The Quakers speak out on immigration

this is really good to see...

No Human Being Is Illegal: Press Conferences to be Held in Cities Across the U.S.

5/24/2006 8:01:00 AM

To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor

Contact: Janis D. Shields, 215-241-7060; 302-545-6596 (cell); Esther Nieves, 215-241-7131; 215-939-0676 (cell)

News Advisory:

-- No Human Being Is Illegal: Press Conferences To Be Held In Cities Across The U.S.

-- The American Friends Service Committee and Community Allies Call for Real Solutions and Substantive Changes to Proposed Immigration Policy

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR), and more than 45 grassroots organizations throughout the United States will hold press conferences throughout the day on Wednesday, May 24, to urge Congress to dramatically change course on immigration reform.

The Service Committee believes that while U.S. immigration policy is in need of reform, legislative measures currently considered not only do not address the root causes of migration, but also create an apartheid-like, multi-tiered legalization process, expand enforcement, detention and deportation actions and eliminate core elements of our nation's legal system, including provisions of due process under the law.

For more than twenty years, our government has poured billions into harsher penalties, more deportation, increased technology and border patrol officers, and more detention facilities - efforts that do nothing to bring thousands of immigrant families out of the shadows into full membership in our society.

WHO: American Friends Service Committee, an international social justice organization, and a coalition of 48 grassroots immigrant rights organizations across the country

WHAT: Press Conferences In Cities Across The United States Urging Congress To Adopt Meaningful Solutions And Make Substantive Changes To U.S. Immigration Policy

WHEN: Wednesday, May 24

WHERE: San Diego; Miami; Newark, NJ; Cambridge, MA and numerous cities across the United States.

i really like the slogan, "no human being is illegal..." great...!

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