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felis_ultharusPlease, if you're in this country, and if you haven't yet, please write to Diane Finley, our Minister of Immigration in Harper's Cabinet of EvilTM about the Orozco case. The mailing address is here:
For those of you who don't know, Alvaro Orozco Hurtado (immigration Client I.D. Number: 5489-8782) was the Nicaraguan refugee who left his country at the age of 12 -- fleeing the homophobia of both his family, and his country (where homosexuality is illegal and gaybashing is common), and made his way north.
He was originally headed for San Francisco, but was caught by American immigration officials. He's spent much of his life in institutions, or in asylum offered by religious (and generally anti-gay) groups. Finally he got away, and headed for Canada, hoping he'd get a better hearing here.
But the one-person Refugee Board -- for there which there is (contrary to law requiring it) no appeal -- has rejected his claim. The Board, whose name is Deborah Lamont, doesn't believe Orozco is gay, because he can't prove he was having sex, as a teenager, in American federal government institutions or in the basements of anti-gay churches.
Please take time to send a letter. Finley's party is homophobic, but if they think enough people care that'll alter their chances in the next election with the moderates outside their base, then there's a chance he can get a Minister's Permit, allowing him to stay.
A good Toronto Star article on Orozco. His website's a little poor in quality and tends to ramble, but it does have more info.
The Honourable Diane FinleyThere is no postage required for such a letter.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
For those of you who don't know, Alvaro Orozco Hurtado (immigration Client I.D. Number: 5489-8782) was the Nicaraguan refugee who left his country at the age of 12 -- fleeing the homophobia of both his family, and his country (where homosexuality is illegal and gaybashing is common), and made his way north.
He was originally headed for San Francisco, but was caught by American immigration officials. He's spent much of his life in institutions, or in asylum offered by religious (and generally anti-gay) groups. Finally he got away, and headed for Canada, hoping he'd get a better hearing here.
But the one-person Refugee Board -- for there which there is (contrary to law requiring it) no appeal -- has rejected his claim. The Board, whose name is Deborah Lamont, doesn't believe Orozco is gay, because he can't prove he was having sex, as a teenager, in American federal government institutions or in the basements of anti-gay churches.
Please take time to send a letter. Finley's party is homophobic, but if they think enough people care that'll alter their chances in the next election with the moderates outside their base, then there's a chance he can get a Minister's Permit, allowing him to stay.
A good Toronto Star article on Orozco. His website's a little poor in quality and tends to ramble, but it does have more info.
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Date: 2007-08-12 05:58 pm (UTC)I'd love to write, but I'm too foreign.
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Date: 2007-08-12 07:01 pm (UTC)