Ahead of Mother’s Day, GA Clergy Hold Vigil to Urging Lawmakers to Stop Immoral Deportations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 8, 2018

MEDIA CONTACT

Michelle Nealy, mnealy@faithinpubliclife.org, (202)735-7123

Graham Younger, gyounger@faithinpubliclife.org, 678-739-8584

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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.

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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.

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Following the vigil, religious leaders will deliver card signed by Georgians to the office of Representative Handel.

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WHAT:

Morning Vigil; Faith leaders will deliver giant #HonorImmigrantMoms Mother’s Day card to Rep. Karen Handel

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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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