Gutierrez on Prosecutorial Discretion

From CHIRLA:

Dear Friends,

Given all these recent developments nationally around policies that impact our immigrant communities, we invite you to join the State of Play call tonight with Congressman Luis Gutierrez to discuss the recent DHS announcement suspending deportation of low-priority individuals, and the impact of the new DHS policies on our communities.

DHS has announced they’ll perform a case-by-case review of the 300,000 deportation cases currently in proceedings in an effort to focus only on deporting high-priority criminals. We’ve already seen some positive effects from this announcement – several DREAMers and spouses have been removed from detention and/or had their deportation cases stayed.

However, there’s still confusion about what this announcement means for our community and our continual fight for humane, comprehensive immigration reform.

Join Reform Immigration FOR America, Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), and other immigration experts to discuss the impact of this announcement on our communities and where our movement goes from here.

WHO: Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), immigration experts, and YOU!
WHAT: National Call to discuss DHS announcement
WHEN: Tuesday, August 30th, 5pm Pacific (English call) / 6pm Pacific (Spanish call)
CALL INFO: (877) 229-8493, code: 18659

We’ll hear how the announcement is affecting those in deportation proceedings, discuss the political implications of the announcement, and you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions about what the announcement means for you.

We hope you can join us!

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