Join NCAPA to Call for Administrative Immigration Relief Today
November 3, 2014
See below for an infographic you can use. Join us for an 11-7-14 Twitter Town Hall.
The elections are over, and the time is now for the President to keep his promise to act on immigration and grant administrative relief. Our communities were deeply disappointed the President delayed administrative action in September and now, more than ever, we are looking to him to act quickly and courageously. The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) has created an infographic that underscores the importance of administrative action by the President. We urge our partners around the country to send the message that it's time for President Obama to provide clear options to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) and all immigrants. Join us to take action in the following ways to demand administrative relief for AAPIs and all immigrants: What you can do:
Share the NCAPA infographic on Facebook, Twitter and other social media with the hashtag #AAPIs4Relief. Use it with your email blasts and e-newsletters, and include it in actions, meetings and events that you are having in November.
Join the NCAPA Twitter Town Hall from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 7, using the hashtag #AAPIs4Relief and follow @NCAPATweets.
Call the White House at 202-456-1111 to urge the President to keep his promise and use his executive authority to provide administrative immigration relief.
What are our asks of the President?
Provide a clear path to citizenship. A path to citizenship would allow 1.3 million undocumented AAPIs and their families to come out of the shadows.
Keep families together. Every day, AAPIs are separated from their loved ones. Many family members wait years, even decades, to be reunited with their family members in the United States, including 1.8 million from Asian countries who are awaiting family visas. In addition, with the government deporting 1,100 people each day, the United States is separating - rather than uniting - families.
Sample Messages for Use to Share the Infographic and Twitter Town Hall
(Facebook):
Now that the elections are over, _______ (Your Org Name) calls upon President Obama to provide administrative relief for AAPIs and other immigrants. Learn about the immigration priorities affecting AAPI immigrants via this infographic produced by the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA). Then, share it with your networks, and join us for a Twitter Town Hall on Friday, 11/7 between 12 and 1PM EST. Get sample tweets at bit.ly/aapis4relief.
(Twitter):
1. .@YOUR ORG asks @BarackObama to act on promise to grant admin relief. #AAPIs4Relief http://ncapaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/AAPIs4Relief-graphic.jpg
2. Join @YOUR ORG for immigration town hall FRIDAY, 11/7 at 12-1 p.m. ET. Get sample tweets at bit.ly/aapis4relief. #AAPIs4Relief
Sample tweets during town hall:
• President @BarackObama, it’s time to keep your promise and act NOW. #AAPIs4Relief • President @BarackObama, the elections are over. Now is the time to act on #immigration and keep families together. #AAPIs4Relief • We demand admin relief NOW for 1.3 million undocumented AAPIs. #AAPIs4Relief @BarackObama @WhiteHouse • 1.8 million from Asia are waiting to be reunited with families. President @BarackObama, we need relief NOW. #AAPIs4Relief. • Call the @WhiteHouse at 202-456-1111 and urge the President to act on his promise for admin relief. #AAPIs4Relief • Share this infographic and demand President @BarackObama to act on his promise to grant admin relief. #AAPIs4Relief http://ncapaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/AAPIs4Relief-graphic.jpg
Twitter accounts to follow:
@NCAPATweets, @AAAJ_AAJC, @NAKASEC, @APALANational, @SEARAC, @JACL_DC,@NQAPIA, @NAPAWF, @OCANational, @SAALTweets
