Southern California Immigration Coalition
Immediate End to the Raids!
Full Legalization for the undocumented!
The Southern California Immigration Coalition is unified to bring an end to
the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's raids of communities and
workplaces. We believe in Full Legalization for the undocumented and their
right to live in liberty—an unalienable right. People should live free from
persecution by enforcement of a broken immigration system. We come together
to demand an end to the raids that torment our communities from living
freely. Children fear that their parents will not come home from work or
even the standard trip to the grocery. People open their door to police who
claim to be looking for a missing person, but in fact are ICE agents. At
work people fear an ICE raid because they don't know what will happen to
their families. Once in custody, people are detained in facilities that are
not intended for long-term use and legal representation is almost impossible
for their or their family's budget. We stand with those people who have
fallen victim to a broken immigration system and demand an end to ICE raids.
As a solution, we call for Full Legalization. While trade agreements in
North America have allowed for goods and money to flow freely, the policies
have restricted the legal migration of labor and all people in general.
Aggressive foreign policies and intervention in countries around the world
have caused patterns of migration—especially in the Western hemisphere. This
country has enjoyed many years of economic prosperity on the backs of
immigrants: The boom of industries such as the Service industry has been
supplied with the labor of immigrant workers. Some of the brightest minds
are AB 540 students at colleges and universities who work 40-hour weeks and
fight for the passage of the DREAM Act. We realize that the immigrant
struggle is a fight for equality and justice.
Join us:
What: General So.CA Immigration Coalition meeting
Who: ALL honest people and organizations are invited to this meeting!
When: Sunday, Feb. 1st, 2009. 11:00AM
Where: Centro Cultural Francisco Villa
2100 Maple Ave. LA, CA 90011 (Corner of 21st & Maple: in front
of Santee Education Complex)
Items to be discussed:
1. Report-back/Debrief on the Jan. 21st action in front of the Federal
Building
2. Report-back from Jan. 25th meeting at Senor Fish
3. Strategizing on how to widen the SCIC
4. Planning for the Feb. 14th action at Disneyland
5. Planning for the March 28th march in LA
6. Planning for the May 1st march in LA
7. Committee Reports
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