Need more donors to help with DACA application renewal fees!

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You can assist a young immigrant with their DACA renewal!

On Tuesday, September 5th, the Trump administration announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will end on March 5, 2018. Now, young immigrants across our county and nation are scrambling to extend as much as possible the DACA work permit they now have and need desperately to carry on with their lives. Any work permit expiring between now and March 5th needs to be renewed no later than October 5th to maintain the applicant’s limited status of protection from deportation.

A fee of $495 must accompany each application for DACA renewal. CLUE-Ventura County is collecting donations to help defray the cost of renewal applications. Funds must be received by September 21st and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Continue reading “Need more donors to help with DACA application renewal fees!” →

Ask CA legislators to pass SB 183 and keep ICE out of State buildings. Deadline Sept. 15!

(Photos from http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-romulo-avelica-deportation-20170731-story.html)

Minimal Script: I’m calling from [__] and I’m asking my Rep [__] and Sen. [__] to vote YES on SB 183 (“State buildings: federal immigration agents” Act) before the legislative deadline of Sept. 15th.

More Script if you want it: This bill would make schools, state-owned buildings and college campuses off-limits to federal immigration agents and would force officers to get warrants before they visit public sites for surveillance or arrests. Our neighbors need this to feel safe in their daily lives.

Hannah-Beth Jackson: SAC (916) 651-4019, SB (805) 965-0862, OX (805)988-1940

Monique Limón: (CA-37): SAC (916) 319-2037, SB (805) 564-1649, VTA (805) 641-3700

Not your people? Not sure?: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More info:

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Stop the criminalization and deportation of immigrants who came here for safety. – 9/12

Script: I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Rep. [Brownley, Carbajal] to vote NO on H.R. 3697, the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act.

More Script if you want it: This bill that criminalizes immigrants, including those fleeing gang violence, and allows more of them to be detained and deported. It also affects vulnerable populations such as asylum seekers, TPS holders, and unaccompanied children.

Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779

OR Rep. Salud Carbajal: (CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348

Other Rep Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

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DACA resources – Updated 9/11

(Updated 9/14)

Free Help with DACA paperwork – Pass this on!

Ventura attorney Vanessa Frank, a specialist in immigration law and CLUE’s immediate past chair, is offering free assistance with the application process through September 29th for any eligible DACA holder who contacts her office at 143 Figueroa St, Ventura, (805) 641-9300.

Any work permit expiring between now and March 5th needs to be renewed no later than October 5th to maintain the applicant’s limited status of protection from deportation. Some application funds are already available through a generous anonymous donor; those funds will support 20 applicants. With an estimated 7,000 DACA-eligible immigrants in Ventura County, the demand for renewal will surely outstrip currently available funds.

Update on the “free” filing fees. We need more donors!

Please donate by September 21st via PayPal or credit card at www.cluevc.org, or mail a check payable to CLUE-VC to PO Box 3066, Ventura, CA 93006. 100% of donations received now through September 21st will be used for DACA renewals.

In solidarity with our caring supporters and our struggling young people,
Rev. Betty Stapleford and Nan Waltman
Co-Chairs
Ventura County Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice
www.cluevc.org

DACA Clinic – You can assist a young immigrant with their DACA renewal!

Vanessa Frank is putting on a DACA clinic on September 16th Spread the word, pin up the poster where people can see it and volunteer to help that day! You do not need to be bilingual to help out. (805) 650-7592.

Other options:
Mexican Consulates are providing funds and support for renewals at all the 50 consulates in the US. The nearest consulate is in Oxnard.
3151 W. Fifth St #E-100 – Oxnard, CA 93030 Tel: (805) 984-8738 * Fax: (805) 984-8747 E-mail: consul@consulmexoxnard.com

For other states, go here.

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This is it, folks. The last week.

(This is from Julie Diaz Martinez of Indivisible Conejo)

Please make calls to both Governor Brown and target Assemblymembers by using 1-844-336-0046 (a number that automatically connects people to their target Assembly members or Gov. Brown, depending on their zip code)

Also, please share this image on social media outlets. Click here to tweet the number.

If this isn’t done by Sept. 15th, and signed by Governor Brown by Oct. 15th, it will be held over until the next year!

ICE, however, won’t be taking a break.

Call.

Your Weekly Dose of Sanity-Saving Good News – “Finding Your Voice” Edition.

This weekend will only have Good News and some helpful links for both DACA and SB 54. We don’t need a recap to know that this has been an incredibly hard week. For those of you who are still waiting, toe poised above the water…

“The civil rights movement was messy, disorderly, confrontational and yes, sometimes violent. Those standing on the sidelines of the current racial-justice movement, waiting for a pristine or flawless exercise of righteous protest, will have a long wait. They, we suspect, will be this generation’s version of the millions who claim that they were one of the thousands who marched with Dr. King. Each of us should realize that what we do now is most likely what we would have done during those celebrated protests 50 years ago. Rather than critique from afar, come out of your homes, follow those who are closest to the pain, and help us to redeem this country, and yourselves, in the process.”

Standing up for DACA! We’re peacefully protesting everywhere! You can do it from your couch!

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If you can’t be in Sacramento standing beside us, flood their phone lines!

Script for Gov. Brown: My name is ___ and I’m calling to ask Governor Brown to support a strong California Values Act, SB 54, in its most visionary form. We cannot use California’s resources to help the Trump administration deport our comunity members.
Call: 916-445-2841

Script for your Assemblymember: “Hi, I’m calling from [zip code] and I would like to ask Assemblymember [___] to support a strong SB 54, the California Values Act, in its most visionary form. California must lead and protect our immigrant communities against increasing attacks from Trump’s deportation machine, whether it’s the pardon of racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio or canceling DACA.

Assemblymember Monique Limón: (CA-37): SAC (916) 319-2037, SB (805) 564-1649, VTA (805) 641-3700
@AsmMoniqueLimon, https://twitter.com/AsmMoniqueLimon

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Pile it on for DACA!

Please pass this on to those who need this information.

Meanwhile, Indivisible Ventura, along with our sister Indivisible groups, almost 6000 strong across the U.S., asks you to call. Even if you’ve called before. Let’s swamp their call tallies. 800,000 people are depending on us.

Ask your Senators to co-sponsor the bipartisan Durbin-Graham “DREAM Act” (S. 1615)
if they haven’t already. Check here. For Californians, use this script. You can call or email thanks.

Minimal Script: I’m from [zip code] and I’m calling/emailing Senator Feinstein to thank her for co-sponsoring the bipartisan 2017 DREAM Act (S. 1615), and to ask her and her Judiciary committee to push it through quickly for a vote on the Senate floor.

Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430

https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me

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Road Trip! Join us in Sacramento on September 7 for SB 54 (CA Values Act/Sanctuary State) Statewide Day of Mobilization. (Buses available!)

Now more than ever we need to stand in solidarity with our neighbors! With Trump’s threats to end DACA, we need to turn to our leadership in California to protect the vulnerable among us.

When: September 7, 2017
Time: 9 am – 4 pm
Where: State Capitol 1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814

There will be buses leaving late the night before from the Oxnard area.

Food will be provided. More information will be sent upon submission.

Fill out this form register and to reserve your spot on the bus. More information will be sent upon submission.

Join the ACLU, Indivisibles Ventura, Ojai, Conejo (among many, MANY others) and ICE Out of California Coalition for a statewide day of mobilization at the state Capitol as we urge assembly members and Governor Jerry Brown to support the California Values Act (SB 54). The time for state leaders to protect immigrant communities from Trump’s deportation machine is now!

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