#Not1More Deportation

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PROTESTORS BLOCK INTERSECTION NEAR BROADVIEW DETENTION CENTER, CALL ON PRESIDENT OBAMA TO STOP DEPORTATIONS  

Broadview, Illnois – Immigrant rights activists have formed a human chain to block an intersection near the Broadview Detention Center.  Crowds are chanting “Not one more,” and “Two Million Too Many” referring to the President’s record deportations and their demand that he act immediately to stop them.

One participant said, “If the President will not stop deportations, then we will.  You don’t deport people in order to legalize them.  The President’s strategy on immigration reform has gotten us two million deportations, but it hasn’t gotten us reform.  We need immediate action from the President and it needs to start with administrative relief.”  

Today’s actions are part of the national #Not1more Deportation campaign calling on President Obama to put a stop to deportations with more than 80 events occurring over the weekend nationwide.   By the middle of April, President Obama will have carried out 2 million deportations, more than any other president. Read more