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NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO RESTORE ADVANCE PAROLE FOR DACA WASHINGTON, DC - JAN.14-17, 2019
The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC)'s Campaign to Restore Advance Parole for DACA recipients is moving forward to the national level during January 14-17, 2019 in Washington, D.C. and you are invited to join us!
On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Congress members Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Nanette Barragán (CA-44) led a coalition of 14 Members of Congress on a letter urging Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen to restore the ability of DACA recipients to travel abroad with an Advance Parole authorization.
We believe that continued denial of Advance Parole for DACA recipients is causing irreparable harm, it's inhumane and discriminatory. For that reason, we are committed to take our advocacy to the national level, motivated by the support and leadership of Reps. Alan Lowenthal and Nanette Barragán.
The CMSC plans to take a delegation of Dreamers to Washington, D.C. during January 14-17, to mobilize increased congressional support, and meet with DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
OUR WASHINGTON, D.C. ACTION PLAN:
The CMSC proposes the following action plan:
- Secure more congressional signatures for the Alan Lowenthal and Nanette Barragán letter by new members of congress who start on January 3, 2019.
- Secure a complimentary advocacy letter from the U.S. Senate.
- Host a seminar on Advance Parole in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 15
- Convene mobilization days on January 16 and 17, 2019
WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT:
- SIGN OUR PETITION
- PARTICIPATE: If you are in the DC-area, we need you to show up at our seminar and mobilization day on Jan. 15 and 17, 2019. Please, sign up and indicate if you need travel assistance.
- DONATE: Help us help others to be there and for us to continue expanding the Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole for Dreamers. You can donate here or click on the donate button below.
- SPONSOR: Sponsor or helps us secure sponsors to defray the travel and operational costs of the campaign and our mobilization in Washington, D.C.
- ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT: We need organizations to Sign our petition in support of the Lowenthal / Barragán letter and the Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole for Dreamers.
BUT WE NEED EVERYONE'S HELP AND SUPPORT !!!
Please help us continue our work towards restoring Advance Parole for DACA recipients!
MAKE YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TODAY!
Check out our CrowdRise Campaign, or donate here.
For more information and media inquiries:
Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos | Cell: (562) 972-0986
californiamexicocenter@gmail.com | www.california-mexicocenter.org
Visit our campaign website: www.advanceparole.org
Follow the cause on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
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Dreamers seek to reactivate DACA's Advance Parole travel permit through congress
EFE-USA ~ December 21, 2018
Los Angeles, California (EFEUSA)-- A group of young activists from California will visit federal congress members during January 15-18, 2019, in search of support to reactivate "advance parole," the permit for so-called "dreamers" to travel abroad and return to the U.S. legally, one of the organizers told Efe today.
Members of the California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC), based in Long Beach, California are advancing a campaign to reactivate the permit, suspended by the federal government together with the DACA program in September 2017.
California congress members Alan Lowenthal and Nanette Barragán, lead a coalition of 14 members of the House of Representatives, which sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on December 11, 2018, requesting the reactivation of advance parole for Dreamers.
Read Full Article in English and Spanish here
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Aside from taking over 160 Dreamers to study in Mexico as part of aunique study abroad program for DACA recipients, the California-Mexico Studies Center has a long history of projects and programs that have helped create awareness about the importance of Advance Parole for DACA recipients, including the production of:
Advance Parole (2018) - DOCUMENTARY
A 30-minute documentary that follows Mayra Garibo's plight to re-establish Advance Parole for all Dreamers and to be able to reunite with her family in times of hardship... Watch Here
Dreamers: Aquí y Allá - THEATER PLAY
A play produced by the California Repertory Company and CSULB's Theater Arts Department in collaboration with the CMSC. Featuring testimonials of our very own California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program participants, the play invites the question of who gets to dream the American Dream... Watch Here
Advance Parole Voices - VIDEO SERIES
A short documentary video series that features stories, voices and testimonies from DACA recipients who traveled with Advance Parole, and those Dreamers who have been denied the travel authorization since the administrative suspension of AP... Watch Here
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