Earlier today, I got the most recent edition of the “We Are America” weekly digest of stories. We’ve talked about the ‘We Are America’ project before and recently celebrated a stay of deportation for Yves, one of their storytellers.
Today’s digest, however, was special for me. One of the standout stories came from Beth, a woman living in Philadelphia. Beth is a policewoman and her husband of almost 10 years was recently arrested and deported back to Algeria. Her heartbreaking story is below.
What’s special about this? Beth is one of the thousands of people on our Cell Phone Action network – a text message network that works for comprehensive immigration reform. (Not on it yet? Text JUSTICE to 69866).
In the lead up to the March for America this past spring, we asked members of the Cell Phone Action network to call in and tell us their stories. We used some of their voices in the opening video during the march itself. As it turns out, Beth was one of those storytellers! The folks at the We Are America project were able to catch up with her and get this amazing footage of her telling her entire story.
I’m so proud to have been a very small part of giving Beth a platform to tell her story. This is the face of the broken immigration system. And we have to keep telling our story until they listen and make it right. Thank you, Beth, for your courage. We promise to all keep fighting.
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