Protect Immigrant rights: Ask your Senator to vote against measures that threaten due process
PROTECT IMMIGRANT RIGHTSÂ
Contact Your Senator:
LOCAL ACTION in Milwaukee - 3/23 10am/ 6th St. Bridge
A DAY WITHOUT LATINOS (alert sent to WNPJ by Peace Action WI - peace@peaceactionwi.org)
JOIN THE HISTORIC MARCH ACROSS THE 6TH STREET BRIDGE TO PROTEST THE RACIST ATTACKS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS AND LATINOS. TAKE A DAY OFF WORK TO MAKE YOUR PRESENCE KNOWN.
THURSDAY MARCH 23, 2006
10:00AM
VOCES DE LA FRONTERA
1027S 5TH ST
MILWAUKEE, WI
STOP IMMIGRANT BASHING
STOP RACISM
IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
IF NOT HERE, WHERE?
IF NOT US, WHO?
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 414-643-1620
NATIONAL ACTION
What's Happening in the Senate: The Senate Judiciary Committee is
reviewing an immigration bill (the Chairman's Mark) proposed by Senator
Arlen Specter. The bill currently contains provisions on mandatory and
indefinite detention, limitations on access to the courts, and
criminalization of undocumented immigrants. Basic rights to due
process, a fair trial, and freedom from arbitrary and indefinite
detention are threatened by these provisions.
reviewing an immigration bill (the Chairman's Mark) proposed by Senator
Arlen Specter. The bill currently contains provisions on mandatory and
indefinite detention, limitations on access to the courts, and
criminalization of undocumented immigrants. Basic rights to due
process, a fair trial, and freedom from arbitrary and indefinite
detention are threatened by these provisions.
Timeline:The Senate Judiciary Committee will continue reviewing the
Chairman's Mark on March 15th and 16th.If the Senate Judiciary
Committee has not yet agreed to a bill by March 27th, Senator Frist has
threatened to bring his own bill to the floor of the Senate.The Frist
bill will probably include many of the House passed Sensenbrenner-King
enforcement provisions that impact the right to due process and other
rights.
Chairman's Mark on March 15th and 16th.If the Senate Judiciary
Committee has not yet agreed to a bill by March 27th, Senator Frist has
threatened to bring his own bill to the floor of the Senate.The Frist
bill will probably include many of the House passed Sensenbrenner-King
enforcement provisions that impact the right to due process and other
rights.
Contact Your Senator:
Ask your Senator to vote against measures that
threaten due process, such as: indefinite and mandatory detention,
criminalization of the undocumented, and court-stripping provisions.
Visit www.rightsworkinggroup.org to contact your Senator and urge them to
protect civil liberties and human rights in any immigration reform
legislation passed by Congress.For more information regarding due
process concerns and the Chairman's Mark, please see the following
summaries.
ACLU's Memo of Concerns: www.aclu.org/immigrants/gen/24336leg20060301.html
Detention Watch Network's Overview:
http://detentionwatchnetwork.org/sites/detentionwatchnetwork.org/files/Overview%20of%20proposals%20for%20distribution%202-Final.doc
National Immigration Forum:
www.immigrationforum.org/documents/PolicyWire/Legislation/MissesMark_DueProcess.pdf
threaten due process, such as: indefinite and mandatory detention,
criminalization of the undocumented, and court-stripping provisions.
Visit www.rightsworkinggroup.org to contact your Senator and urge them to
protect civil liberties and human rights in any immigration reform
legislation passed by Congress.For more information regarding due
process concerns and the Chairman's Mark, please see the following
summaries.
ACLU's Memo of Concerns: www.aclu.org/immigrants/gen/24336leg20060301.html
Detention Watch Network's Overview:
http://detentionwatchnetwork.org/sites/detentionwatchnetwork.org/files/Overview%20of%20proposals%20for%20distribution%202-Final.doc
National Immigration Forum:
www.immigrationforum.org/documents/PolicyWire/Legislation/MissesMark_DueProcess.pdf
MORE INFO FROM DEMOCRACY NOW!
Over 100,000 March in Chicago to Protest Immigration Reform Bill in One of
Biggest Pro-Immigrant Rallies in U.S. History *
Over 100,000 marchers took to the streets of Chicago last Friday to fight a
bill that would rewrite the nation's immigration laws. The march marked one
of the biggest pro-immigrant rallies in U.S. history. We discuss the
implications of the bill with discuss the demonstration with a member of one
of the many organizations that spearheaded the event.
Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/14/1456247
Biggest Pro-Immigrant Rallies in U.S. History *
Over 100,000 marchers took to the streets of Chicago last Friday to fight a
bill that would rewrite the nation's immigration laws. The march marked one
of the biggest pro-immigrant rallies in U.S. history. We discuss the
implications of the bill with discuss the demonstration with a member of one
of the many organizations that spearheaded the event.
Listen/Watch/Read
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/14/1456247
link to an article saying 200, 000 rally in Chicago for Immigrant Rights