Stand with Jose Juan & our church: Tell the Chicago ICE office to stop his deportation & keep his family together!
Add your name to the petition.
"Abandoning my children is not a choice I can make. I live for them, and I will fight to stay with them," says Jose Juan.
When Jose Juan was placed in deportation proceedings and ordered to leave his wife and children behind by the Chicago Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office, my church took emergency moral action and welcomed him into Sanctuary.
To help us fight to keep this family together, we started a petition to Chicago ICE and the Department of Homeland security who can keep Jose Juan home.
Add your name and tell Chicago ICE: Don't deport Jose Juan, father of 5.
Jose Juan has called Illinois home for almost half of his life. His US citizen children - ages 2-14 - have never known any other home.
Jose Juan made a mistake and was was charged with an "aggravated" DUI. The aggravated charge is solely because, as an undocumented immigrant, he had no access to a driver's license. As people of faith, we believe that we are always more than our mistakes and that all of God's children deserve second chances. Faith compels us to respond to injustice, to welcome the stranger, and to promote families staying together.
Tell the Chicago ICE Office to exercise discretion to stop Jose Juan's deportation. Do not let ICE separate a loving father of five from his wife and children!
In solidarity,
Rev. Julian DeShazier
Auburn Theological Seminary
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1800
New York, New York 10115, United States
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