El Rescate News Conference

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release                                       Contact Person:    Salvador Sanabria

August 22, 2012                                                                               Executive Director

                                                                                                         (213) 276-3923

Congresswoman Judy Chu encourages students to apply for DACA benefits

Congresswoman Judy Chu, a member of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives, will be joining leaders of the Central American community

to encourage students to apply for the benefits of the  Deferred Action Children Arrivals (DACA) through the community based organizations that serve the Central American

community.

The organizations El Rescate, Casa Nicaragua, the Honduran Alliance of Los

Angeles and the National Central American Roundtable are participating in the

efforts to offer legal clinics and educational forums to enable beneficiaries to apply for

the 2-year period to have their deportation stayed and to be able to have a work authorization,

driver’s license and to have the opportunity to renew this benefits in two years.

Since taking position of her 32^nd Congressional District, Congresswoman Judy Chu

Has been an active advocate of humane immigration policies as a member of the

House’s Judiciary Committee. She has met with working mothers, with Latino

Families that demand a comprehensive immigration reform and stop the separation

of families.

The Central American community based organizations have been serving the immigrant community for the last 30 years, and legalizing over 250,000 people.

WHAT:   PRESS CONFERENCE  TO CALL STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR DACA             BENEFITS

WHEN:   Thursday, August 23, 2012

TIME:       2:30 P.M. 

WHERE:  El Rescate

                 1501 W. 8^th Street, Suite 100

                  Los Angeles, CA 90017

                  (213) 387-3284

WHO:      Salvador Sanabria, Executive Director, El Rescate

               Congresswoman Judy Chu, 32^nd Congressional District, House of Representative

                   Dan Romero, Immigration Attorney, El Rescate

                   Vivian Panting, Commissioner for Hondurans Abroad

                   Julio Cardoza, President, Casa Nicaragua

                   Francisco Rivera, President, National Central American Roundtable

                   Cecilia Rodriguez, President, Honduran Alliance of Los Angeles

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