MARK IS OFFICIALLY GRANTED ASYLUM AND HE IS SAFE!! I AM ABSOLUTELY OVERJOYED BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WON THIS FIGHT TOGETHER!! THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HELPED US SECURE THIS INCREDIBLE VICTORY FOR HIS FUTURE!!
March 6, 2011
Final supporters
20 December 2010
Dear Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Barbara Boxer, Representative Brad Sherman, and Representative Bob Filner:
We, the undersigned, are petitioning your support for Mark Farrales. Some of us know Mark. We study with him. We work with him. And we collaborate with him on a daily basis. He is part of our UCSD community.
Many of us do not know Mark. Yet, some of us have an intimate connection to his story. For some, the immigrant journey for asylum or a home is ingrained in our memories. We know the fear and the hope that has pulled our families thousands of miles across national borders. We take part in a continual search, sometimes marked by joy and disappointment, discovery and loss – but always marked by hope. We live and continue to live those licit and illicit crossings. Many more of us cannot relate to Mark’s story or other stories of crossing on a personal level. Yet, we still sign this petition in solidarity.
We see glaring contradictions in the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's (ICE) willingness to detain and deport Mark. The desire for asylum has inspired immigrants well before our nation’s founding – their fear and their hope drove them across oceans and isthmuses. We also see the shortsightedness of the ICE's actions against Mark. We see how easily the rudiments of the case and his classification as illegal have effectively erased his story. His case file leaves out important details – the fear that drove his family to the United States as well as the accomplishments Mark has made at Belmont high school, Harvard, and as a doctoral student at UCSD. We see how easily legal red tape can defer dreams and talent. We see how easily a blind law can cast out the best and brightest from a country that is already our/their home, and how easily it can draw a line around the potential contributions that we/they continue to make in this country.
We ask that you push for a private bill that would grant Mark Farrales asylum as well as release from detention. In a way, this private bill would cut through the red tape that threatens a principle that is near and dear to some but far off on the horizon for many more.
In hope and solidarity.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
December 22, 2010
December 22, 2010
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING EVERY SECOND REACHING OUT TO ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PUSH FOR MARK TO STAY!! THE PRESSURE IS BUILDING AND WE ARE REFUSING TO BACK DOWN UNTIL HE IS GRANTED ASYLUM!!
December 22, 2010
THIS MOMENT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!! SEEING THIS SURGE OF SUPPORT FOR MARK GIVES ME SO MUCH HOPE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TURN THIS AROUND!! WE HAVE BUILT MASSIVE MOMENTUM AND I AM BEYOND EXCITED TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR HIM!!
Reached 100 supporters
December 21, 2010
December 19, 2010
WE ARE BLASTING TOWARD THAT HUNDRED SIGNATURE MARK!! BLAST THIS LINK TO EVERY GROUP CHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW TO GET US ACROSS THE LINE!!
6 Comments
I was in Mark's class at Harvard. What is happening is a travesty. Please act to resolve this situation swiftly and justly.
HE DID NOTHING WRONG. STOP DEPORTING GOOD PEOPLE.
this is just wrong. mark is a great guy and deserves to stay here. FIX THE SYSTEM.
known mark since college. he has so much to give to this country. dont let this happen.
Mark is my neighbor and a model member of this community. Sending him away makes absolutely no sense and hurts everyone around him.
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MARK IS OFFICIALLY GRANTED ASYLUM AND HE IS SAFE!! I AM ABSOLUTELY OVERJOYED BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY WON THIS FIGHT TOGETHER!! THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HELPED US SECURE THIS INCREDIBLE VICTORY FOR HIS FUTURE!!
March 6, 2011
Final supporters
20 December 2010
Dear Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Barbara Boxer, Representative Brad Sherman, and Representative Bob Filner:
We, the undersigned, are petitioning your support for Mark Farrales. Some of us know Mark. We study with him. We work with him. And we collaborate with him on a daily basis. He is part of our UCSD community.
Many of us do not know Mark. Yet, some of us have an intimate connection to his story. For some, the immigrant journey for asylum or a home is ingrained in our memories. We know the fear and the hope that has pulled our families thousands of miles across national borders. We take part in a continual search, sometimes marked by joy and disappointment, discovery and loss – but always marked by hope. We live and continue to live those licit and illicit crossings. Many more of us cannot relate to Mark’s story or other stories of crossing on a personal level. Yet, we still sign this petition in solidarity.
We see glaring contradictions in the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's (ICE) willingness to detain and deport Mark. The desire for asylum has inspired immigrants well before our nation’s founding – their fear and their hope drove them across oceans and isthmuses. We also see the shortsightedness of the ICE's actions against Mark. We see how easily the rudiments of the case and his classification as illegal have effectively erased his story. His case file leaves out important details – the fear that drove his family to the United States as well as the accomplishments Mark has made at Belmont high school, Harvard, and as a doctoral student at UCSD. We see how easily legal red tape can defer dreams and talent. We see how easily a blind law can cast out the best and brightest from a country that is already our/their home, and how easily it can draw a line around the potential contributions that we/they continue to make in this country.
We ask that you push for a private bill that would grant Mark Farrales asylum as well as release from detention. In a way, this private bill would cut through the red tape that threatens a principle that is near and dear to some but far off on the horizon for many more.
In hope and solidarity.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
December 22, 2010
December 22, 2010
I HAVE BEEN SPENDING EVERY SECOND REACHING OUT TO ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PUSH FOR MARK TO STAY!! THE PRESSURE IS BUILDING AND WE ARE REFUSING TO BACK DOWN UNTIL HE IS GRANTED ASYLUM!!
December 22, 2010
THIS MOMENT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!! SEEING THIS SURGE OF SUPPORT FOR MARK GIVES ME SO MUCH HOPE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TURN THIS AROUND!! WE HAVE BUILT MASSIVE MOMENTUM AND I AM BEYOND EXCITED TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR HIM!!
Reached 100 supporters
December 21, 2010
December 19, 2010
WE ARE BLASTING TOWARD THAT HUNDRED SIGNATURE MARK!! BLAST THIS LINK TO EVERY GROUP CHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW TO GET US ACROSS THE LINE!!
6 Comments
In a nation made of immigrants, in a nation in desperate need of example citizens, in a nation which houses the brave and free, let Mark continue his journey which has been an example for any legal citizen. The system is broken - stop punishing the innocent.
I was in Mark's class at Harvard. What is happening is a travesty. Please act to resolve this situation swiftly and justly.
HE DID NOTHING WRONG. STOP DEPORTING GOOD PEOPLE.
this is just wrong. mark is a great guy and deserves to stay here. FIX THE SYSTEM.
known mark since college. he has so much to give to this country. dont let this happen.
Mark is my neighbor and a model member of this community. Sending him away makes absolutely no sense and hurts everyone around him.
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In a nation made of immigrants, in a nation in desperate need of example citizens, in a nation which houses the brave and free, let Mark continue his journey which has been an example for any legal citizen. The system is broken - stop punishing the innocent.