Faith Action for Immigrant Detainees

Interfaith Coalition on Immigration Monthly Faith Action for Immigrant Detainees

Sunday, December 5, 2010, 2:30-3:00pm
Ramsey County Adult Detention Center
425 Grove Street, St. Paul MN

Host: Church World Service—Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Join community members of faith and conscience who advocate for immigrants and immigration reform as we gather to show support to those detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Ramsey County Detention Center. Help call attention to our nation’s broken immigration system and the need for immigration reform now.

The Center is on Grove Street, 2 blocks north of East Seventh Street, at Lafayette Road, on St. Paul’s East Side. (Take the Seventh Street exit from east-bound Interstate 94 and proceed east to Lafayette Road, then turn left onto Lafayette; free parking in lot in front of detention center.)

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Sponsored by: Church World Service—CIR, Jewish Community Action, Edina Community Lutheran Church, El Milagro/The Miracle Lutheran Church, Faith Mennonite Church, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Interfaith Center for Worker’s Justice, Asamblea de Derechos Civiles, Interfaith Coalition on Immigration, Immigration Task Force for MN UCC Conference, Misseo Dei Community, Resource Center of the Americas, St. Luke Presbyterian Church, Advocates for Human Rights, Justice Commission of the Sisters of St. Joseph, WAMM Immigration Committee

Action Alert – DREAM Act

GET READY TO CALL IN YOUR SUPPORT of the DREAM ACT!

Senator Reid tweeted “I will move the DREAM Act as a standalone bill in the lame duck. It’s good for the economy & Pentagon says good for natl security.”  A Reid spokesman said that no date had been set for a vote, but that Reid had been speaking to his Democratic colleagues throughout the week about holding the vote. In addition, House Speaker Pelosi has also promised a DREAM Act vote in the House.

BE READY TO CALL by putting this number into your cell phone: 202-224-3121. When you call, ask to be transferred to your Senators and Representatives. You will be transferred to the receptionist of each office. Tell them, “I support the DREAM Act. This is a nonpartisan bill that does the right thing for undocumented students and will strengthen America.”

Thank you to Rev. John Gutterman from Church World Service for passing this information along to the Task Force.

Mark your calendars!

The Task Force is recommending UCC Churches in Minnesota celebrate Immigration Sunday on January 15, 2011.

We will share more information as the date draws nearer, but for now–mark your calendars!