Watch Breakthrough's new video: Don't Deport Me Scotty

See what happens when a permanent member of a popular space crew finds his status is in question. In any galaxy, when we deny due process and human rights to some, we put all of our freedoms at risk.

www.breakthrough.tv

Call to Action: Annapolis Painting Service Immigration Raid: Families Separated; A Community in Crisis
In a letter from the organization, Casa De Maryland:
In the aftermath of this raid, hundreds of people, including small U.S. citizen children, have been thrown into crisis in a county whose executive is clearly unsympathetic to their needs. Of the 45 people taken into custody, more than half were moved out of Maryland within days and are already as far away as Texas and New Mexico. Another 20 people are still in Maryland, but in detention centers far-flung from their families. In the aftermath in Annapolis, families are now homeless and many have lost their primary breadwinners. Families are terrified of interacting with governmental systems like schools and clinics, and certainly the police.
We are in the midst of a humanitarian crisis.

Below are some critical areas that we need your help with.

...

Hi,

Please DIGG this video - Death by Detention.  Let people know what's happening to the American System.

http://digg.com/politics/Death_By_Detention_Failure_of_the_American_System_Citizen

TONIGHT: Real life ICED character speaks at Night of 1,000 Conversations

On June 19th, former War Veteran, Warren Joseph who's real life immigration story was adapted for the character "Marc" in the ICED video game will speak as part of a panel on the Night of the 1,000 Conversations. The panel will focus on the detention and deportation of immigrants in the United States.

Moderated by: Gouri Sadhwani - Deputy Executive Director for Campaigns and Activism at Amnesty International USA, other panelists include Julie Dinnerstein - Staff Attorney for Sanctuary for Families and Chung Wha Hong - Executive Director of New York Immigration Coalition.

When?
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.

Where?
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 108 Orchard Street (and Delancey), NYC

By Subway: B or D trains to Grand Street; F to Delancey Street; J,M, or Z to Essex Street

RSVP: events@tenement.org
...

TONIGHT: June 19th, human rights nonprofit Breakthroughwants you to be all talk forRights Working Group'sNight of 1,000 Conversations. On this night, nationwide, thousands of people will be gathering in their schools, homes, coffee shops and dorms to talk about how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is undermining the due process and human rights of immigrants by:

Need an icebreaker to start the conversation? Get friends together to play Breakthrough’s video game on immigration, ICED - I Can End Deportation, where you get to step inside the shoes of an immigrant to learn about unfair immigration laws that affect ALL immigrants.

Play ICED at www.icedgame.com.

...