A local coalition of community member organizations will join in a peaceful Immigration Rally and March on Sunday to protest the separation of families and promote comprehensive immigration reform.
The march will form at 3:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Holy Trinity School in Newport and march to the Peace Bell.
Nationwide, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been conducting target enforcement actions, focusing on immigrant women and children who have arrived from Central America in the last two years.
With the presence of Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) in the Greater Cincinnati area, fear continues to plague the local immigrant community, many afraid to leave their homes for work or school.
Cities across the nation including Chicago, Minneapolis, and Raleigh have held public protests and vigils in opposition to these enforcement tactics asking DHS to stop separating families.
Local community member organizations, including the Diocese of Covington, Holy Spirit Church, Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC), IJPC’s Youth Educating Society Program, Northern Kentucky Justice and Peace Committee (NKJPC), Centro de Amistad, Northern Kentucky Supporting Latino Families, and Northern Kentucky University Latino Institute for Excellence, have come together to plan the Immigration Rally and March.
All are invited to join the rally on Sunday, September 18, beginning at 3:30 p.m.
It will begin in the parking lot of Holy Trinity School across from Holy Spirit Church, 840 Washington Street, in Newport and march to the Peace Bell.
It is aimed, say organizers, at showing support for the immigrant community in a public way, to allow those in fear to know they are not alone and that there are many who stand on the side of our immigrant neighbors.
The Northern Kentucky Justice and Peace Committee addresses local, national and international concerns focusing especially on the death penalty, immigration, human trafficking, and peace and nonviolence.It was founded in 1985 in partnership with the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center in Cincinnati and is supported by faith-based organizations and individuals.
Northern Kentucky Justice and Peace Committee
Only 70 out of 121 Central American “surgees” were deported because they’ve exhausted their legal proceedings and were found not eligible for asylum. This number is minuscule compared to the Millions of Illegal Aliens to be deported.
Update: 3/12/16 DHS has arrested 336 of the “surgees” that have exhausted their legal options. Let’s see how many of them will be deported.
It has been proven that these continuing “surges” are not fleeing any uptick of crime, violence, gang activity. They were promised “permisos” from their clergy and media. Due to Obama’s lax immigration policy, they believe this to be true. Not mentioned that 70-90% of those released on “bond” or “security” bracelets do not show up for their legal proceedings. They just “disappear” waiting “in the shadows” for the next mass amnesty.