10:27 AM
CAUSA Communications Department
MEDIA ADVISORY
June 20, 2011
Contact:
Francisco Lopez, Executive Director, 503.984.6816
Erik Sorensen, Communications Director, 503.488.0263
Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez to speak at Woodburn Gathering on June 27th
Woodburn, Ore. -- On Monday, June 27th, Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez will speak at a community meeting in Woodburn, Oregon. Congressman Gutierrez is a strong advocate for immigrant families and has worked tirelessly for passage of comprehensive immigration reform, legalization and the DREAM Act.
This will be the first time in Oregon history that a national leader on immigration reform will visit our state.
Congressman Gutierrez is traveling the nation on a Campaign for American Children & Families Tour to speak about:
- Passage of the DREAM Act for our youth
- Legalization & Comprehensive Immigration Reform for Immigrant Families
- The need for President Obama to sign an executive order stopping deportations and the separation of families
Community Meeting for Immigrant Families w/ Guest Speaker Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL)Date & Time: Monday, June 27 at 6:00 p.m.
Location:
Woodburn High School
1785 North Front Street
Woodburn, OR 97071
This event is being sponsored by CAUSA Oregon, Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), Latinos Unidos Siempre, Mano a Mano Family Center, Salem Keizer Coalition for Equality, Mujeres Luchadoras Progresistas, and Voz Hispana Causa Chavista.
CAUSA, Oregon's Immigrant Rights Coalition, is the largest Latino and Latina civil and human rights and advocacy organization in the Pacific Northwest. We work to defend and advance immigrant rights through coordination with local, state, and national coalitions and allies. For more information, visit www.causaoregon.org
Posted in: Campaign for American Children and Families Tour,Congressman Luis Gutierrez,Events
2 comments:
Obama, please halt the deportations. You have nothing to lose and
everything to gain by stopping senseless deportations of parents and
spouses of American citizens. There no person in their right mind will
object that breaking American families through deportations is a new
form of genocide against your own American citizens. You want to punish
people for crossing the border
or overstaying the visa, and you are right to do so. But choose the
punishment that doesn't translates in to orphaning the American children
and splitting American middle class families. You are leaving
American children with no mother and/or father everyday. You are afraid
to act because of what a few hate driven Republicans are saying. Just
read the blogs on immigration. Some people speak pure hate, their
remarks violates current laws and any human
principals, they go as far as proposing to deport American citizen
children along with their parents. Your inaction on immigration reform makes me think that you are promoting hate, discrimination and genocide in the American society.
We gave you the power in 2008, use it. You will not get another chance.
Mr. Gutierrez, Obama is a one term president. The question is who will
come after him. I think you should announce your and Hispanic Caucus
commitment to repeal Obamacare. You voted "yes" only because Obama
promised that Immigration Reform is coming shortly after. Work with Republicans on repealing Obamacare in exchange for their cooperation with immigration issues. You will be able to pass a DREAM act and legalize American citizen's immediate family members.
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