C-U Immigration Forum

"Program Aimed at Criminal Immigrants Criticized" by Tim Mitchell See our Press and Media page for more available articles.

Tonight's event at the Champaign Public Library was packed past capacity! Special thanks to all who attended, spoke, volunteered, and asked questions. Please check back in the coming days for updates and more information. UPCOMING MEETINGS: Tuesday, Dec. 6th at 5pm Tuesday, Jan. 10th at 5pm The Forum meets at the University YMCA . 1001 S. Wright St. (corner of Wright and Chalmers just west of the Quad on the UIUC campus) Bookmark us! Add us to your toolbar! Make us your home page! Just a suggestion... For the most reliable updates, click on "Email Sign Up" and add your email address. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK if that's your media of choice.

For people in the C-U community being directly effected by the over-zealous enforment of  the federal Secure Communities Act, saying that the InSecure Communities forum tonight is "only the beginning" sounds a bit like defeat. As Aaron Johnson-Ortiz said, "We could end this tomorrow." And it's true. The holds on local undocumented immigrants being arrested and imprisoned could end tomorrow. However, "only the beginning" also holds a strong message of hope, intention, action, and relentlessness. "Only the beginning" means that a dialog started tonight in which an incredibly diverse group of over 175 people attended an informative event to learn more and let their voices be heard. Difficult questions were asked of Captain Jones, newly minted into his position. Answers were less frequent, and more often provided by the well-researched group comprising the C-U Immigration Forum who hosted the event along with an eclectic and impassioned gro...