Vigil to Rein in ICE/Vigilia para Ponerle un Alto a ICE!

ACTION DENOUNCING ICE

Last week, the Washington Post reported that a leaked memo revealed that ICE has issued enforcement quotas for officers—ignoring earlier pledges to keep enforcement focused only on criminals and abusive employers. This will lead to ICE targeting more hard-working immigrants and their families.

JOIN SEIU, MIRAC, THE INTERFAITH COALITION ON IMMIGRATION, AND OTHER ALLIES FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AT A VIGIL TO REIN IN ICE!

Friday April 9th 11:30am
Outside Hennepin County Jail

ACCION DENUNCIANDO ICE

La semana pasada, el Washington Post reporto que un memo filtrado mostro que ICE ha establecido cuotas de enforzamiento para sus oficiales – ignorando las promesas que hicieron antes de mantener el enfoque del enforzamiento en los criminales y los empleadores abusivos. Esto llevara a ICE a enfocarse mas en inmigrantes que trabajan duro, y sus familias.

UNESE CON SEIU, MIRAC, COALICION INTERFE SOBRE LA INMIGRACION, Y OTROS ALIADOS POR DERECHOS IMIGRANTES EN UNA VIGILIA PARA PONERLE UN ALTO A ICE!

Viernes 9 de Abril 11:30am
Afuera de la carcel del condado de Hennepin

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¡Marcha! – 1ro de mayo Día Internacional del Trabajo/May 1st International Workers Day March!

May 1 march flyer PDF | PDF del volante 1 de mayo

MIRAc, Mujeres en Liderazgo, the Workers Interfaith Network, La Asemblea de Derechos Civiles, Mujeres Levantando Mujeres, fmln-MN, and allies as we are planning for our May 1st International Workers Day March during this critical moment in the immigrant rights movement.  Comprehensive immigration reform is at a make or break point and we are going to be doing everything we can to have the biggest march possible this year in support of 1) Legalization For All and 2) Equal Rights. We feel its important that we stick to a strong message that pushes those in power to be bold in their support of justice and equality as they try to work out the details about what immigration reform will actually look like. Please help spread the word. See you on May 1st! La lucha sigue!

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Tea-Party Prankster Robert Erickson and Other European Illegals Attempt to Self-Deport at ICE

Members of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Coalition and local decolonization activists took part in the action, which highlighted the hypocrisy of ICE this Thanksgiving season in targeting undocumented immigrants of color through workplace and house raids, while turning a blind eye to the original illegal immigrants–Europeans.

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Dakota Activists and MIRAc Serve A Deportation Notice – Action at Department of Homeland Security’s Immigrant Community and Civil Liberties Round Table

http://tc.indymedia.org/2009/may/dakota-activists-and-mirac-serve-deportation-notice-action-department-homeland-security%E2%80%99s

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May 1st – 4 pm – Minneapolis – International Workers Day march & street festival

Small size flyers for leafletting:

May 1 quarter-page flyer – English

1 de mayo – volante pequeno – Espanol

Spread the word!

May 1st 2009 – International Workers Day
Minneapolis March and Street Festival

March: 4 pm – Lake Street & 13th Ave
Street Festival: 5-8 pm – Nicollet Ave & 29th Street

(More details on the street festival coming soon!)

United for International Workers Day since 1886

* Stop the Raids & Deportations
* Immediate & Unconditional Legalization for All
* Drivers Licenses for All
* Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

Join us!

Small size flyers for leafletting:

May 1 quarter-page flyer – English

1ro de mayo – volante pequeno – Espanol

Help plan and do outreach for May 1st!
May 1st Coalition Meeting: Wednesday, April 22, 6 pm at Waite House, 2529 13th Ave S, Minneapolis.

Initiated by MIRAc and organized by the May 1st Coalition.

Join the MIRAc announcement email list:
http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mn- immrts/

MIRAc website: http://mirac1. wordpress. com
MIRAc facebook group: http://www.facebook .com/group. php?gid=44134988 988

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Alto a las redadas y deportacions | Volante de MIRAc – febrero 2009

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Saturday 1/24 – MIRAc Presentation on Postville | Sabado 1/24 – presentacion sobre Postville

Hello everyone! Tomorrow a few of us will be presenting on the aftermath of the immigration raids that happened in Postville, IA in May 2008. See below for more information. It will be at the Resource Center of the Americas, 3019 Minnehaha Ave, (corner of Minnehaha and Lake behind the liquor store) Suite 20 (basement). The presentation will begin at 10:00. Coffee provided! Please come and bring friends!!!

Hola a todas/os!! Manana vamos a dar una pequena presentacion sobre la situacion actual del pueblo de Postville, IA despues de la redadas que paso en Mayo 2008. Ve abajo para mas informacion (perdon que este en ingles). La presentacion estara en the Resource Center of the Americas (3019 Minnehaha Ave, (la esquina de Minnehaha and Lake atras de la tienda de alcohol) Suite 20 (al fondo). La presentacion comenzara a las 10:00. Cafe estara servido! Por favor ven y traigan sus amigas/os!!

Mas informacion:

May 12, 2008, Postville, IA was home to the now 2nd largest Immigration raid in the U.S. (behind Laurel, Mississippi). Around 390 people were arrested from their worksite, Agroprocessors, Inc. Eight months later, the local faith community is declaring a humanitarian crisis. Hundreds of people are without work, without electricity, facing eviction and dependent on the local food shelf. After passing months in detention centers around the country, many have been deported already, their famlies left to fend for themselves under the vigilance of ICE. Others are being forced to stay on in Iowa, with tracking bracelets on their ankles, until the Agroprocessors trial, which will likely not occur until September, 2009. On December 28th, a Solidarity caravan traveled from Minneapolis to Iowa with vans full of food as a sign of solidarity and support across borders. The aftermath of this raid was harsher than many had imagined. Those that participated in the caravan promised to bear witness to this tragedy as well as continue reaching hands across borders in any way possible. Please come listen to their account and see in what way we can all be involved. Saturday, January 24th at 10:00 am

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Caravana de Solidaridad con Postville

PDF del volante para imprimir:

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PDF of flyer to print:

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Protesta – alto a las redadas – viernes 24 oct – 4:30 – 6 pm

Haz clik aqui para el volante (PDF) para la protesta en contra de la redadas 24 octubre – Minneapolis

Únete a la Protesta

¡Alto a las redadas y deportaciones!

Esta semana han hecho redadas de migración en St. James y Madelia, MN

Únete a la protesta en contra de estas redadas y deportaciones en Minnesota

Viernes, 24 de octubre

4:30 – 6:00 pm

Bloomington y Lake Street, Minneapolis

¡Digamos NO a las redadas y deportaciones!

Protesta organizada por MIRAc

(651) 389-9174 | http://www.MNImmigrantRights.Net

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(in English below)

Durante los ultimos dias, ICE ha hecho redadas en varias casas en St. James y Madelia, pueblos que quedan dos horas al sur de los Twin Cities. Hasta ahora han detenido entre 30-60 personas, y segun reportes, ICE va a quedar por alli hasta el viernes. Varias personas han reportado casos de abusos graves durante las redadas. No nos vamos a quedar callados mientras ICE aterroriza a nuestros comunidades…apoyan una respuesta coordinadad de los Twin Cities:

Reunion de emergencia para responder a las redadas

Donde: Waite House, 2529 13th Ave. S., Mpls
Cuando: Jueves, 23 de octubre, 8pm

Accion contra las redadas

Donde: Esquina de Bloomington y Lake
Cuando: Viernes, 24 de octubre, 4:30-6:00pm
Volante: https://mirac1.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/protesta-alto-a-las-redadas-viernes-24-oct-430-6-pm/

Over the past few days, ICE has raided a number homes in St. James and
Madelia, about two hours south of the Twin Cities. So far between
30-60 people have been detained, and it would appear that ICE is
remaining in the area until Friday. Several people have reported of
serious accounts of abuse during the raids. We refuse to sit by idly
as ICE terrorizes our communities…support a coordinated response
from the Twin Cities:

Emergency meeting to respond to ICE raids

Where: Waite House, 2529 13th Ave. S., Mpls
When: Thursday, Oct. 23, 8pm

Action against ICE raids

Where: Corner of Bloomington and Lake
When: Friday, Oct. 24, 4:30-6:00pm
Flyer: https://mirac1.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/protesta-alto-a-las-redadas-viernes-24-oct-430-6-pm/

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Press Release: Twin Cities Community to Protest Immigration Raids in St. James and Madelia, MN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 23, 2008

TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY TO PROTEST IMMIGRATION RAIDS BEING CONDUCTED IN ST. JAMES AND MADELIA

When: Protest on Friday October 24, 2008 from 4:30-6pm

Where: Intersection of Bloomington Avenue and Lake Street, Minneapolis

The Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Coalition (MIRAC) will hold a protest on Friday Oct. 24 at 4:30 pm at the intersection of Bloomington and Lake St. to denounce the immigration raids being conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in St. James and Madelia. The coalition brings together community organizations and individuals who are workers, students, activists, families, and people of faith— both immigrants and their allies—who unite in speaking out against these raids.

These actions by ICE are merely the most recent example of the tragedies created by the enforcement of unjust laws. We denounce these enforcement tactics that tear families apart, create an environment of terror in communities, and punish the most vulnerable members of our society rather than reforming a broken immigration system.

We recognize that most immigrants have come to the United States out of necessity and with a desire to support their families. A country that truly values families would not carry out such arbitrary raids that separate parents from children, especially given the fact that those children are commonly US citizens. We currently have an immigration system that does not acknowledge the fact that our economy and our communities need these new members in order to thrive. Immigrants in Minnesota fuel the health of our local economies, schools, and communities.

MIRAC calls for an immediate moratorium on the raids and deportations that tear apart our families and our communities, and immediate legalization for all immigrants. We call on our elected officials to enact these policies, and to uphold the value of all members of our society regardless of race, nationality, or immigration status.

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