Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

NEWS RELEASE - COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 8, 2009

Contact: Jorge-Mario Cabrera, 562.243.5559

Parting Blow by the Bush Administration
---Attorney General’s decision eliminates due process for immigrants---

Los Angeles, CA – The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) condemned the latest Bush Administration attempt to undermine constitutional principles of due process for immigrants and called it inhumane.

NEWS RELEASE - COMUNICADO DE PRENSA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 6, 2008
Contacts: Jorge-Mario Cabrera, 562.243.5559
Anike Tourse, 213.210.6735

Congress Sends Strong Message with Passage
Of Trafficking Victims Protection Act
---Funds will help combat exploitation of women, children, and immigrants---

Los Angeles, CA – The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) celebrated the passage in congress of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Act. House of Representatives bill (HR7311) proposed $7.5 million for victim assistance and increases the focus on combating trafficking in children. The legislation also included provisions to make it easier for victims to remain in the U.S.

Courtesy of Univision News:

Beginning, January 19, 2009, please write a letter to President Barak Obama congratulating him on his victory and urging him to use his executive power to stop the ICE raids on undocumented immigrants. He should receive thousands of letters from us beginning January 21, his first day in office.

This is a sample letter:

January 19, 2009

President Barak Obama
The White House
Washington, DC

Dear President Obama:

Congratulations on your recent victory. I would like to wish you the best in these very difficult times.

I also would like to request that in recognition of the countless immigrant contributions to this country, please use your executive powers to order a cease to the ICE raids that are separating families and causing further instability in our economy.