[Pnews] Hunger Strike Leader Deported on His Birthday

[Prisoner News]

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Yesterday I got a call from Manuel Martinez-Arambula, one of the leaders 
of the hunger strike inside the Joe Corley Detention center, from Mexico.

*Without his family's or his community's knowledge, he had been deported 
in the middle of the night, as retaliation for his leadership in the 
hunger strike. That night was also Manuel's 50th birthday.*

*The organizing inside detention continues. Send an e-mail to ICE and 
GEO showing your support for the detainees in hunger strike.* 
<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4ltgxPN2Fk3OhLfE3DxjE464CORRJ6ys> 


While Manuel was being forced into a deportation van, immigration 
officers lied to us, and told us he was only being moved to another 
detention center.

Manuel had spent his life in the U.S., having lived here since he was 8 
years old. His wife is a legal permanent resident and he has a 13 year 
old daughter who is a US citizen. He is a civil rights leader who had 
been on hunger strike for 10 days, protesting the conditions inside the 
detention center. He is one more of over a dozen organizers who have 
already been deported.

His wife and his 13 year old daughter are devastated, but have decided 
to continue fighting and make their story public. Just this morning 
Melanie, Manuel's daughter, told her mother that she would not give up, 
and that she would continue fighting until her dad can come back home.

*She wants to make a call to all young people who have lost their 
parents to deportation or detention to join the fight to stop 
deportations. So tomorrow, Melanie will be at the National Day of Action 
to Stop Deportations in Houston, TX, 
<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2F%2BnMWMKx3%2FwMR45oQnz4pY64CORRJ6ys> Join 
us as we demand an end to deportations and support the Joe Corely 
detainees.*

Thank you for your continuing support.

Martina Grifaldo,
Alianza Mexicana
#Not1More
info at ndlon.org

P.S. If you're nearby, Join us tonight, Friday, at 7:00pm at the 
Detention Center*  500 Hilbig Rd, Conroe, TX, 77301*

-- 
Freedom Archives 522 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415 
863.9977 www.freedomarchives.org
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