Call out endorsed by No One is Illegal Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories, promoted by the grass-roots team of Legacy of Equality,  Leadership and Organizing (LELO) and other organizations from Oregon and the State of Washington (included below), of an action that will take place on 13th and 14th of September in Seattle, Washington.
This Call out is not only for Mexicans but also for Latins who have had their rights violated in Mexico. Those who are interested please email me at karlalottini@hotmail.com or call to 778 251 0768

Are you Mexican, migrant, refugee, temporary worker, or one of the millions of survivors of the eternal socio-economic crisis of Mexico, who have had to leave EVERYTHING to come to Canada to find a safe, free, and peaceful life?
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Daniel Tseghay

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By Douglas Quan

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/touch/story.html?id=10029574

A senior immigration officer’s decision to deny permanent residency to a failed asylum seeker because of his links to a resistance movement in El Salvador did not take into account “exceptionally strong” humanitarian and compassionate reasons to let him stay, a federal judge has ruled in a case that activists say highlights how Canada’s laws can too easily peg someone as a security threat.

Jose Figueroa, who came to Canada as a refugee in 1997, was once a member of Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) that opposed El Salvador’s former military regime. He helped recruit for the FMLN and organized meetings but was not involved in the armed struggle.

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The Federal Court hearing scheduled for July 2 has been postponed due to the death of a different judge — the judge hearing Jose Figueroa’s case has flown east for the funeral.

We will let you know when the new date is set. When the hearing takes place, we will gather outside the court house again, and show our support for Jose Figueroa, who remains in sanctuary due to an unjust deportation order.

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