Action Alert from Lory Ghertner

Take Action Now - Support Fairness and Justice!

Through programs such as Secure Communities (S-Comm), the Criminal Alien Program, and 287(g), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is colluding with local law enforcement to use the criminal justice system as a dragnet to deport immigrants. Between 1995 and 2009, the number of immigrants thrown into our deportation system increased more than eightfold. Often sent to remote detention centers, most immigrants are forced to defend themselves without loved ones, information, or even lawyers to help them navigate the deportation process. Meanwhile, their families and communities are deprived of support systems and breadwinners. New York should not tolerate its residents to be unjustly taken from their homes and communities .

Tell New York's Governor to rescind the agreement to implement Secure Communities in New York State.

Please note that the Secure Communities Program has already been approved in Putnam County. This is tragic racial profiling, as we are already witnessing. ICE agents are already sending hold notices to our jails concerning any inmate with a Hispanic name, whether guilty or not, or even if they are being released.

Imagine your daughter being married to a Latino and being arrested erroneously. She will be held in jail for 48 more hours until ICE can verify that she is American.

Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere - Martin Luther King.