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12/21/2017

Want to know what you can do to defend Dreamers today? Call Senator Murphy (CT) and ask him not to vote to fund the government if it does not include provisions to protect Dreamers!

Hartford: (860) 549-8463
Washington DC: (202) 224-4041

These calls are so so important and really make a difference!

01/27/2017

Representative DeLauro released a statement a couple of days ago supporting immigrants and standing against Donald Trump's anti-immigrant executive actions. We need more champions like this--email her office or post on twitter to thank her!

Twitter:

FB: Rosa DeLauro

Email: https://delauro.house.gov/contact

https://delauro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/delauro-slams-trump-s-demoralizing-anti-immigrant-policies

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today released the following statement condemning President Trump’s recently announced immigration policies, which would strip federal funding from sanctuary cities such as New Haven, break-up immigrant families, build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and suspe...

11/15/2016

In the wake of this election, many fear deportation under President-elect Donald J. Trump's administration. If you haven't already, sign this letter to make Yale University a Sanctuary Campus!

https://docs.google.com/a/yale.edu/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJwi-J7pAJ1qIU5gsrgsMUZoI8RlqaXNdItlvDGZQU0enUgw/viewform

Peter Salovey, President Ben P***k, Provost Dear President Salovey and Provost P***k: In the wake of the recent Presidential election, we, Yale University students, write to demand that you investigate the possibility of our campus serving as a sanctuary for students, staff, and their family members...

11/02/2016

Juan Valencia:
"I was born in Colombia and my family immigrated to the United States in 1999. My parents chose to live in a country whose language they did not speak and whose sociopolitical system frequently disrespects the rights of foreigners and minorities, in order to work so that their children might have greater opportunities than they would have had in their native country. Their decision to immigrate is a privilege and a responsibility that I have inherited; it is part of a story common to thousands of first-generation immigrants and their families, who live all over this country, contribute to its society, and continue to struggle for the same dignities afforded to others that do the same. "

11/02/2016

Lane To:
"I'm not an immigrant, but both of my parents are. They came here because they were worried about what would happen when Communist China regained control of Hong Kong. My mom was a doctor in China, and my dad had a good job working at an electronics company. They could've ended up a lot better off in China/Hong Kong, but they decided to come to the US so they could live without fear of persecution at the hands of the Chinese government. Once they got here, they opened up a Chinese restaurant and worked long hours until they could afford the comfortable life we have now. As someone who is very aware and critical of the numerous flaws in American society, it's easy to take the freedom that comes with life in America for granted, but I'm really grateful for all the sacrifices my parents have made so that I can live as freely as I do now. "

11/02/2016

David Schwartz:
"My immigration story started with my grandma. Shortly after Hi**er came to power in Germany, my young grandma and her parents left their entire livelihoods at home in a small village outside Bratislava in Czechoslovakia, and became refugees of World War II. While the rest of her family remained and mostly perished, she persevered and found her way through Ellis Island to New York City, where she struggled to find work and lived in a small cramped tenement with her parents. Many people don't seem to remember that the Jews who managed to escape N**i Occupied Europe were in fact refugees, and were not dissimilar to the refugees of today, but their stories are eerily similar, and I know that grandma's strength, which I strive to exude in my everyday life, is the same strength that immigrant and refugee families from across the world exhibit everyday."

11/02/2016

Edward Antonio Pérez:
"Am I an immigrant? I was born in Europe to American parents. My mother is an immigrant, although she is from Puerto Rico. My father is a second-generation American. Both are professionals who were working as ex-pats in Europe, where I was born and lived for a couple of months before moving to Detroit. My first language was Spanglish.

I don't know how to put this all together but real talk immigration is the most important part of the USA. From going to high school with 2,000 immigrants to returning to La Patria to meet my family, we are proud, important, and deserve the utmost respect for the sacrifices we have made."

11/02/2016

Danya Levy:
"Without immigration, my family would not exist. Various generations, in various time periods, immigrated to the United States and Argentina from Eastern Europe to escape the Holocaust, pogroms, and poverty. We have contributed to and become a part of this country. My identity as an American is founded on my identity as coming from a family of immigrants."

11/02/2016

Pablo Suarez:
"I lived 12 years without my mom because the immigration system did not allow her to claim her children, and bring us to the U.S. I strongly believe that the immigration system needs improvement in order to prevent the separation of many immigrant families. I was lucky enough to gain legal residency to the U.S, but there are many children who are living away from their parents. As you are reading, many parents are being deported destroying families, and leaving children alone and untaken care of. "

11/02/2016

Tyler Hart:
"My paternal grandparents were both immigrants from Eastern Europe (Belarus and Hungary), but I don't have very much connection to that culture. My dad was raised Jewish but stopped observing very early in his life, and his family didn't speak Russian or anything else to be more American. Also, his parents changed their last names when they came to the US for the same reason (my grandpa changed his name from Winoker (or some spelling) to Wiener, which meant "from Vienna." Unfortunately, this word came to mean something very different, so I have the last name Hart because my dad didn't want me or my brother growing up with his last name. So there's another disconnect from my heritage). As for the immigration system, I think it's a mess and unfair, but I don't know much about it. My church (Unitarian Universalist) was recently discussing becoming a sanctuary for an undocumented immigrant, but I don't know how that discussion ended."

11/01/2016

Newlyn Joseph:
"Immigration has and will continue to be fundamental to the success and growth of our nation. Our current, hostile immigration climate does not reflect a stark departure from any prior accepting attitude towards immigrants. Said attitude never existed and this notion that America has only recently adopted an insular stance must be dispelled in order to make any true gains related to immigration."

11/01/2016

Pamela Banner:
"I am not personally an immigrant, but my parents were able to come to the US with their British and Peruvian heritages and create a life here informed by all three cultures. The opportunity to live and succeed here, I believe, belongs to anyone who is willing to positively contribute to the country."