Immigrant Youth Justice League, Dream Team Los Angeles, Kansas Missouri Dream Alliance, Arizona Dream Act Coalition, the Orange County Dream Team, University Leadership Initiative of Texas, Virginia DreamActivist, and DREAMActivist.org. To read the personal stories of the DREAMers, visit www.thedreamiscoming.com/meet-the-dreamers/
Regards;
Jose
Herrera
773-632-9992
www.IYJL.org