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Urgent need to provide mental health services to immigrants in response to Trump’s State-terrorism
By: Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos, CMSC President and CEO ~ July 19, 2019
The CMSC calls upon policymakers at all levels to respond to the State-terrorism targeted and inflicted by President Trump’s hateful and anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Heydi Gámez García, a 13-year-old Honduran teenager who recently committed suicide after being separated from her father, is not the only human tragedy being faced by the immigrant community, which is under siege by the increasing xenophobia coming from the White House on a daily basis.
This trauma is affecting all segments of the immigrant population but in particular the youngest in our community.
Thus, we call upon school districts and academics to immediately address this crisis and to develop plans and policies to respond through mental health interventions for immigrant students and parents.
This call to action is also based on our experience with the psychological suffering of Dreamers due to their binational experiences and inability to reconnect with their loved ones abroad, which also needs critical attention by educational, mental health and social services institutions.
Through the CMSC’s 3rd phase of our National Campaign to Restore DACA’s Advance Parole, we have already received several applications from DACA recipients that involve the passing and/or imminent loss of family members that they are unable to attend, due to the Trump government’s refusal to authorize humanitarian travel abroad.
Heydi Gámez García: PRESENTE !!!
Articles related to Heydi Gamez's Case:
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Honduran girl grew tired Trump's Immigration Policy, hanged herself
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Profe's 70th Birthday Fundraiser
Left to Right: Citlalli Ortiz, Armando Godinez, Mayra Garibo, Armando Vazquez-Ramos, Miriam Delgado, Lidieth Arevalo
In honor of Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos’ upcoming 70th birthday this August 10, 2019, the CMSC Team would like to ask for your support to our Advance Parole Applications Fund Drive that aims to restore DACA’s Advance Parole.
“Profe”, as many of us like to warmly call him, is a leader and an activist who has been promoting educational opportunities for the Chicano/Mexican and Latino population for more than 50 years;
For this very reason, we would like to take this opportunity to honor Profe’s legacy and commitment to undocumented immigrants and Dreamers. In doing so, we would like to ask for you to donate and support our campaign fund drive!
Any amount will help us move closer to our goal and continue our advocacy to fully restore Advance Parole for DACA recipients.
La lucha sigue!
– The CMSC Team,
Lidieth Arevalo, Citlalli Ortiz, Mayra Garibo, Miriam Delgado, Luz Vazquez and Armando Godinez.
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National Campaign to Restore DACA's Advance Parole Join us this Wednesday at 6pm PST, we will be answering all your questions on Facebook Live. Click on the this link that will direct you to our Facebook: facebook.com/california.mexico.center
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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!
Any DACA recipients interested in applying to be part of the program can apply from July 1 - July 31, 2019 by clicking on the button below:APPLY HERE
For more information click here
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Advance Parole Voices
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BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Given the great success of our recent advocacy efforts to restore DACA’s Advance Parole in Washington, D.C., The CMSC has launched an Advance Parole Application Fund Drive for DACA recipients that have urgent reasons to apply for humanitarian Advance Parole, to tend to loved ones suffering from serious illness but cannot afford to pay the $575 application fee.
Consequently, we are raising funds to allow Dreamers to apply for Advance Parole, although the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is currently denying this benefit, to pressure them and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to follow the court orders that reinstated DACA and to increase the awareness of Congress about the humanitarian cases and real-life stories behind Dreamer’s need for Advance Parole.
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