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Letter delivered to Senator Barbara Boxer calling for her to stop deportation
As constituents in your area who feel very strongly about this issue we urge you, Senator Boxer, to respond to the Support Committee for the Cuevas Family’s request that you begin the process of introducing personal legislation on the behalf of the Cuevas family by June 15, 2004
June 9, 2004
Senator Barbara Boxer
1700 Montgomery Street
Suite 240
San Francisco, CA 94111
Re: Support Cuevas family, stop deportation
Dear Senator Boxer,
As members of the Support Committee for the Cuevas Family, which includes elected officials, both local and national Filipino American and multi-racial organizations, labor, advocates for immigrant and civil rights, scholars, professors and teachers, clergy, youth and students, and many others, we are writing to urge you to intervene on the Cuevas Family’s behalf. They are facing immanent deportation from the United States and we believe you can play a decisive role in allowing them to stay.
Enclosed please find media articles with additional background on their situation. Your office has more information that the family has supplied you themselves. In general, the Cuevas family immigrated to the United States from the Philippines and has built their lives here over the course of nearly twenty years. We believe they are victims of unfair immigration laws and we want to prevent their deportation.
As constituents in your area who feel very strongly about this issue we urge you, Senator Boxer, to respond to the Support Committee for the Cuevas Family’s request that you begin the process of introducing personal legislation on the behalf of the Cuevas family by June 15, 2004. We urge you to include the following key provisions in that legislation:
1) Enable the Cuevas family from Fremont, California to remain in the United States, a country they have called home for nearly 20 years (therefore issuing orders to the appropriate BCIS officials to refrain from disrupting the Cuevas Family’s life);
2) Allow them the opportunity to legalize their status as permanent residents of the United States.
Moreover, we request that you inform the Support Committee for the Cuevas Family of your decision on the personal legislation on June 15, 2004 by contacting Robyn M. Rodriguez at 510/475-1764 or 510/209-9428. Their lives have been hanging in the balance for the last few months-you have the power to help them to continue living the lives they have built in America.
Your colleagues, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Congressman Mike Honda, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, and Assemblyman Manny Diaz have acted on behalf of the family.
Numerous organizations and community leaders have endorsed our campaign including the following:
Akbayan, SJSU, CA
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA), CA
Alpha Kappa Omega, SJSU, CA
APICAW, CA
Asian Pacific American Students for Leadership, De Anza College, CA
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO), CA
Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL), CA
Associated Students of SJSU, CA
Bagong Bayan, CA
Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition, CA
Bayan-USA, CA
Californians for Justice (San Jose), CA
Chin Jurn Wor Ping (CJWP), CA
Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, CA
Critical Filipina/o Studies Collective (National)
Crocker Masonic Lodge No. 212, Free and Accepted Masons in Daly City, CA
David Kim, Department of Philosophy, University of San Francisco
De-Bug, CA
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy, CA
Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC), CA
Filipino Youth Coalition (San Jose), CA
Filipinos for Affirmative Action (FAA), CA
Filipinos for Global Justice Not War Coalition, CA
FOCUS (Filipino Community Support), CA
Foothill-De Anza Colleges Multicultural Staff Association, CA
Former New Haven Unified School District School Board Member, Pat Gacoscos
Fr. Arturo Balagat, United States Catholic Filipino Ministries Council, Chairperson,
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 2850, CA
Indigenous Pacific Islander Alliance, UC Berkeley. CA
Jay Gonzalez, Department of Politics, University of San Francisco
Jay Mendoza, National Alliance for Filipino Concerns
Korean Community Center of the East Bay (KCCEB), CA
La Raza Centro Legal, CA
Lakas Diwa, NJ
Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights, CA
League of Filipino Students, San Francisco, CA
Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns, Post-Doctoral Fellow, UC Santa Cruz
Maganda Magazine, UC Berkeley, CA
Manilatown Heritage Foundation, CA
MECHA, San Jose State University
MIGRANTE Sectoral Party - USA
Mission Masonic Lodge #169 of San Francisco, CA
National Filipino Presbyterian Council
New Covenant Presbyterian Church, CA
Northern California Citizenship Project
Northern California Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Coalition
Pacific Islander Kie Association, CA
PAWIS (People’s Association of Workers and Immigrants), CA
Peter Chua, Department of Sociology, San Jose State University
Philippine Forum, NY
Pilipino American Alliance, UC Berkeley, CA
Pilipino American Alliance, UC Berkeley, CA
Pilipinos for Pre-Professional Partnerships (P4), UC Berkeley, CA
Regional Filipino Presbyterian Council of the Mid-West
Regional Filipino Presbyterian Council of the West
Rick Baldoz, Dept. of Sociology, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Robyn Rodriguez, Department of Sociology, University of San Francisco
Rowena Tomaneng, Chair of the Dept. of English, De Anza Community College
Rudy Guevarra, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of History, UCSB
San Francisco Human Rights Commission
San Jose State University Associated Students resolution
SIREN (Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network), San Jose, CA
Square and Compass Club of the Bay Area, CA
Stanford Asian American Activism Committee, CA
Students for Justice, De Anza College, CA
Vice Mayor of Union City, CA, Manny Fernandez
Victor Uno and Josie Camacho, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)
Villasinian Association of East Coast USA Inc., NY & NJ
Virg Cristobal, President, Pilipino American Alumni Chapter, UC Berkeley, CA
Yisa, NY
Youth United for Community Action (YUCA), CA
In addition to these endorsements, an on-line petition as registered, as of today, over 500 signatories (included for your reference). A previous on-line petition generated over 2700 signatures (it is also included for your reference).
We urge you to consider this matter carefully. By supporting the Cuevas family, you are supporting the rights of all immigrant families.
Sincerely,
Dr. Peter Chua, Jay Mendoza, Pastor Mel Navarro, Atty. Kevin Pimentel, Robyn M. Rodriguez
Members of the Support Committee for the Cuevas Family
Senator Barbara Boxer
1700 Montgomery Street
Suite 240
San Francisco, CA 94111
Re: Support Cuevas family, stop deportation
Dear Senator Boxer,
As members of the Support Committee for the Cuevas Family, which includes elected officials, both local and national Filipino American and multi-racial organizations, labor, advocates for immigrant and civil rights, scholars, professors and teachers, clergy, youth and students, and many others, we are writing to urge you to intervene on the Cuevas Family’s behalf. They are facing immanent deportation from the United States and we believe you can play a decisive role in allowing them to stay.
Enclosed please find media articles with additional background on their situation. Your office has more information that the family has supplied you themselves. In general, the Cuevas family immigrated to the United States from the Philippines and has built their lives here over the course of nearly twenty years. We believe they are victims of unfair immigration laws and we want to prevent their deportation.
As constituents in your area who feel very strongly about this issue we urge you, Senator Boxer, to respond to the Support Committee for the Cuevas Family’s request that you begin the process of introducing personal legislation on the behalf of the Cuevas family by June 15, 2004. We urge you to include the following key provisions in that legislation:
1) Enable the Cuevas family from Fremont, California to remain in the United States, a country they have called home for nearly 20 years (therefore issuing orders to the appropriate BCIS officials to refrain from disrupting the Cuevas Family’s life);
2) Allow them the opportunity to legalize their status as permanent residents of the United States.
Moreover, we request that you inform the Support Committee for the Cuevas Family of your decision on the personal legislation on June 15, 2004 by contacting Robyn M. Rodriguez at 510/475-1764 or 510/209-9428. Their lives have been hanging in the balance for the last few months-you have the power to help them to continue living the lives they have built in America.
Your colleagues, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Congressman Mike Honda, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, and Assemblyman Manny Diaz have acted on behalf of the family.
Numerous organizations and community leaders have endorsed our campaign including the following:
Akbayan, SJSU, CA
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA), CA
Alpha Kappa Omega, SJSU, CA
APICAW, CA
Asian Pacific American Students for Leadership, De Anza College, CA
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO), CA
Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL), CA
Associated Students of SJSU, CA
Bagong Bayan, CA
Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition, CA
Bayan-USA, CA
Californians for Justice (San Jose), CA
Chin Jurn Wor Ping (CJWP), CA
Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, CA
Critical Filipina/o Studies Collective (National)
Crocker Masonic Lodge No. 212, Free and Accepted Masons in Daly City, CA
David Kim, Department of Philosophy, University of San Francisco
De-Bug, CA
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy, CA
Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC), CA
Filipino Youth Coalition (San Jose), CA
Filipinos for Affirmative Action (FAA), CA
Filipinos for Global Justice Not War Coalition, CA
FOCUS (Filipino Community Support), CA
Foothill-De Anza Colleges Multicultural Staff Association, CA
Former New Haven Unified School District School Board Member, Pat Gacoscos
Fr. Arturo Balagat, United States Catholic Filipino Ministries Council, Chairperson,
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 2850, CA
Indigenous Pacific Islander Alliance, UC Berkeley. CA
Jay Gonzalez, Department of Politics, University of San Francisco
Jay Mendoza, National Alliance for Filipino Concerns
Korean Community Center of the East Bay (KCCEB), CA
La Raza Centro Legal, CA
Lakas Diwa, NJ
Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights, CA
League of Filipino Students, San Francisco, CA
Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns, Post-Doctoral Fellow, UC Santa Cruz
Maganda Magazine, UC Berkeley, CA
Manilatown Heritage Foundation, CA
MECHA, San Jose State University
MIGRANTE Sectoral Party - USA
Mission Masonic Lodge #169 of San Francisco, CA
National Filipino Presbyterian Council
New Covenant Presbyterian Church, CA
Northern California Citizenship Project
Northern California Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Coalition
Pacific Islander Kie Association, CA
PAWIS (People’s Association of Workers and Immigrants), CA
Peter Chua, Department of Sociology, San Jose State University
Philippine Forum, NY
Pilipino American Alliance, UC Berkeley, CA
Pilipino American Alliance, UC Berkeley, CA
Pilipinos for Pre-Professional Partnerships (P4), UC Berkeley, CA
Regional Filipino Presbyterian Council of the Mid-West
Regional Filipino Presbyterian Council of the West
Rick Baldoz, Dept. of Sociology, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Robyn Rodriguez, Department of Sociology, University of San Francisco
Rowena Tomaneng, Chair of the Dept. of English, De Anza Community College
Rudy Guevarra, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of History, UCSB
San Francisco Human Rights Commission
San Jose State University Associated Students resolution
SIREN (Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network), San Jose, CA
Square and Compass Club of the Bay Area, CA
Stanford Asian American Activism Committee, CA
Students for Justice, De Anza College, CA
Vice Mayor of Union City, CA, Manny Fernandez
Victor Uno and Josie Camacho, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)
Villasinian Association of East Coast USA Inc., NY & NJ
Virg Cristobal, President, Pilipino American Alumni Chapter, UC Berkeley, CA
Yisa, NY
Youth United for Community Action (YUCA), CA
In addition to these endorsements, an on-line petition as registered, as of today, over 500 signatories (included for your reference). A previous on-line petition generated over 2700 signatures (it is also included for your reference).
We urge you to consider this matter carefully. By supporting the Cuevas family, you are supporting the rights of all immigrant families.
Sincerely,
Dr. Peter Chua, Jay Mendoza, Pastor Mel Navarro, Atty. Kevin Pimentel, Robyn M. Rodriguez
Members of the Support Committee for the Cuevas Family
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No offense and sorry for any racism from myself but realistically recent immigrants are dragging this economy down. Now we have to deal with the Cuevas family. How much money does all this cost? I cannot get a job but the illegal immigrant next door has two jobs. Something is wrong with that picture. I may have to resort to prostitution to suuport myself but yet thousands of illegals get employed all around this State. It is my opinion that if we want this country to be Okay for our children then yes nthey have to be deported NOW. If I am over reacting then sorry but damn it I need a job.
Sorry, but your reasoning is pretty flawed.
First off, immigrants - illegal or legal - pay taxes too, and in fact illegal immigrants pay millions of dollars in taxes that they are not able to retrieve because of the way the current laws are set up.
Second, an immigrant or anyone else having to have 2 jobs just to get by is not a good thing. Unless you have some sick desire to be abused by the ruling class, which you already are whether you like it or not.
And finally, you are buying the typical propaganda put out by the ruling class, which seeks to divide working class people so that they may pit them against each other in a race to the bottom. Deporting immigrants that hold poorly paid jobs does nothing to solve the problem of a lack of good jobs. Stopping the jobs from being exported to other countries and working with working folks internationally to raise wages and create laws that stop companies from abusing people both here and abroad with free trade laws that benefit only the owning/ruling class is the only solution. Part of this struggle involves allowing workers to cross borders as freely as capital does, but it also involves creating global standards(for wages, healthcare, worker's rights, etc..), and that can only be achieved by the workers of the world uniting to overthrow those that govern us in the name of profit(or "free trade").
Remember people didn't cross the borders, the borders crossed us.
Solidarity Forever - upton sinclair
an irish/russian-german/french american - 3rd generation immigrant
ps - I am unemployed too, after being fired for union organizing at my last job, at a place that relies heavily upon keeping different workers divided and trying to use recent immigrants against other oppressed people(poor white folks and black folks).
First off, immigrants - illegal or legal - pay taxes too, and in fact illegal immigrants pay millions of dollars in taxes that they are not able to retrieve because of the way the current laws are set up.
Second, an immigrant or anyone else having to have 2 jobs just to get by is not a good thing. Unless you have some sick desire to be abused by the ruling class, which you already are whether you like it or not.
And finally, you are buying the typical propaganda put out by the ruling class, which seeks to divide working class people so that they may pit them against each other in a race to the bottom. Deporting immigrants that hold poorly paid jobs does nothing to solve the problem of a lack of good jobs. Stopping the jobs from being exported to other countries and working with working folks internationally to raise wages and create laws that stop companies from abusing people both here and abroad with free trade laws that benefit only the owning/ruling class is the only solution. Part of this struggle involves allowing workers to cross borders as freely as capital does, but it also involves creating global standards(for wages, healthcare, worker's rights, etc..), and that can only be achieved by the workers of the world uniting to overthrow those that govern us in the name of profit(or "free trade").
Remember people didn't cross the borders, the borders crossed us.
Solidarity Forever - upton sinclair
an irish/russian-german/french american - 3rd generation immigrant
ps - I am unemployed too, after being fired for union organizing at my last job, at a place that relies heavily upon keeping different workers divided and trying to use recent immigrants against other oppressed people(poor white folks and black folks).
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