Stop the Deportation of Domestic Violence Victim Maria Bolanos

Stop the Deportation of Domestic Violence Victim Maria Bolanos

The Issue

As a result of the controversial Secure Communities program, Maria Bolanos, a mother of a 21-month-old U.S. citizen baby faces deportation after seeking out help from local police in her domestic violence case.

Communities' distrust of local authorities has increased due to the Secure Communities program, which uses fingerprints collected by local law enforcement to investigate immigration status and trigger removal proceedings.

Federal and state tax dollars are being misallocated; instead of targeting criminals, this program is criminalizing victims in need of help.

Support Maria Bolanos and families like hers that are being destroyed by signing this petition to stop her deportation and end the Secure Communities program.

Photo credit: Deportation Nation video

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Erin PangilinanPetition StarterErin Jerri Malonzo Pangilinan graduated with a BA from UC Berkeley as an Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies double major with honors and is an active member of the Berkeley Asian American Pacific Islander Alumni Association. She continues to write as a news correspondent for Philippine News for five years, and has published news and poetry in Yellow as Turmeric, Fragrant as Cloves: A Contemporary Anthology of Asian American Women's Poetry, {m}aganda magazine, and hardboiled asian american newsmagazine.
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The Issue

As a result of the controversial Secure Communities program, Maria Bolanos, a mother of a 21-month-old U.S. citizen baby faces deportation after seeking out help from local police in her domestic violence case.

Communities' distrust of local authorities has increased due to the Secure Communities program, which uses fingerprints collected by local law enforcement to investigate immigration status and trigger removal proceedings.

Federal and state tax dollars are being misallocated; instead of targeting criminals, this program is criminalizing victims in need of help.

Support Maria Bolanos and families like hers that are being destroyed by signing this petition to stop her deportation and end the Secure Communities program.

Photo credit: Deportation Nation video

avatar of the starter
Erin PangilinanPetition StarterErin Jerri Malonzo Pangilinan graduated with a BA from UC Berkeley as an Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies double major with honors and is an active member of the Berkeley Asian American Pacific Islander Alumni Association. She continues to write as a news correspondent for Philippine News for five years, and has published news and poetry in Yellow as Turmeric, Fragrant as Cloves: A Contemporary Anthology of Asian American Women's Poetry, {m}aganda magazine, and hardboiled asian american newsmagazine.
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The Decision Makers

John Morton
John Morton
Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Marc Rapp
Marc Rapp
Deputy Director, Secure Communities

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Petition created on November 29, 2010