WG/Facilitation/Expedited Removals Petition/Draft 2 - Revision history

Yahktoe at 23:43, 8 January 2012

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Yahktoe at 23:41, 8 January 2012

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Yahktoe at 23:40, 8 January 2012

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	BE IT RESOLVED that Occupy Boston, Occupamos el Barrio, and the undersigned demand that Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino refuse to cooperate with a federal law that profiles people of color and participates in a corrupt system of jails for profit. In particular, Governor Patrick and Mayor Menino should do everything in their power to cease cooperation with the ‘Expedited Removal Program’, including rejecting federal detainer requests for people who have committed no crime, because no Massachusetts elected public official should cooperate with a law that denies due process to suspects and tears apart families.		BE IT RESOLVED that Occupy Boston, Occupamos el Barrio, and the undersigned demand that Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino refuse to cooperate with a federal law that profiles people of color and participates in a corrupt system of jails for profit. In particular, Governor Patrick and Mayor Menino should do everything in their power to cease cooperation with the ‘Expedited Removal Program’, including rejecting federal detainer requests for people who have committed no crime, because no Massachusetts elected public official should cooperate with a law that denies due process to suspects and tears apart families.

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The people of the Commonwealth of Masachussetts demand that the Governor, Deval Patrick, and the Mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, do whatever in their power possible to:

STOP ALL ‘EXPEDITED DEPORTATIONS’
IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
& END STATE AND LOCAL COOPERATION WITH
THE “SECURE COMMUNITIES” PROGRAM

WHEREAS human beings who come to America seeking honest work and to contribute to their communities should not be labeled or profiled as criminals because they lack proper documentation;

WHEREAS thousands of legally admitted immigrants, residents and American citizens have been unfairly apprehended and prosecuted through the ‘Expedited Removal Program,’ which is operated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, ICE, a division of the Department of Homeland Security;

WHEREAS President George W. Bush signed the Expedited Removal Program into law in 2003 with the USA Patriot Act;

WHEREAS the law enables the Department of Homeland Security to categorize formerly civil matters or ‘immigration violations’ as criminal acts;

WHEREAS the Expedited Removal Program, implemented by ICE, relies on the assumption that any and all ‘immigration violations’ can be classified as criminal acts, not civil matters, tantamount to the difference between being charged with a crime and getting a traffic ticket;

WHEREAS the Department of Homeland Security provides a fiscal incentive for Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group Incorporated, enormously wealthy private companies, to incarcerate and process the deportation of people and does so to up to 15,000 people a month;

WHEREAS the so-called “Secure Communities” program, which the federal government is forcing upon Massachusetts and its communities, results in a dangerous localization of immigration policing, and the harmful deportation of thousands of Commonwealth residents who have committed no crimes;

WHEREAS the deportation of parents and caretakers severely disrupts family life, brutally and immorally harming children and families, and placing completely unnecessary financial burdens upon the state;

WHEREAS the Expedited Removal Program and Secure Communities criminalize civil infractions - ‘immigration violations’ - and put fathers and mothers, as well as hardworking young men and women, in the same category as terrorists, armed robbers, rapists, thieves and murderers; and

WHEREAS Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino oversee law enforcement in their jurisdictions and therefore have the power to maneuver around the immoral and unpractical enforcement of these federal laws:

BE IT RESOLVED that Occupy Boston, Occupamos el Barrio, and the undersigned demand that Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino refuse to cooperate with a federal law that profiles people of color and participates in a corrupt system of jails for profit. In particular, Governor Patrick and Mayor Menino should do everything in their power to cease cooperation with the ‘Expedited Removal Program’, including rejecting federal detainer requests for people who have committed no crime, because no Massachusetts elected public official should cooperate with a law that denies due process to suspects and tears apart families.

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	The people of the Commonwealth of Masachussetts demand that the Governor, Deval Patrick, and the Mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, do whatever in their power possible to:		The people of the Commonwealth of Masachussetts demand that the Governor, Deval Patrick, and the Mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, do whatever in their power possible to:

	STOP ALL ‘EXPEDITED DEPORTATIONS’		<center>'''STOP ALL ‘EXPEDITED DEPORTATIONS’'''</center>
	IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
	& END STATE AND LOCAL COOPERATION WITH		<center>'''IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS'''</center>
	THE “SECURE COMMUNITIES” PROGRAM
			<center>'''& END STATE AND LOCAL COOPERATION WITH'''</center>

			<center>'''THE “SECURE COMMUNITIES” PROGRAM'''</center>

	WHEREAS human beings who come to America seeking honest work and to contribute to their communities should not be labeled or profiled as criminals because they lack proper documentation;		'''WHEREAS''' human beings who come to America seeking honest work and to contribute to their communities should not be labeled or profiled as criminals because they lack proper documentation;

	WHEREAS thousands of legally admitted immigrants, residents and American citizens have been unfairly apprehended and prosecuted through the ‘Expedited Removal Program,’ which is operated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, ICE, a division of the Department of Homeland Security;		'''WHEREAS''' thousands of legally admitted immigrants, residents and American citizens have been unfairly apprehended and prosecuted through the ‘Expedited Removal Program,’ which is operated by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, ICE, a division of the Department of Homeland Security;

	WHEREAS President George W. Bush signed the Expedited Removal Program into law in 2003 with the USA Patriot Act;		'''WHEREAS''' President George W. Bush signed the Expedited Removal Program into law in 2003 with the USA Patriot Act;

	WHEREAS the law enables the Department of Homeland Security to categorize formerly civil matters or ‘immigration violations’ as criminal acts;		'''WHEREAS''' the law enables the Department of Homeland Security to categorize formerly civil matters or ‘immigration violations’ as criminal acts;

	WHEREAS the Expedited Removal Program, implemented by ICE, relies on the assumption that any and all ‘immigration violations’ can be classified as criminal acts, not civil matters, tantamount to the difference between being charged with a crime and getting a traffic ticket;		'''WHEREAS''' the Expedited Removal Program, implemented by ICE, relies on the assumption that any and all ‘immigration violations’ can be classified as criminal acts, not civil matters, tantamount to the difference between being charged with a crime and getting a traffic ticket;

	WHEREAS the Department of Homeland Security provides a fiscal incentive for Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group Incorporated, enormously wealthy private companies, to incarcerate and process the deportation of people and does so to up to 15,000 people a month;		'''WHEREAS''' the Department of Homeland Security provides a fiscal incentive for Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group Incorporated, enormously wealthy private companies, to incarcerate and process the deportation of people and does so to up to 15,000 people a month;

	WHEREAS the so-called “Secure Communities” program, which the federal government is forcing upon Massachusetts and its communities, results in a dangerous localization of immigration policing, and the harmful deportation of thousands of Commonwealth residents who have committed no crimes;		'''WHEREAS''' the so-called “Secure Communities” program, which the federal government is forcing upon Massachusetts and its communities, results in a dangerous localization of immigration policing, and the harmful deportation of thousands of Commonwealth residents who have committed no crimes;

	WHEREAS the deportation of parents and caretakers severely disrupts family life, brutally and immorally harming children and families, and placing completely unnecessary financial burdens upon the state;		'''WHEREAS''' the deportation of parents and caretakers severely disrupts family life, brutally and immorally harming children and families, and placing completely unnecessary financial burdens upon the state;

	WHEREAS the Expedited Removal Program and Secure Communities criminalize civil infractions - ‘immigration violations’ - and put fathers and mothers, as well as hardworking young men and women, in the same category as terrorists, armed robbers, rapists, thieves and murderers; and		'''WHEREAS''' the Expedited Removal Program and Secure Communities criminalize civil infractions - ‘immigration violations’ - and put fathers and mothers, as well as hardworking young men and women, in the same category as terrorists, armed robbers, rapists, thieves and murderers; and

	WHEREAS Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino oversee law enforcement in their jurisdictions and therefore have the power to maneuver around the immoral and unpractical enforcement of these federal laws:		'''WHEREAS''' Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino oversee law enforcement in their jurisdictions and therefore have the power to maneuver around the immoral and unpractical enforcement of these federal laws:

	BE IT RESOLVED that Occupy Boston, Occupamos el Barrio, and the undersigned demand that Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino refuse to cooperate with a federal law that profiles people of color and participates in a corrupt system of jails for profit. In particular, Governor Patrick and Mayor Menino should do everything in their power to cease cooperation with the ‘Expedited Removal Program’, including rejecting federal detainer requests for people who have committed no crime, because no Massachusetts elected public official should cooperate with a law that denies due process to suspects and tears apart families.		'''BE IT RESOLVED''' that Occupy Boston, Occupamos el Barrio, and the undersigned demand that Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Thomas Menino refuse to cooperate with a federal law that profiles people of color and participates in a corrupt system of jails for profit. In particular, Governor Patrick and Mayor Menino should do everything in their power to cease cooperation with the ‘Expedited Removal Program’, including rejecting federal detainer requests for people who have committed no crime, because no Massachusetts elected public official should cooperate with a law that denies due process to suspects and tears apart families.

	Name, City, and State		Name, City, and State