ALERT!!!!! ALERT!!!!! the House Judiciary Committee CANCELLED its Field Hearing on August 25th and it will not be rescheduled. Over a hundred people from NYC were set to attend the hearings in upstate NY. NYC voices WILL be heard! Immigrants' voices WILL be heard. WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED!!! As people who live and work in NYC, we must have our VOICES HEARD & EXPOSE the political games & exclusionary tactics being played by Congress. Join us from the heart of the belly of the beast at the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan on Friday August 25th as we REFUSE TO BE SILENCED & EXCLUDED from the "Democratic Process" BY CONGRESS throughout the legislative debate on immigration reform and demand: NO to a BILL written by electeds who refuse to hear immigrant demands! NO to a BILL that TRADES MORE Detention, Border Militarization & Deportation for WEAK legalization provisions! YES! to full legalization and civil rights for all immigrants! Press Conference & March to Federal Plaza 11 am Friday, August 25th 80 Broadway, Bank of America (Take 4/5 to Wall Street. Exit @ Broadway from Station) More info: immigrantcommunitiesinaction@gmail.com DRUM: 718-205-3036

SAVE THE DATE! OUTDOOR COMMUNITY COUNTER-HEARING & PRESS CONFERENCE at the site of sham, anti-immigrant House Field "Hearings" to SAY NO TO ENFORCEMENT-ONLY BILLS/COMPROMISES & DEMAND A JUST LEGALIZATION Friday, August 25th 10am UPSTATE: Transpo. leaving NYC at approx. *5am*

SAVE THE DATE! Immigrant Communities in Action is organizing an outdoor counter-hearing & press conference to bring pro-immigrant community voices to the site of a House "Field Hearing" that is being held in Upstate NY on August 25th (exact location TBA). The House Field Hearings, held across the country, are the latest political maneuver by Republicans in Congress to mobilize their conservative base for increased enforcement and against legalization for 14 million undocumented immigrants. These "sham", one-sided hearings centralize the anti-immigrant agenda of Border Patrol, DHS, local police, etc in an effort to counter the power of the historic mobilizations of millions of immigrants this past spring.

The Field Hearing for NY is being held in a distant locale in an intentional attempt to sidestep and exclude New York City's powerful immigrant voice. We will make our voices heard and demonstrate our fierce opposition to a disingenuine political process and anti-immigrant agenda through an OUTDOOR COMMUNITY COUNTER-HEARING at the site of the hearing, which is being held upstate in a currently unannounced location.

The demo will feature community testimony, a creative element and a press conference. Due to the distance from NYC, it will be an all-day commitment but maximum participation will be critical given the importance of letting Congress know that immigrants are still united in a fight for a just legalization and our voices cannot be excluded: let's come together to re-ignite the momentum of our movement!

TO MAKE THIS CRITICAL ACTION HAPPEN, WE NEED BUSES OR VANS TO BE DONATED!

Please be in touch if you are aware of resources. If we can't have buses donated, we'll be asking for individual or organizational contributions to transportation expenses.

RSVP/More info: immigrantcommunitiesinaction@gmail.com DRUM: 718-205-3036