Stop Herta's Deportation

by Dave Bennion

categories: DREAM Act, Immigration Reform

Published August 12, 2009 @ 05:46AM PT

There is another Dreamer about to be deported who urgently needs your help.  From Dreamactivist.org:

My name is Herta Llusho, I am 19 years old, and I writing this because I am about to be deported.  I was born in Albania and was brought to the United States when I was 11 years old.   With the help and support of my family, I have struggled through more than seven years of legal proceedings to find a way to stay in this country legally.  Despite our best efforts, on August 19, I will be removed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from the only place I know as my home.  I will be sent back to a country that has become a foreign place to me.  I don’t even speak Albanian well anymore.  My only hope of staying here is for as many people as possible to ask DHS to delay my deportation until the DREAM Act is passed.

My parents brought me to the United States because they believed in the promises this country had to offer. To them it was the land of opportunities, values, and ideals. They were faithful believers of the American Dream, meaning that through hard work, education, and good character their children could accomplish anything they wanted. In fact, they believed in it so strongly that they sacrificed their own lives, as well as their relationship to make it happen. My dad stayed in Albania with the hope of relocating to the US, while my mom left everything behind in pursuit of a better life for her children. To this day, even after many years of struggle and sacrifice, they still believe that it is all worth it, and so do I. I have been truly blessed in the many opportunities I have received. The United States has made me the person I am today. I would like nothing more than to contribute to the country that has given me so much.

You can help by taking the following actions:

1.   Join the facebook group for immediate updates:

2.   Sign the petition which will be hand-delivered to targets.

3.   Use SEIU Click to Call Action Tool to call DHS [link forthcoming]

4.   Call Senator Carl Levin at (202) 224-6221.  Urge him to a) introduce private bill for Herta, and b) write letter to DHS asking them to stop Herta's deportation.

5.   Call Senator Stabenow at (202) 224-4822.  Urge her to a) introduce private bill for Herta, and b) write letter to DHS asking them to stop Herta's deportation.

6.   Call Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick at (202) 225-2261. Urge her to a) introduce private bill for Herta, and b) write letter to DHS asking them to stop Herta's deportation.

Call in Script:

I'm calling to ask  (Rep./Sen._________ )to help defer action on Herta Llusho's deportation by introducing a private bill and urging DHS to stop her deportation.  Herta's case number is A-96-139-441.

Herta's parents brought her to the U.S. at the age of 11 with a dream of giving her a better life.  They worked hard to provide for her and raised her to believe in the American Dream.  She graduated from high school with a 4.05 GPA and was accepted, and currently attends, the University of Detroit Mercy.  She wants to be an engineer just like many in her family.

Now, at the age of 19, she is facing deportation to a country that she has little memory of or connection to.

You have the power to do the right thing.

Please help defer action on Herta's deportation!