Luis is a UC Berkeley student currently being held by CBP awaiting to be placed under ICE custody. He was detained after making a wrong turn into a port of entry on New Year's Eve, and welcomed in the new year being held by Border Patrol agents. This is why we must engage and call TONIGHT and early TOMORROW MORNING! Let our collective ask to #FreeLuis pressure CBP and ICE to let Luis commence his classes this coming semester.
I want to highlight how Luis would have qualified for many of the proposed DREAM Act proposals, but given that Democrats and Republicans alike continue to use the lives of immigrant youth as bargaining chips, Luis now has to face the harsh reality of being detained awaiting deportation.
This is why we need a #cleanDREAMact now. One that not only protects Luis and others like him, but doesn't further criminalize our immigrant communities.
Feel free to also email SanDiego.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov! Additionally, help bring awareness by changing your profile picture to this one and adding the following text:
URGENT CALL TO ACTION TO #FREELUIS
As politicians continue to preach that they are working to protect immigrant youth, their inaction to pass a clean DREAM Act has led to the detainment of one of our fellow peers by border patrol. Luis Mora is being held by CBP awaiting to be transferred to ICE custody, and we need to activate our networks now.
Call ICE San Diego Field Director Melissa M. Maxim and urge for her to grant Luis Mora (A#216265396) prosecutorial discretion!
"Hi my name is __ and I am a concerned community member calling in support of Luis Mora (A#216265396), a 20-year old transfer student at the University Of California, Berkeley, Southwestern College graduate, and a beloved part of our community. I am calling to request for ice to use prosecutorial discretion and release Luis immediately."
You can also urge CBP Supervisor Luis E. Silva to release Luis NOW!
Additionally, you can e-mail the field director to let them know that we need Luis back! #FreeLuis! SanDiego.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov" via RISE at Berkeley