Action Alerts

Family travel to Cuba reverts to cruel Bush-era regs

by Mavis, Paulo, Emily and Andrew, LAWG Cuba Team on June 23, 2011

Today the House Appropriations Committee voted in favor of an amendment, put forth by Representative Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida (R-FL 21st), to the FY 2012 Financial Services Appropriations bill. This amendment, which passed by voice vote, rescinds changes that President Obama made in 2009 to Cuban-American family travel and remittances regulations. If this amendment were to become law, Cuban Americans would only be permitted to visit their families in Cuba once every three years, with a limited definition of what constitutes family, and with no humanitarian exceptions. Cuban Americans would also be limited in what they could send in remittances to Cuba. We would be back to Bush Administration-era regulations on family travel. This is totally unacceptable.

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Cuba Travel in Jeopardy

by Mavis, Paulo, Emily and Andrew, LAWG Cuba Team on June 22, 2011

We fought for "travel for all" and we got "travel for some." Now we face the possibility of "travel for none. "

The House Appropriations Committee is meeting first thing tomorrow morning, and Cuba may very well come up. Opponents of exchange with Cuba will likely offer amendments to the financial services appropriations bill that will reverse the changes the President has made during his term in office – which has allowed travel by Cuban-American families, students and professors, religious groups, academics, musicians. We can't let this happen.

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What You Can Do to Stop the U.S.-Colombia FTA

by Vanessa and Lisa, LAWG Colombia Team on May 26, 2011

All across the country activists are coming together to stop the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Check out these resources we've compiled on opposing the FTA, and get involved!

Whether you only have enough time to send an email or you want to visit your member of congress in person, this is the moment to make your voice heard!

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Stop Dangerous Deportations

by Jenny Johnson on June 18, 2011

“PLEASE SAVE US. We as in my fellow inmates find ourselves in the Torrance County Detention Facility and we are scared for our lives.”

Fearful of being kidnapped or murdered if they were deported to Mexican states that border Texas and New Mexico, individuals held on immigration charges in New Mexico sent this plea to No More Deaths, a humanitarian aid organization that works to protect migrants in the Arizona/Sonora border area.

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Honduras: Ask Your Member of Congress to Sign Human Rights Letter

by Emily Chow on May 20, 2011

Reps. McGovern (D-MA), Schakowsky (D-IL) and Farr (D-CA) are asking other members of the House to sign a letter to Secretary of State Clinton that calls on the Honduran government to address severe human rights problems in the country.

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Watch Our Video to Against the U.S. Colombia FTA

by Vanessa and Lisa, LAWG Colombia Team on June 09, 2011

With the debate over the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) intensifying, we’re pulling out all the stops to make our message heard. This week we’re taking over the internet and we need your help!

Watch our new two minute video opposing the U.S.-Colombia FTA and then spread the word about it:

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Call to Action on the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement

by Vanessa Kritzer on May 11, 2011

It’s go time. The Obama Administration has started moving forward with the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA). So we’re organizing immediate national actions to convince Obama and Congress that passing this FTA is wrong—and we need your help.

Join us on a National Conference Call this Monday, May 16th, at 8:30pm EST/ 5:30pm PST to learn what’s happening and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it !

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