Update: Please contact the Minister of Immigration AND the Minister of Public Safety at: Finley.D@parl.gc.ca and Day.S@parl.gc.ca. Please also cc Bill Graham, Alvaro's MP at: grahab8@parl.gc.ca.
Sample letter:
http://orangehabitat.com/alvaro/sampleletter1.html
Some of you already know the story of Alvaro Orozco who is facing an un-just deportation order that is scheduled to take effect on Feb 13th. This a dramatic story of a young man , living in Toronto for the past 2 years, and has been unfairly treated by the system and faces a very grim future if we don't succeed in helping him.
Alavaro's full story and all the contact info and ways you can help can be found at: www.orangehabitat.com/alvaro
Here is the brief:
Alvaro's situation is quite desperate. This young man has been running for safety and security for the last 9 years, in a very long journey across central and North America escaping sever family abuse in Nicaragua that started when he was only 12 years old. He swam across rivers to cross borders, spent many months in detention in the US and lived off the charity of good people he met on his way, until he was refused refugee protection in Canada because the judge (who conducted the hearing over a TV screen from Calgary) didn't think he looked gay enough for her and didn't think it makes sense that a young boy managed to live such a dramatic story and survive (I guess in her Calgary suburb she doesn't see much of what really happens in the world)... Alvaro is facing deportation in 9 days to the US who will arrest him and then in turn send him after weeks in detention to Nicaragua (where there are still sodomy laws in effect and people do go to prison for being gay) for absolutely no fault or a crime, but for being the victim of abuse and injustice all his life.
This amazingly bright, sensitive, generous, intuitive and spiritual young man hasn't seen a happy day in many years, but he keeps strong faith in a better future and is always showing appreciation for the small gestures of goodness that he receives from those few who've been good to him.
Alvaro had very week legal presentation that lead to a case that didn't address his sexuality properly or the vulnerabilities of his situation as someone who lived on his own for many years without adult supervision or community support. None of this was taken into consideration to view him as a "vulnerable person" at risk.
We found him a new good lawyer, but we're at the very last few days and his only last hope is to get the Minister of immigration to grant Alvaro a stay based on the factual and procedural mistakes done in the case. We are gearing community, political and of course media support.
WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, PLEASE ACT FAST, ACT NOW
Thanks for reading through this and for your support
