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Thursday, December 14, 2017

Open Letter to the Salvadoran people: We are with you-Save TPS

Open Letter to the Salvadoran people: We are with you

Organizations:Sign on herebefore December 15

All: Make a contribution hereto publish our letter in El Salvador

Dear Friends,

In less than a month, the Department of Homeland Security will decide whether or not to renew Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived in the U.S. for decades.

As you can imagine, people are terrified. Recent decisions to cancel TPS altogether for Nicaragua and Haiti do not bode well and the news in El Salvador is abuzz with speculation.

Worse, right-wingers in El Salvador are attempting to exploit people's fears for their own political gain, telling voters that Trump cancelling DACA and TPS being uncertain are the leftist FMLN government's fault.

As the holidays approach, we're sending a different message to the people of El Salvador: You are not alone. We are with you and we will keep fighting.

Next Monday, December 18, is the United Nations' International Day of the Migrant. CISPES is inviting local, national and international organizations to join us in sending a solidarity message to the families of Salvadoran immigrants living in the U.S.

If you are part of an organization that wants to sign on, check out the text here and add your organization here. The deadline is Friday, December 15.

Any individual can support this effort by making a contribution to publish our letter as a full-page ad in El Salvador's largest newspaper on Monday, the International Day of the Migrant.

To raise the $2,000 we need by Friday, we just need 20 people to give $100 - or 100 people to give $20. Will you help us share our message of solidarity far and wide by making a donation today?

Many, many thanks!

Alexis Stoumbelis, Executive Director

P.S. Together, we can let the Salvadoran people know that no matter how much hateful rhetoric may come from the White House, our solidarity is greater. Make a gift today!