As of 4 pm today, December 19, Dreamers are sitting in at the offices of a number of Congress members. For live coverage from inside the office, go here:
http://weareheretostay.org/dreamact-sitins/
Seven Dreamers in jail are on hunger strike to press for vote on DACA
http://weareheretostay.org/dreamact-sitins/
Seven Dreamers in jail are on hunger strike to press for vote on DACA
By CBS News
A group of Dreamers -- including a former Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign staffer, Erika Andiola -- have been on a hunger strike since they were arrested Friday after a sit-in at the Capitol, at the office of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The Dreamers are vowing to continue their hunger strike until Schumer and GOP Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Florida win enough votes in the Senate and the House to delay a vote on the spending bill and force a vote on a clean DREAM Act. They're pushing for a vote on such a bill on Dec. 22, the date when lawmakers must pass a new spending bill in order to avert a government shutdown.
A spokesperson for Andiola, Candice Fortin, told The Slot that the group was arrested for staying at the building after-hours, technically for what was considered unlawful entry. Neither Schumer nor Curbelo was in his office during the protest.[…]
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Jailed Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike Until Congress Passes
a ‘Clean’ Dream Act
By Carlos Ballesteros, Newsweek
December 19, 2017
A group of Dreamers claim to have gone on hunger strike in a
Washington, D.C., jail until Congress commits to forego passing an
end-of-the-year spending bill without a "clean" DREAM Act.
According to a statement provided to The Slot, the seven
Dreamers and an ally to their cause were arrested on Friday during sit-ins at
the offices of Senator Chuck Schumer, the leading Democrat in the chamber, and
Representative Carlos Curbelo, a pro-immigrant Republican.[…]
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New Petition to End ICE's Courthouse Arrests in New York
In addition to the online
petition from New York City Democratic Socialists of America (NYC DSA),
Change.org has started its own petition demanding that New York Chief Judge
DiFiore bar ICE from courthouses to prevent further detentions of immigrants
when they try to appear in court.—TPOI editor
Sign the petition here:
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