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Monday, February 13, 2017

GREATER SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Defend the Immigrants Among Us- Our Revolution

GREATER SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Defend the Immigrants Among Us- Our Revolution:

Defend the Immigrants Among Us- Our Revolution


Donald Trump’s attack on immigrants has taken a frightening turn. I’m writing you from Phoenix, one of the dozens of cities under attack from Trump’s gestapo-style raids targeting immigrant families.
Since Wednesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have detained and deported hundreds of undocumented Americans, including the parents of U.S. citizen children. There have even been reports of ICE agents following Latino children home from school in hopes of arresting undocumented parents and demanding documents from citizens and immigrants alike.
These raids targeting people based on where they live and the color of their skin have already happened at homes, stores and workplaces in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia. Will you help stop the attacks on immigrant families? Sign up now to let us know we can count on you to protect victims of ICE raids in your community.
Donald Trump claims that millions of "criminal" immigrants live among us -- but this is a lie, designed to give him cover for his racist plan. The immigrants Trump is targeting aren’t “rapists” or “bringing drugs” -- they are people like my friend Lupita, who was separated from her citizen children this week after living in Arizona for 20 years.
Families and communities across America are being torn apart by Trump’s xenophobic raids. This is not who we are. The raids must stop.
I am a proud and unafraid Dreamer, an undocumented immigrant who came here as a child. Through my years working with the immigrant rights’ community, I know first-hand that we build power through organizing. Through that power we have been able to reunite thousands of immigrant families. We have the power to stop these unjust deportations -- but we must act fast and take action locally.
If you marched for women’s rights in January and let Donald Trump know that “immigrants are welcome here,” your voice voice is needed once again. Demand decency and justice for the undocumented community. Sign up to if you’re willing to take action locally to protect immigrant families and stop the raids.
In solidarity,
Erika Andiola
Our Revolution
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 GREATER SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Defend the Immigrants Among Us- Our Revolution:

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