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RELEASE JESUS GUTIERREZ FROM ICE CUSTODY!

Date:
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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UC-BERKELEY RALLY and MARCH*
12:00PM Wednesday, May 13th, at Sproul Plaza, UC-Berkeley
*This protest is endorsed by BAMN, AFSCME Local 3299, Xinaxtli, SOJA, NNIRR, ISO

RELEASE JESUS GUTIERREZ FROM ICE CUSTODY!
CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE KIDNAPPING!
MAKE UC-BERKELEY A SANCTUARY CAMPUS!

UC-BERKELEY RALLY and MARCH*
12:00PM Wednesday, May 13th, at Sproul Plaza, UC-Berkeley
*This protest is endorsed by BAMN, AFSCME Local 3299, Xinaxtli, SOJA, NNIRR, ISO
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At 4:30pm on Wednesday, April 29, two members of the University of California Police Department (UCPD) entered Clark Kerr Campus Dining Commons. They spoke with a manager, who upon their request summoned Jesús Gutiérrez, a food service worker and AFSCME 3299 member, to his office and left him alone with the agents. (This same UCB manager, when approached by BAMN, denied knowing Jesús.) The officers arrested Jesús, took him to jail, and called ICE. He is now under ICE custody at Santa Rita Jail. No decision of deportation has been made, and he will have a court hearing May 21st.

THIS IS CAUSE FOR ALARM! We must make clear that it is not acceptable for UC police or ICE to kidnap anyone from our campus. They want to send a message to every immigrant student and worker that they are not welcome at UC-Berkeley or in America. We must make clear to them it is they who are not welcome on our campus or in our city. This overstepping by UCPD and ICE means that, by making the fight here, we can serve as an example of how to fight and win against ICE's racist kidnappers on any college campus in the country. To establish UC-Berkeley as a public university and an institution of enlightenment and intellectual honesty, we must defend the right of every student and worker to live, learn, and work without fear of being kidnapped by police or federal agents.

The individual (or individuals) who work for UC-Berkeley who are responsible for this arrest must be fired. An independent investigation must be conducted to determine who perpetrated this outrage.

We can win Jesús's release and make UCB a sanctuary campus if we take a stand now. At UCSB on May 24, 2007, Yoon Choi, a Korean student, was arrested by ICE (with the help of UCPD) and threatened with deportation. After UCSB negotiated with ICE, the government released the student four weeks later and she was able to complete her degree.

Chancellor Birgeneau must join students in demanding the release of Jesús Gutiérrez. Just as the City of Berkeley has a sanctuary policy that forbids its police and employees from assisting ICE, UCB must make clear, both in words and deeds, that it will not assist ICE in deporting its own students or workers in any way.

This must never happen here again. As students and workers, we have the power to shape the character of our education. It is the youth of America today who share the desire to live in an America free of racist prejudice and inequality, to live in an America of freedom and opportunity. We must take a stand! We can win!


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¡Dejen en libertad a el trabajador de Clark Kerr Dining ahora!
¡Conduzcan una investigación independiente del secuestro!
¡Hagamos a UCB un Campus Santuario!

RALLY y MARCHA en UC-Berkeley*
12:00PM, el miercoles 13 de mayo (same day), Sproul Plaza, UCB
*Este rally es apoyado por BAMN, AFSCME Local 3299, ISO, Xinaxtli, SOJA, NNIRR
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A las 4:30pm el miércoles 29 de abril, dos miembros de UCPD (University of California Police Department) entraron la cafeteria de Clark Kerr. Hablaron con un manager, quién según su pedido era llamar a Jesús Gutiérrez, un trabajador de la cafetería y miembro de AFSCME 3299. Cuando Jesús entró a la oficina, lo dejó solo con los dos agentes. (Este mismo manager de UCB, cuando BAMN le preguntó sobre Jesús, negó conocerlo.) El UCPD llo arresto y llamo a ICE. Ahora él está detenido por ICE en la Cárcel de Santa Rita esperando su día de corte. Ninguna decisión de deportación se ha tomado.

¡ESTO ES CAUSA PARA ALARMA! Debemos hacer claro que no es aceptable que UCPD ni ICE secuestren a cualquier persona de nuestro campus. Ellos quieren mandar un mensaje a cada estudiante y trabajador immigrante que no es bienvenido en UCB ni en América. Debemos hacerles claro que son ellos los que no son bienvenidos en nuestro campus ni en nuestra ciudad. Esta acción de sobrepasar significa que, por hacer la lucha aquí, podemos servir como el ejemplo de como luchar y ganar en contra de los secuestradores racistas de ICE en cualquier colegio en este país. Para establecer UCB como una universidad pública y como una institución de aclaración y honestidad intelectual, debemos defender el derecho de cada estudiante y trabajador para vivir, aprender, y trabajar sin miedo de ser secuestrado.

El individuo o los individuos de UCB responsables por este arresto deben ser despedidos. Una investigacion independiente debe ser conductada para determinar quien hizo esta injusticia.

Podemos ganar la puesta en libertad de Jesús y hacer a UC-Berkeley un campus santuario, si luchamos ahora. En UC-Santa Barbara el 24 de mayo 2007, Yoon Choi, una estudiante Koreana, fue arrestada en su dormitorio y detenida por ICE con la ayuda de UCPD. Después de negociaciones entre la universidad y ICE, el gobierno la pusó en libertad cuatro semanas después y ella pudo acabar su título.

Chancellor Birgeneau tiene que unirse a los estudiantes demandando la liberación de Jesús Gutiérrez. Como la Ciudad de Berkeley tiene una política de ciudad santuario y prohibe a los policías de Berkeley y también a empleados que ayuden a ICE, UC-Berkeley debe de ser claro, por medio de palabras y acciones, no de ayudará ICE a deportar su propios estudiantes y trabajadores de cualquier manera.

Esto nunca debe ocurrir otra vez aquí. Como estudiantes y trabajadores, tenemos el poder para formar el character de la educación aquí. Es la juventud de América hoy que desea vivir en una América libre de prejuicio y desigualdad racista, vivir en una América de libertad y oportunidad. ¡Debemos luchar! ¡Podemos ganar!

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Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN)
http://www.bamn.com
california [at] bamn.com
(510) 501-2435
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