TO DO: Immigration/Deportation
Source: Florida Immigration Coalition


http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50599/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10144

Help stop the deportation of a community member:

[For Spanish, see: http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50599/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10579

Some of you have probably heard about Jesus Guevara.

He was born on Christmas, and came to the U.S. 23 years ago to bring his parents out of poverty in Mexico. He's dedicated his life in this country to sustaining Florida's agriculture industry and raising a beautiful family of 5 children with his wife in the home that he owns in Lakeland. 4 of these children are U.S. citizens.

After being placed on an ICE hold during a wrongful arrest by the Sheriff's office in 2007, who mistook him for someone of a different last name born 2 years earlier, held him in custody without a warrant and forced him to strip in search of tatoos he's never had, Jesus has been fighting a deportation for a few years now for the sake of his family.

Recently, his 13-year-old son, Jesus Jr, was referred by authorities to urgent medical and psychological treatment due to his depression and anxiety knowing that his father could be taken away.

THIS THURSDAY, Jesus will go to south Florida to submit an application to the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Office requesting another extension to his Stay of Removal while congress debates immigration reform (S.744) which he would be eligibile for, if passed.

CAN YOU HELP JESUS?

• We're looking for a lawyer, a faith leader, a reporter, and U.S. citizens who could accompany Jesus when he goes to submit his application to the ERO office in Plantation on Thursday.
• We are looking for a family custody lawyer who could help us develop a contingency plan for the children's well-being if his father gets deported.
• We need to get as many people as possible to sign Jesus' petition:

http://tinyurl.com/HelpJesusNOW

• We need community members to call Senator Rubio's office telling them:

"Jesus Guevara of Lakeland is scheduled to be deported May 7. THIS THURSDAY, he is filing an application for an extension of his Stay of Removal. Jesus would be eligible for Rubio's bill in congress if passed into law. Will Senator Rubio intervene to help this beneficiary of Senate bill 744 before its too late?"

Senator Rubio's DC Office: (202) 224 - 3041

Senator Rubio's Orlando Office: (407) 254 - 2573

[FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SEND A MESSAGE TO SEN. RUBIO AND NELSON, SEE: http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50599/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10144