13501: Lubin: Atlanta Haitian Protest Against Immigration Laws (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

Media Release
Contact:  Andre Lubin 404-886-3171
               Sandra Centeno 404-293-0176


HAITIAN PROTEST AGAINST IMMIGRATION LAWS

The Atlanta Haitian Community wants their voices to be heard about the
unjust treatment of people of African descent on the Immigration Policy and
the treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers in South Florida.

A protest demonstration will take place on the steps of the I.N.S. building
Downtown Atlanta on Saturday, November 2nd at 10:00 a.m.
INS Atlanta District Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building, 77 Forsyth
Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303

Come out and hear our concerns about the two-tier policy, one for Haitians
and one for everybody else.  The current detention policy targeting Haitian
Nationals that effectively denies them a fair chance to pursue asylum in the
United States, is unfortunately the latest manifestation of our government’s
long, disgraceful history of discrimination against Haitian Refugees.

Despite the well-documented political repression and turmoil that have
characterized life in Haiti for the past decades, refugees from Haiti have
been singled out in the United States for “special” discriminatory treatment
and the fundamental principles of refugee protection abandoned time and
again.

We would like those concerned in Humanitarian and Human Rights issues to
come out and let your voice be heard.

>From the North: take I-75/85 South, exit right at Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive (Exit #248A), and follow to Forsyth Street. Turn left on Forsyth
Street and the Atlanta District Office is located on the corner of Martin
Luther King Jr. Drive, and Forsyth Street in the Martin Luther King Jr.
Federal Building.

>From the South: take I-75/85 North to Exit #246 (Central Avenue/Fulton
Street), follow Central Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, turn left,
and continue to Forsyth Street. At Forsyth Street, turn left and the
District Office is on your immediate right in the Martin Luther King Jr.
Federal Building.

>From the East: take I-20 West to Exit #56B (Spring Street/Windsor Street)
turn right onto Spring Street and follow Spring Street to Mitchell Street.
At Mitchell Street, turn right, and go one block to Forsyth Street; the
Atlanta District Office is one block on the left, at the corner of Martin
Luther King Jr. Drive and Forsyth Street.

>From the West: take I-20 East, Exit Spring Street, turn left and follow
Spring Street to Mitchell Street. Turn right on Mitchell Street and go 1
block to Forsyth Street, turn left on Forsyth Street. The INS building is
one block on the left at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and
Forsyth Street.


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