"It broke my heart when my 14 year old told me, 'Mamma, I’ll drop out of school and work to support us.'"
What could possibly force a child to
support their able bodied parent? Over 1,950 immigrant families in
the Twin Cities have had their primary bread-winner fired in the last 18 months
as a result of actions by ICE (US immigration and Customs
Enforcement). Why? Because they are immigrants and our broken
system gives them no way to be here legally. 450 Workers at Chipotle who
made your burritos, 1500 janitors at ABM and now Harvard who cleaned your
offices at night when you were home, these are the victims of our countries’
broken immigration system. Children pulled from schools, houses falling
into foreclosure, communities torn apart, these are the results of our
country’s broken immigration system. Our families need your help:
Vigil for our families and all
immigrants impacted by raids and audits by ICE.
Sunday, March 20
1:00pm mass, 2:30 vigil
Incarnation Church/Sagrado Corazon
38th Street and Pleasant Ave,
South Minneapolis
Donations welcome
Clothing, food, money for the families
can be dropped off at the vigil, or go to www.workingpartnerships.org or
send a check (with Local 26 immigrant families in the memo line) to
workingpartnerships, 312 Central #524 Minneapolis, MN, 55414