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Liliana’s Fight: Growing Church Sanctuary Movement Has A New Face

by Mexica Movement Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 12:20 AM
mexicamovement@sbcglobal.net (323) 981-0352

Minuteman protest against church draws over 100 supporters for new Church Sanctuary resident.
Attention is drawn to racist U.S. Visa Waiver Program.
Night vigil by supporters is scheduled for Friday August 17, 2007 @ 7:30 P.M. (outside church).

Liliana’s Fight: G...
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She is a prisoner, but she is not a criminal. She is a devoted mother, wife, and daughter. She had a full-time job, a driver’s license, and paid her taxes.
But for the last two months, Liliana (last name withheld) has taken on a new role. She is taking sanctuary within Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in Long Beach.
 
Liliana has been made a prisoner within an inhumane cage of U.S. migration laws. Despite having a husband who is an American citizen and three children who are also U.S. citizens, ICE officers entered her home in May and attempted to take her away. Like a scene out of  “Schindler’s List,” the storm troopers had declared her “an undesirable” and were subjecting her to forced removal.
 
Terrified and terrorized, Liliana thought of her three children (U.S. citizens), her husband (U.S. citizen), her brothers and mother who also reside near her. ICE was demanding to tear her family apart and take away everything she had worked so hard for. By a stroke of luck and persuasion on the part of her husband, Liliana was given five days to turn herself in for deportation. She used that time to find a way to fight back.
 
 
“I will stay and fight”
 
Those counter-protestors who stayed after the Minuteman protest on Saturday morning met the new face of the Church Sanctuary Movement. Inside the church, a potluck dinner was held for Lilliana and her supporters.
 
Liliana is well-spoken and exudes a quiet strength. She handles television media questions calmly and intelligently. But her pain is never far from the surface. Instead of cowering in fear, she said, she decided to stay and fight (SEE VIDEO LINKS BELOW). Allowing herself to be deported was unacceptable for her and her family. She has rights and she knows that Washington D.C. is wrestling with changing the laws that imprison her --and her family.
 
 
Her Only Crime
 
Liliana’s only "crime" was that she was not born a European. She was born a Mexican woman, a person of Indigenous descent on this continent. But she was not born in England, Italy, or Germany—three of the 25 European-descent countries which enjoy the privileged U.S.Visa Waiver Program.
 
Other Visa Waiver Program countries include (but are not limited to): Canada, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, France, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Wales, The Netherlands, and Ireland.
 
Liliana recounts a story of meeting an Italian who boasted to her that he was here without an Immigration Visa: he was an Italian national and therefore only needed to flash a simple passport at any U.S. port of entry. No questions asked. Liliana said, "They say that this country isn't racist. So why don't they demand that the Europeans get visas to enter the country? Is it about skin color?"
 
 
The Fight Forward
 
Because she is Mexican, Lilliana is being held to a standard unthinkable of enacting against Europeans. Because she is Mexican, she is now being held in sanctuary, a prisoner of racism. Lilliana never had the “instant amnesty” of being born a Canadian, German, or Australian. And that is why she --and several others-- are fighting for their rights.
 
GET INVOLVED. SUPPORT LILIANA AND HER FAMILY:
 
Email Debbie at uprising@sbcglobal.net
Or contact Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church in Long Beach.
 
Attend the Night Vigil by supporters:
scheduled for Friday August 17, 2007 @ 7:30 P.M. (outside church).
 

WATCH VIDEOS OF LILIANA SPEAKING:

http://media.putfile.com/Lilliana-news-interview-sanctuary

http://media.putfile.com/Lilliana-sanctuary-story

http://media.putfile.com/Liliana-talks-about-arrest-by-ICE

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STOP the Raids and Deportations

by Mexica Movement Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 12:28 AM
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STOP the Raids and D...
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Sign made by Mexica Movement.
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Determined to fight injustice

by Mexica Movement Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 12:33 AM
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Practicing what they preach

by Mexica Movement Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 12:34 AM
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Liliana is interviewed by TV reporter

by Mexica Movement Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 12:37 AM
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Last week, Liliana was on the front page of USA Today.
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"We support Liliana!"

by Mexica Movement Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 12:38 AM
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Potluck dinner for Liliana

by Mexica Movement Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 12:38 AM
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Musicians

by Mexica Movement Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 12:38 AM
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Musicians...
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Attend the Night Vigil by supporters: scheduled for Friday August 17, 2007 @ 7:30 P.M.
(outside church).
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THE BUSH 9-11 SKULL & BONES OIL JUNTA ON THE POST 9-11 BUSH HIJACKING OF IMMIGRATION THE BUSH 9-11 SKULL & BONES OIL JUNTA Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 1:21 AM
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Great work! great images! great article! should be front page! citlalmina Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 12:14 PM
Great work! great images! great article! should be front page! citlalmina Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Great job! TruthBTold Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007 at 2:36 PM
Immanuel Presbyterian on Wilshire joins Santuary movt BaBaBooey! Wednesday, Aug. 01, 2007 at 3:18 PM
Stand Down! TruthBTold Wednesday, Aug. 01, 2007 at 7:45 PM
white supremacists gotta go Citlalmina Thursday, Aug. 02, 2007 at 11:17 AM
100 Non-European Inventions Manuel Thursday, Aug. 02, 2007 at 11:36 AM
after the midnight hours V Friday, Aug. 03, 2007 at 9:50 AM
after the midnight hours BorderRaven Friday, Aug. 03, 2007 at 12:45 PM
the lineage of Border Blimp (Gerry Nance) Gas filled Wind Bags Unite Friday, Aug. 03, 2007 at 3:23 PM
Liliana we support you! d Saturday, Aug. 04, 2007 at 12:06 PM
why are they so ignorant/deceptive? sd Sunday, Aug. 05, 2007 at 9:11 AM
Who's to blame? Chicano Sunday, Aug. 05, 2007 at 10:59 AM
Gas filled Wind Bags Unite is a P-U-S-S-Y BorderRaven Sunday, Aug. 05, 2007 at 1:30 PM
gerry V Monday, Aug. 06, 2007 at 1:16 PM
A good quote BorderRaven Tuesday, Aug. 07, 2007 at 5:43 AM
SOS=Hypocrites TruthBTold Tuesday, Aug. 07, 2007 at 4:05 PM
Mike Almeida is BUSTED BaBaBooey! Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007 at 12:56 PM
Possible mistake made Mario Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007 at 5:20 PM
Possible mistake made Mario Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007 at 5:20 PM
Racist Visa Waiver Program Manuel Monday, Aug. 13, 2007 at 10:58 AM
Mike (REAL racism) Manuel Monday, Aug. 13, 2007 at 11:17 AM
Visa Waiver Program Mario Monday, Aug. 13, 2007 at 7:22 PM
Mario Manuel Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007 at 3:26 PM
Manuel Mario Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007 at 12:49 PM
re: Mario Manuel Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007 at 9:10 AM
5 more European countries added to US. Visa Waiver Program Manuel Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007 at 10:03 AM
VWP Mario Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007 at 1:08 PM
re: VWP Manuel Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007 at 1:54 PM
re: re: VWP Mario Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007 at 2:46 PM
Whose laws? Manuel Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007 at 10:40 PM
Come support Liliana tonight @ 7:30 PM Manuel Friday, Aug. 17, 2007 at 9:19 AM
Re: Who's Laws? Mario Friday, Aug. 17, 2007 at 11:50 AM
re: Whose laws? Manuel Friday, Aug. 17, 2007 at 12:00 PM
EVENT CANCELLED Manuel Friday, Aug. 17, 2007 at 12:28 PM
Supporting Liliana Mario Friday, Aug. 17, 2007 at 1:07 PM
newsflash former St. Lukes Parishoner Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 7:32 PM
Liliana and the Visa Waiver Program Sadie Rose Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at 10:19 PM
Using proper channels Sadie Rose Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at 10:35 PM
Gestapo comment Sadie Rose Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007 at 10:49 PM
Capital Knows No Border mous Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007 at 12:29 AM
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