***MEDIA ADVISORY***
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2019 Media Contact: Juan Rivera Director of Marketing & Communications juan@carecensf.og Office: 415.914.0424 Cell: 510.229.0468
TPS, DACA, DED BENEFICIARIES AND LEADING ADVOCATES HOLD BRIEFING FOR LAWMAKERS ON COUNTRY CONDITIONS, MIGRANT CORRIDOR AND CALL ON CONGRESS TO ACT NOW TO CREATE PATH TO PERMANENT STATUS
Washington, DC – CARECEN San Francisco, CARECEN DC, Alianza Americas, the Bay Area TPS Committee, CASA, 32BJ SEIU, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, African Advocacy Network, the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, OXFAM, Latin America Working Group, FANM and TPS, DED and DACA beneficiaries land on Washington, DC to hold a Press Conference followed by Congressional Visits to give testimony and call on lawmakers to create a path to permanent status now! PRESS CONFERENCE
WHAT:
Speakers: Members of Congress, Leading Immigration Advocates, TPS, DACA, DED holders and Western Hemisphere Policy Experts will provide testimony and call on lawmakers to create a path to permanent status now! WHEN: September 9, 2019, at 11:30 am WHERE: Zone 10, East side of U.S. Capitol building, across from the Library of Congress on First Street SE
CONGRESSIONAL VISITS WHAT:
TPS, DED and DACA beneficiaries will urge lawmakers to take action NOW to create a path towards permanent status. WHEN: September 9-10, 2019 All Day
WHERE: Halls of Congress
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