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Restore Fairness to the Immigration SystemA new video, "Restore Fairness" produced by Breakthrough in association with 26 other organizations, including the ACLU, is part of a national campaign asking our government to restore fairness and due process to the broken immigration system. The video's first segment features footage of congressional testimony by June Everett about the death of her sister, Sandra Kenley, after she was denied adequate medical care in immigration detention. In 2007, the ACLU interviewed Everett about her sister's death for this podcast. In 2007, the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking a complete list of detainees who have died in U.S. custody. Our FOIA request and subsequent lawsuit to enforce that request revealed that 104 people have died in immigration detention since 2003. "Restore Fairness" also features interviews with ACLU executive director Anthony Romero, members of Congress, immigration judges, civil society leaders and ordinary families affected by harsh immigration laws. The campaign website has a video channel with additional immigration stories, a screening guide, a blog, tools for contributing and sharing content, along with online resources to update you on the issue and key ways to take action. In the video, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) says: If we deny fairness and justice under our laws against any group of people, then ultimately, we all becomes victims of that injustice. The only way that we can protect our own rights and our own values, is to make sure that we protect the rights for others. You can take that first step protecting those rights by watching the video then tell Congress to restore fairness to the immigration system right now.
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Oct 6th, 2009 at 5:10pm
What if illegal immigrants had your job
? would you be a champion then ?
Oct 12th, 2009 at 10:33pm
If you want a true system of fairness within the immigration issue, then please do us a favor and give more concerns to legal immigrants rather than having to always vouch for the illegal immigrants. Once they cross our borders without any legal documentation and properly vetted by the system they are criminals in my eyes. I will support the ACLU if they change their stance to supporting Americans and legal immigrants who are willing to come to this country and make it better.
Nov 6th, 2009 at 3:28pm
Representative Lucille Allard words in the video ring the truth, no matter if they are illegal or not we shouldn't deny the justice they deserve. It wouldn't make anything better to treat illegal immigrants this way just because they are illegal.
Nov 21st, 2009 at 6:55pm
How can your organization ask legal citizens to support your stance on illegal immigrants. You need to change your stance and champion the rights of legal immigrants vice illegals.
Nov 21st, 2009 at 6:55pm
How can your organization ask legal citizens to support your stance on illegal immigrants. You need to change your stance and champion the rights of legal immigrants vice illegals.
Nov 21st, 2009 at 6:56pm
How can your organization ask legal citizens to support your stance on illegal immigrants. You need to change your stance and champion the rights of legal immigrants vice illegals.