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NYCLU in the Poughkeepsie Journal: Justice and Common Sense: No Human Being is Illegal
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Strong op-ed in today’s Poughkeepsie Journal by NYCLU Lower Hudson Valley Chapter Director Linda Berns on comprehensive immigration reform.
Here’s an excerpt:
The broken immigration system has divided Lower Hudson Valley communities, increasing racial tensions and generating unnecessary anger.
President Obama has declared his “unwavering” commitment to fixing the immigration system. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., chairman of the U.S. Senate's immigration subcommittee, has pledged to introduce comprehensive immigration reform legislation this year. New Yorkers must inform Schumer that workable reform would protect everyone's civil rights and liberties. We cannot afford to get this wrong.
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We cannot sit idly while a broken immigration system tears apart families, including LGBT families, and deprives millions of people of basic rights. Congress must adopt practical solutions to fix our immigration system and uphold our nation's values. All Americans' rights and liberties are at stake.
Read the full piece at the Poughkeepsie Journal site here.
The Hudson Valley immigrants’ rights community has been busy with immigration reform work. In case you missed it, check the recap of last month’s “Voices of Immigration: Firsthand Accounts of a Broken System” in White Plains.
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