From the Pro-illegal alien Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice

From: Elizabeth@icwj. orgThe Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice URGENT! YOUR PRESENCE IS ESSENTIAL!



Zace sisters picked up by ICE Friday morning – they are being detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility awaiting deportation
We must keep them in the country
Only our public outcry and prayers can make a difference
COME show your love and support for this San Diego Sanctuary family


Federal Building
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 at 11:00am

880 Front Street

San Diego, CA 92101


Suggested Parking:

Horton Plaza at
324 Horton Plaza

San Diego, CA 92101

Three hours free with validation
Since 2006 The Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, through the New Sanctuary Movement, has supported immigrant families struggling against unjust immigration laws. Aluisa and Ledia Zace, two sisters who were in Sanctuary in San Diego , have been apprehended by ICE and are awaiting deportation to Albania .

Aluisa and Ledia are two college students who have been in Sanctuary in San Diego for over a year. This past Friday, the Zace sisters were apprehended by ICE and are now being held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center awaiting deportation. Aluisa and Ledia Zace came to the U.S. when they were just 8 and 9 years old, seeking political asylum from their native country of Albania . The sisters have excelled academically in the U.S. and are attending university here in San Diego . They can neither read nor write their native language and would most certainly be condemned to a life without opportunity should they be forced to return to Albania . We fear the worst. The U.S. is their home and they desperately want to stay in San Diego to finish college, contribute to the only community they know, and one day raise their families here. These two young women are not vicious criminals; instead they are model community members that have overwhelmingly contributed to the common good of San Diego .



Speaking out on behalf of these two sisters is the only hope they have to stay in the country. Join us for an important press conference to stand in support of Aluisa and Ledia!


Forward this important call-to-action to your friends, family and other community networks. Your presence is all they can count on. Please show up!

With heavy hearts,



Rabbi Laurie, Aluisa and Ledia Zace and ICWJ Staff