ja_mageia

Home

Take Action

November Vigil

Bodies on the Line: Direct Action!

DREAMers Confront Border Patrol Officers in Alabama

We were joined by many undocumented immigrants at the gates of Fort Benning this year. We stood together to challenge the unjust and racist policies of the U.S. government, to close the School of the Americas and to win justice for all. Jonathan Perez, an undocumented youth from California was scheduled to speak on the Saturday plenary at the Columbus Convention Center but he could not, because he incarcerated. On November 10, Jonathan Perez and Isaac Barrera, two undocumented immigrants from California, entered a Border Patrol office in Mobile, Alabama and told agents they were undocumented. Theirs was a strategic move organized by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance and DreamActivist.org to prove that away from the media spotlight and contrary to its public line on its deportation policies, the Obama administration is still intent on deporting the very people it claims not to have any interest in removing from the country, including young people with no criminal convictions who’d be eligible for the DREAM Act.

Watch this video, released over the weekend, as Perez confronts Border Patrol officers, and courageously announces his status, but not before telling them how disgusted he is with Obama’s deportation agenda.

“We’re exercising our power and showing that we can do something about this,” Perez told Colorlines last week. “We can challenge the system, and when we do, the system falls apart and the contradictions begin to show.”

Update from Thursday, Nov. 24: Isaac and Jonathan were released this morning!

Read more

$20,000 Challenge

We're over halfway there! Help us to meet the May 2012 $20,000 Challenge. Only $8,944 to go! Will you help SOA Watch meet the challenge with a donation today?

Please click here to donate today and help us meet the challenge!

Job Opening: SOA Watch Development and Operations Coordinator

SOA Watch has an opening for a full-time Operations and Development Coordinator in our Washington, DC office. We are looking for someone with a background dealing with finances, and with a strong commitment to the grassroots movement to close the SOA. People of color and women are encouraged to apply. If you are interested or if you can think of someone who would be great for this position, please see http://SOAW.org/work for the job description, requirements and for information on how to apply.

Tell Congress to Close the SOA/WHINSEC
Congress: Close the SOA