TIME TO TAKE A STAND

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Our central message, that ICE is an immediate danger to all immigrants, a clear and present danger to all Latin@s and ultimately a threat to American society and its institutions, is increasingly confirmed. A recent Supreme Court ruling and two Trump Administration actions provide compelling motivation for our initiative.   ICE and the Border Patrol are now authorized to carry out ethnic and racial profiling in their sweeps; children can be summarily deported; and national guard and federal forces can be deployed to U.S. cities in support of ICE actions.

Some of our fellow citizens have accepted an inhumane, dehumanizing and un-American narrative that criminalizes immigrants and delegitimizes the standing of Latinos in the U.S. Too many of our family members, friends, colleagues and neighbors are oblivious to or find themselves incapacitated by the threat to their wellbeing or are intimidated by the forces arrayed against them.

Our objective is not only to challenge that false narrative, but also to advance one that humanizes immigrants, asserts the legitimacy of the Latino presence the U.S., and affirms that the U.S. is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and multi-cultural society.   Our primary task is to engage the good citizens of San Antonio and empower them.  Let us gather again with a clear sense of purpose:

·       to recruit other concerned citizens to this initiative

·       to identify and connect with other entities that share our concerns

·       to seek out anecdotes, ideas, images, stories that counter fraudulent and dangerous narratives,

·       to develop a set of compelling messages and

·       to identify the means to disseminate them.

 

Surviving the ICE Age Project

Some of our fellow citizens have accepted an inhumane, dehumanizing, and un-American narrative that criminalizes immigrants and delegitimizes the standing of Latinos in the U.S.

Our objective is not only to challenge that false narrative, but also to advance one that humanizes immigrants, asserts the legitimacy of the Latino presence in the U.S., and affirms that the U.S. is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and multi-cultural society. 

For more information:  https://www.survivingice.com/ 

Join us by writing to:  survivingice@gmail.com