Community Leaders respond to President Obama's speech on Immigration
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For Immediate Release
July 1st 2010
For more information contact;
Jose Landaverde 773-968-4258
Moratorium on Deportations Campaign Organizers and community leaders will respond to President Obama’s first nationally broadcast speech on immigration reform!
President
Obama will be speaking at the American University in Washington, D.C.
Chicago, IL- Father Landaverde’s hunger strike to stop deportations enters week number three and is moved to Chicago’s Douglas Park. At the same time, president Obama will be speaking at the American University in Washington, D.C. regarding immigration reform.
“Taking a break from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Mr. Obama summoned Latino leaders and immigrant advocates on short notice for a 45–minute White House meeting on Monday, and he met Tuesday with members of the House Congressional Hispanic Caucus.”(taken from The Caucus Blog)
Recently in Chicago Immigrant Rights Organizers launched a Moratorium on Deportation Campaign in front of Chicago’s Immigration and Custom Enforcement headquarters. The campaign consists on doing local actions against local and federal enforcement agencies that contribute to the deportation of human beings.
What: Press conference to respond to President Obama’s speech on immigration reform.
Who: Rev. José Landaverde along with Moratorium on Deportation Campaign Supporters
When: Thursday, July 1st, at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Douglas Park, Marshall Blvd. and 19th Street,
in front of St. Anthony Hospital.
Moratorium on Deportation Supporters:
Albany Park, North Park, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and
Justice
Familia Latina Unida/Sin
Fronteras
Gay Liberation
Network
Immigrant Solidarity
DuPage
Immigrant Youth Justice League
(IYJL)
International Socialist
Organization (ISO)
M20
Coalition
March 10
Coalition
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mission/Justice Mission
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