Immigrant Communities and Advocates Decry Sensenbrenner Bill Attack on Immigrants and Due Process Rights
A broad coalition of national and local Asian Pacific Islander, Latino, and immigrant rights organizations have joined together in Los Angeles to speak out, and call for community response, against a dangerous House immigration bill that threatens to take away the due process rights of millions of immigrants in the United States. PRESS CONFERENCE AND CALL TO COMMUNITY ACTION against the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (H.R. 4437) Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at 11:00 A.M. Asian Pacific American Legal Center 1145 Wilshire Blvd (at Lucas), 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017 (Parking is available at Athena Parking, 634 Lucas Avenue, directly adjacent to APALC.) Media Contact: Gina Montoya (213) 629-2512 ext. 135 Featured speakers and participants include: - Angelica Salas, Executive Director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles - Ann Marie Tallman, President and General Counsel, MALDEF - Angela Sanbrano, President, National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities - Linton Joaquin, Executive Director, National Immigration Law Center - EunSook Lee, Executive Director, National Korean American Service & Education Consortium - Maria Elena Durazo, President, Local 11 UNITE-HERE - Daniel Huang, Policy Advocate, Asian Pacific American Legal Center Background Information on HR 4377 the so-called "Border Prevention, Anti-Terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005" On Thursday, December 8, 2005, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee passed the Border Prevention, Anti-Terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005, introduced by Committee Chair James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). The passage clears the way for a House floor vote on the bill next week. Among the many anti-immigrant measures in the Sensenbrenner bill are provisions that would: 1) strip citizenship opportunities that are currently available to legal immigrants; 2) curtail crucial Due Process rights in immigration proceedings; and 3) make it a criminal offense to remain in the country illegally after entering legally. Resources on HR 4377: The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has just posted a section-by-section summary of the bill on their Web site at: _http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=18126_ (http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=18126) AILA has also updated their action alert on the bill, and you can use the following page to send a message to your member of Congress: _http://capwiz.com/aila2/issues/alert/?alertid=7614761&type=CO_ (http://capwiz.com/aila2/issues/alert/?alertid=7614761&type=CO) The bill has been posted on the Library of Congress Web site. 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