Vermont Protests Obama as the “Deporter In Chief”

From Migrant Justice:

VERMONT PROTESTS OBAMA “DEPORTER IN CHIEF” FOR IMPOSITION OF CONTROVERSIAL “SECURE COMMUNITIES” IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
 
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WHAT: Migrant workers, allies and other community members will hold a protest and press conference to condemn President Obama, “DEPORTER IN CHIEF”,  for imposing the disastrous “Secure Communities” program in Vermont.

WHEN:   Tuesday, May 22nd, 5pm Protest, 5:30pm Press conference

WHERE:  Burlington, VT. Obama Campaign Vermont Headquarters. 209 Battery St (near corner Battery St and Maple St).

WHY:  On Tuesday May 22nd, the widely discredited and controversial Secure Communities (S-COMM) program is being imposed on Vermont by the Obama Administration without any consultation or public dialogue. Secure Communities is Obama’s tool to advance his inhumane deportation quotas of 400,000 annually, which have resulted in 1.4 million deportations, more than any other president. In Vermont, Secure Communities threatens to increase deportations and drive a wedge between immigrant communities and police, who have come a long way in Bias-Free Policing .

As Danilo Lopez of Migrant Justice explains, “We are protesting because we don’t want S-COMM in Vermont or anywhere. Obama has imposed the program on us despite it resulting on the deportation of hard working families, friends and neighbors rather than targeting dangerous criminals as it claims.”

Migrant workers and community allies will call for the immediate termination of S-COMM and deliver President Obama a large failing Immigration Report Card for having promised immigration reform only to promote criminalization and mass deportations through programs like “S-COMM”.

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