Sires Cosponsors Immigrant Detention Reform

Great news! Congressman Albio Sires (NJ13) joined fellow NJ Representatives Holt, Payne and Rothman in supporting the Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act, HR1215. This legislation addresses the most serious flaws identified in Amnesty’s Jailed Without Justice Report:
• Extreme over reliance on detention without considering effective and less expensive alternatives.
• Lack of due process allowing those imprisoned to challenge the grounds of their detention.
• Inhumane prison conditions for those who are detained.

If your Congressman is not on the list above, please call his office and urge him to cosponsor this important bill.

Amnesty is also supporting two of Senator Robert Menendez’s bills that address these issues, S 1549 and S 1550. Wherever you live in NJ, please call Senator Lautenberg’s office and urge him to support these bills!

Amnesty is currently organizing a lobbying week (the week of November 11th) across the country to support this legislation. We are also going to be focusing on closing Guantanamo and supporting the ratification of a women’s rights treaty (CEDAW). Please go to http://www.amnestyusa.org/delegation/list.php to find out more!

Upcoming Mobilization to Support Women's Rights!

Near the end of September, activist around the country will participate in a week of action to urge the U.S. Senate to finally ratify the Convention for the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), which is also known a s the Treaty for the Rights of Women.

If you are in a student group, this mobilization will take place within a month of your return to classes. It would therefore help if you could begin including it in your plans for the semester and put it on the agenda for your first meeting.

Please check back here for more information on this action!