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12-13-2017, 10:02 PM #1
Dreamers set up giant screen sharing immigrant stories facing Capitol
Dreamers set up giant screen sharing immigrant stories facing Capitol
12/12/17 10:37 AM EST
A group of pro-immigrant activists on Tuesday installed a massive video screen facing the Capitol, hoping to catch the attention of Republican leaders in Congress.
"Basically we’re telling [Speaker] Paul Ryan that we can’t wait," said Nestor Ruiz, director of programming for the screen the group is calling the "DreamActTron."
The screen is part of a campaign led by United We Dream (UWD), an advocacy organization that fights for Dreamers — undocumented immigrants who came to the country as minors.
It's placed on the National Mall, facing the Capitol, in clear view of Ryan's (R-Wis.) office.
The group is pushing for a replacement for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to be passed before the end of the year. The group's preferred legislative vehicle is also the favorite of Democrats in Congress, the Dream Act.
Ryan and other Republican leaders have said the real deadline to deal with DACA legislation is in March, when the program is set to end officially.
But Ruiz said that, since President Trump canceled the program in September, 122 beneficiaries are losing their right to work and remain in the United States every day.
"We don’t have time to lose. We have immigrant youth losing protections every day," he said.
The DreamActTron will show stories of DACA recipients and other Dreamers and how their lives are affected by immigration enforcement measures.
Some stories will be uploaded by Ruiz and his team, while others will be sent in through social media.
Ruiz said the stories will have the function of "basically telling the president and the Congress why we need a Dream Act now."
Bruna Bouhid, the national communications manager for UWD, said the screen will "allow people who aren’t in D.C. to interact with the campaign" to participate.
UWD will set up tents around the screen for activism training and for keeping protesters from around the country busy between political activities.
Ruiz said he's confident the campaign can help push a DACA fix over the top, adding that the group is "trying to protect more people because our issue is more than just DACA."
But if legislation doesn't come before the end of the year, Ruiz says the campaign will keep going.
"If that happens our community is going to continue fighting, we are here to stay and we’re not going back into the shadows," he said.
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12-14-2017, 09:30 AM #2
How about a giant screen of all the TRASH they leave on our borders!
How about a giant screen of all the American's killed by ILLEGAL aliens!
How about a giant screen of the neighborhoods full of graffiti and trash destroying our neighborhoods one block at a time!
How about a giant screen of our overcrowded schools due to illegal alien anchor rats!
How about a giant screen of our homeless who need jobs and homes???
DEPORT EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM AND GET THE REFUGEES, ASYLUM LIARS AND TPS OUT OF HERE TOO!ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
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12-14-2017, 10:30 AM #3
HA! HA! No one cares about their sob stories and pity parties. ICE should hunt them down, arrest and deport all of them. CAUGHT ON THEIR OWN TAPE!
A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
Save America, Deport Congress! - Judy
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12-14-2017, 12:36 PM #4
Would be interested in knowing who is financing this 'massive' screen.
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12-14-2017, 01:33 PM #6
Beezer wrote (excerpt):
How about a giant screen of all the American's killed by ILLEGAL aliens!"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ** Edmund Burke**
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12-14-2017, 01:38 PM #7
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When will these DREAMERS and these traitorous politicians get it through their heads that this is our country and we get to decide who gets to come here and stay or not. It would be like if I broke into Trump Tower and when they caught me I would say, "I am just trying to improve my family's life." "You have better stuff than I do." "I'm staying whether you like it or not." I wonder how long it would be before I would be hauled off to jail. They need to turn off the waterworks. They do not move us.
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