Take Three Steps to Stop Alonso's Deportation

by Dave Bennion · 2009-08-26 04:56:00 UTC
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[Ed. In my inbox recently from Dreamer Alonso Chehade:]

I was brought to the United States from Peru when I was 14 years old. Eight years later, I am being deported for reasons I cannot comprehend. On March 14, 2009, I and a friend went to visit some friends at Western Washington University and rather than driving back home late at night we decided to stay at our friends ' place. The next morning, not being familiar with the area we took a wrong turn on the highway and ended up near the Canadian Border. I was stopped by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities and when it was discovered that I was undocumented, I was arrested and jailed for 2 weeks. I am set to be deported on September 25th with a flight ticket scheduled for September 17th to a country I barely know.I have lived in the United States for 8 years. I have never had any problems with the law. All I ever wanted to do was to go to school and have a successful career, but our broken immigration system prevented me from continuing my career path after I graduated from the University of Washington.

Unless you step up and help there is little hope that I won't be deported on September 25th. I humbly urge you to immediately take action to stop my deportation.

EZ Act Now
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Help Me in 3 Steps & 3 Minutes!

1) Sign my online petition. (1 min.)

NOTE: Physical Petition Form available upon request.

2) CALL & Leave a Message (2 Mins.)

@DHS Public Comment Line 202.282.8495

NOTE: This is a voicemail line.  You will not have to speak to anyone but only leave a message.  This is a direct line, which means you will not have to go through many line transfers to get to the right place.

"Use the *CALL SCRIPT / Pre-read before calling"

*CALL SCRIPT:  My name is (your full name) and I am calling regarding Jorge-Alonso Chehade's Deportation.  File Number A88-738-410.  Alonso qualifies for the DREAM Act and has a clean criminal record.  I would like to humbly request that you take action to immediately halt his deportation.  Thank you for considering my request.

PD: If mailbox is full, PLEASE try again the next day.

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