Ahead of Mother’s Day, GA Clergy Hold Vigil to Urging Lawmakers to Stop Immoral Deportations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 8, 2018
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Michelle Nealy, mnealy@faithinpubliclife.org, (202)735-7123
Graham Younger, gyounger@faithinpubliclife.org, 678-739-8584
Ahead of Mother’s Day, GA Clergy Hold Vigil to Urging Lawmakers to Stop Immoral Deportations
DECATUR, Ga. — On Thursday, May 10, at 10 a.m., faith leaders and leaders will deliver a giant Mother’s Day card calling on Rep. Karen Handel and other lawmakers to uphold immigration policies that protect and unite immigrant families.
Faith leaders want lawmakers to stop the shameful detention and deportation of pregnant moms; to defund immigration enforcement efforts that separate moms from their children in the interior U.S. and at the border, and to provide Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders a path to citizenship; and to reject further limits to family-based sponsorship.
Following the vigil, religious leaders will deliver card signed by Georgians to the office of Representative Handel.
WHAT:
Morning Vigil; Faith leaders will deliver giant #HonorImmigrantMoms Mother’s Day card to Rep. Karen Handel
WHEN:
Thursday, May 10, at 10 a.m.
WHERE:
Columbia Presbyterian Church
711 S Columbia Dr
Decatur, GA 30030
WHO:
Faith leaders and community members
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