[Peace] March for Gabino Sanchez / Monday, May 7, 2012 5pm University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Main Quad

[Karen Medina]

[I mis-spoke in my previous email. Sanchez is from South Carolina not
North Carolina. And, for what it is worth, an Illinois Congressman is
speaking up on this case. -karen medina]

March for Gabino Sanchez
"Help save an innocent man who is danger of being deported. Gabino
Sanchez, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, is currently facing
deportation, despite the promises of the Obama Administration for
prosecutorial discretion. Centro Sin Fronteras, an immigrant rights
organization based in Pilsen in Chicago, is rallying support for
Gabino and organizing demonstrations throughout the country, including
here at UIUC."

Monday, May 7, 2012
5pm
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Main Quad

Related media stories:
* "Illinois Congressman Fights Deportation of Gabino Sanchez, "Father
and Working Man" Who Has Been In Country 13 Years, Has No Prior
Criminal Record":
http://reason.com/blog/2011/12/01/illinois-congressman-fights-deportation
* 'Luis Gutierrez Defends Gabino Sanchez Against Deportation":
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/30/luis-gutierrez-gabino-sanchez-immigration-_n_1121671.html
* "S.C. dad the face of illegals debate":
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20111201/PC1602/312019902

"Gabino Sanchez came from Mexico to the United States when he was 14
years old. For the next 13 years, he worked construction and
landscaping jobs in South Carolina to support his wife and two
children, who are legal U.S. citizens. Sanchez is not.

Sanchez had never been arrested until he was stopped for a traffic
violation and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE). Sanchez did not have a driver’s license, and police suspected
he was in the country illegally.

“You’re going to fill your jails with plenty of Gabinos,” said U.S.
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) when he visited ICE officials in
Charleston [S.C. ...]"