Bring Jonathan and Isaac Home: Sign on Letter for Organizations
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If you're a leader in an organization and support undocumented youth and immigrant rights, sign onto this letter of support for Isaac Barrera and Jonathan Perez who are currently in ICE detention for protesting against Alabama's HB56.
Undocumented. Unafraid. Undercover.
On November 10th, DREAMers went undercover. Isaac (20) and Jonathan (24) approached Border Patrol in Mobile, Alabama to demand a change. Both were detained and transported to detention center.
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The Petition
To Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, John Morton and Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano:
We, the undersigned organizations, urge you to immediately take action to release Isaac Barrera (A#200-244-383) and Jonathan Perez (A#070-945-779) from ICE detention in Louisiana.
Both students were detained during the National Immigrant Youth Alliance’s Week of Action in Alabama, a total of 15 undocumented immigrants decided to stand up for themselves and the undocumented community by coming out of the shadows. The 13 arrested publicly at the Alabama State House were released. Your offices responded by stating those 13 arrested did not meet your priority for detention, yet when the camera's are turned off those same cases are turned over to a detention center.
Isaac Barrera and Jonathan Perez, two undocumented youth from California, were detained protesting HB56 on Thursday, November 10th and spent some time in jail before being transferred to the Basile detention center in Southern Louisiana. They are currently still in detention and being processed for deportation.
Undocumented youth recognize the power they have if they come out of the shadows as undocumented and organize within our community. We know that you will not take action against them if they are public about their status, but that you will continue to quietly deport them if they remain silent. As a community we will no longer allow you to have that power over us and our family and friends. Undocumented youth are willing to highlight the flaws in your system in any way possible, whether it is from outside your detention centers or inside.
Isaac and Jonathan are the first of many waves of organizers who will intentionally enter your detention centers. They can organize inside your centers just as well as outside. If you are honest about wanting to stop the deportation of our family, friends, and community, then prove it to us once and for all. We will no longer accept broken promises and speeches, while we see how you continue to terrorize our community. Why are two undocumented youth, no different than the 13 already released, in your detention centers if you’re serious about stopping the deportations?
Bring Isaac and Jonathan home for Thanksgiving. Actions speak louder than words.
Sincerely,