March 26, 2007

DREAM FOR AMERICA

I just want to say that ACTS has been a true blessing! Even though I am not doing Youth Ministry within a church right now it has definitely helped me with my ministry in working with undocumented teens. Thank you Latino Leadership Circle for providing these resources. By the way if anyone is interested in finding out more about the DREAM Act CAMPAIGN, a campaign that strives to pass a legislation that would allow UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS to receive a higher education and a path to citizenship, check out our website at www.nysylc.org.

The DREAM Act: Helping Immigrant Youth Achieve Legal Status

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
6:30-8:00 p.m.

New York City Bar Association Building
42 West 44th Street, New York, NY
(between 5th and 6th Avenues)

Speaking on what the DREAM Act could mean for you, NYC, and the country:

Guillermo Linares: Commissioner for the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
Josh Bernstein: Director of Federal Policy, National Immigration Law Center
Claire Sylvan: Executive Director and founder of Internationals Network for Public Schools
Sandra: New York State Youth Leadership Council.

The DREAM Act is unprecedented legislation that provides a path to permanent residency and eventual citizenship for undocumented immigrant youth who have grown up in the United States and who complete two years of higher education or military service. The DREAM Act would acknowledge the contribution that hardworking immigrant students make to our country. With a new Congress and with strong bipartisan support, the DREAM Act could become reality this year.

Sponsored by the New York City Bar Immigration and Nationality Committee and by the New York Immigration Coalition

Sincerely,

Angie Cardenas

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    • Immigration Reform Letter to President Barack Obama



      The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States Washington, DC

      Dear Mr. President:

      We congratulate you on your historic victory and the mandate for change that came so clearly out of your election this past November. As Hispanic Evangelical leaders and pastors of churches around the country, we stand ready to do our part to realize the promise of change. In our communities, an essential part of that change means enacting just and humane immigration reform.

      We are leaders serving a diverse spectrum of churches, but we are united in the belief that every human being is created in the image of God. We take seriously the Gospel’s call to treat the foreigner with respect and compassion. Acting on this call means raising a public voice for immigration reform as a moral and spiritual issue.

      When our current approaches leave families afraid to send their children to school, go to the grocery store, talk to the police during an emergency, or even answer a knock at the door, regardless of the nature of their immigration status, we must speak up. A divided, polarized, and frightened community works in complete contrast to the message of Christ’s love and reconciliation we strive to communicate in our world.

      Congress’s failure to pass immigration reform in 2007 has only exacerbated the problem, confusing enforcement procedures at the state and local level and contributing to a climate where hateful rhetoric dominates the national dialogue. It was exactly this climate that drove so many Hispanic voters to the polls in November. Our community turned out to vote in record numbers, largely motivated by the negative rhetoric of the immigration debates in 2006 and 2007. We are looking for a solution.

      We were encouraged by your campaign promise to act on immigration reform in the first year of your administration and we commit to working with you to achieve this goal. We urge an end to raids that divide and terrorize families and support a comprehensive reform that would prioritize family unity so husbands, wives, parents and children won’t be forced to wait years to reunite with their loved ones. We must effectively enforce our borders and restore the rule of law in this country, but we must also look with compassion upon the immigrants who are here.

      We pray that your administration will work with Congress to take action on comprehensive immigration reform by Thanksgiving of 2009. As Americans we must not forget our history and values as a welcoming nation. It’s time for our country to come together so that all members of our society can share in the responsibility and the promise of making America the best it can be.

      Sincerely,

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