'Dream 9' Lawyers Asking For Immigration Activists To Be Released [audio] - Page 8

Originally Posted by JUST_A_DREAMER

it was never for selfish reasons. Imagine if they weren't allowed back in. The whole point of this movement is to show how with pressure from the community sometimes we can make a difference without having to wait on congress. I don't know if you guys know that one of their main platforms is fight deportations. You say impossible?? No not really. The Morton Memo was issued stating that low priority undocumented folks would not be a priority and it prosecutorial discretion. Basically most honest working law abiding folks should not be getting deported. But they are. The detention centers are full of people who have no criminal records and their only mishap is driving without a license. Now according to the Morton Memo, ICE should release them. But they don't because its only a memo, not a law. And all they want is to deport them all. So what does the NIYA and many other organizations do. They fight these deportations. We make them public and gain the support of the community.We call legistlators and ICE, over and over. We show them the support of community. We make the cases public of people who do not deserve to be there and should be released. And this has proven to be very very effective. I cannot tell you the number of deportaions that have been stopped. Now I am not saying it brings an end to all the problems. Sometimes its still an uphill battle. But we buy them time. Time out of these centers with their families. So yes I will stand by the DREAM 9. They did nothing illegal. Everything they did was backed several lawyers and legislators. They challenged the system. It takes an average of 6 months to get a "credible fear" hearing, they got them in a week. Most people have to wait for months if not years for their asylum applications to be reviewed. They were released. They have years to wait for the asylum hearings, in the mean time they will organize and hope in the passing of a CIR that will help most of us!!!