American Friends Service Committee

[From an immigration march & press conference we had earlier this year in NJ. More about the Newark Immigrants Rights Program at http://afsc.org/office/newark-nj]

Speaking out for humane immigration reform is one of the many ways we can speak out against private profit governing public policy. You can learn more on Oct 30 at our online discussion on border militarization. For more details and to RSVP visit http://afsc.org/hangout

Learn more about how private companies are profiting off of and shaping immigration policy & how to take action at our online discussion “Boots on the Border” Oct 30. Details at http://www.afsc.org/hangout

Immigration detainees watch from inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement bus while “dreamers” try to block it last week as it left an ICE building in Phoenix. The detainees were headed for a detention center in Eloy for possible deportation.

Last Wednesday, four protesters belonging to the Arizona Dream Act Coalition were arrested after locking and chaining themselves to a gate outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Phoenix. Two more protesters were arrested after blocking a bus leaving the facility with a group of undocumented immigrants.

Full article here: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20130825immigration-reform-dreamers-tactics-awareness.html

We need your help to continue to put pressure on legislators to pass fair and humane immigration reform! You can click this link for three ways to take action for humane immigration reform: http://bit.ly/3action

“Nine immigration activists were freed Wednesday from the Eloy Detention Center after more than two weeks of being held in federal custody for attempting to cross the border from Mexico to the U.S. in protest of American immigration policy.”

Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2013/08/08/dream-released-from-immigration-detention-in-arizona/#ixzz2bOdDM2Rd

45,000 parents of U.S. citizen children were deported in the first half of 2011, leaving thousands of children to grow up without at least one parent. Is this what we mean by security?

Download the full flyer of our 7 principles of humane and fair immigration reform free at http://www.afsc.org/monarch

Day 3 of 7 as we unroll our 7 principles of fair, humane immigration reform.

Download the full flyer free athttp://www.afsc.org/monarch .