(New Orleans, Louisiana) – Alfredo has been organizing with the New Orleans Congress of day laborers for 4 years, and was one of the workers helping to rebuild the city after hurricane Katrina. He first became involved after his car was rear-ended, and he was arrested for driving without a license. While he was in jail, he saw how immigration racially profiled Latinos and targeted them for deportation. His experience and organizing after getting out, helped change the policy of the New Orleans Sheriff department recently announced, to stop responding to ICE request for immigration holds.  In recent months, Alfredo has met the families of people detained during immigration raids in New Orleans, and was touched by the story of Enrique and his daughters. Enrique was stopped by the New Orleans Police and deported just last week. “I came for him and his two little girls. I have seen the pain that deportations cause. But I have also seen the power of organizing, and how through the power of stories people can change their minds about horrible things they have done. If our Sheriff can see it, President Obama should be able to do the same”