Help save Bernard Pastor from deportation

CPC, your help is needed NOW--the next 24 hours are crucial--to prevent the deportation of Bernard Pastor, the 18-year old, undocumented Reading OH resident who was recently charged with a traffic violation and is now in jeopardy of being deported. He has been living in the US since the age of three.

To learn about Bernard’s case, here is a link to The Cincinnati Enquirer article:  http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101123/NEWS01/311230026/Deportation-case-draws-interest

Quick Facts:

• His name is Bernard Pastor (His father actually is a pastor).
• Family fled Guatemala with him to escape political & religious persecution.
• Bernard graduated top 5 in his class from Reading High School.
• He is an avid community volunteer.
• He was three when he was brought to the U.S.; the choice to come here was not his.
• Native language is English; he speaks very limited Spanish.
• Bernard has never been back to Guatemala and does not know any family members still living there.
• For all intents and purposes, Bernard is a foreigner to Guatemala

Constituent Phone calls & Emails are needed!!!  (Lots of phone calls – so please circulate this email.) Please place a call tomorrow morning (Wednesday) after 9:00 a.m. to U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown’s Cincinnati office to express your opposition to the deportation of this young man who has lived here since the age of 3.   The Senator and others are trying to help, but time is of the essence, we’ve been advised. If you are an Ohio resident, simply identify yourself and say that you “support Bernard Pastor and do NOT want him deported.  Senator Brown’s Cincinnati Office:   Phone:  (513) 684-1021 

Or, In lieu of making a phone call, you can email a message tonight to Senator Brown at this link: http://brown.senate.gov/contact/ 

This is just another case, in our own backyard, that begs immediate passage of the Dream Act now being reconsidered by the U.S. Congress. Thank you for helping this young man and for advancing the cause of justice!

Very kind regards,
Coffee Party Cincinnati