To: Francisco Madrigal, Assistant Field Office Director, Michael P. Reid, ICE ERO, and Paul Capicchioni, FIELD Liaison

ICE: Use Prosecutorial Discretion to keep Lesbia Gonzalez Contreras (A #200-113-292) with her 4-y...

Assistant Field Office Director Francisco Madrigal
Field Liasion Paul Capicchioni
ERO Outreach Michael P. Reid

Please stop the deportation of our friend and community member, LESBIA GONZALEZ CONTRERAS A#200-113-292. In a recent memo ICE indicated that parents of U.S. born minors should not be deported. We ask that you implement this policy change and let Lesbia stay with her 4-year-old son and 4-month-old daughter who need her. Lesbia is a loving mother, an integral part of the Falls Church community, and has no criminal record. Lesbia has lived in the United States since August 25, 2005. In 2013 Lesbia was stopped by a Virginia police officer and sent to ICE even though Lesbia had no criminal activity.

We ask you to close Lesbia's case before January 16th, 2014. Anthony & Melanie need their mother to stay in their country. Lesbia is very involved in her community, since arriving in this country Lesbia has better her life & the life of her children.

Lesbia is originally from Guatemala, a violence-ravaged country. She fled Guatemala for her own safety and to give her future children a better life. Lesbia is a good mother, a good American, and her children need her here. How can a 4-year-old and a 4-month-old live without their mother?

Thank you for your attention and we hope that you make the right decision.

Sincerely,
[Your name]

Why is this important?

Lesbia will separated from her 4-year-old son, Anthony, and 4-month-old daughter, Melanie, on January 16, 2014, if the community doesn’t stop her deportation!

You can help keep Lesbia with her two small children. She is a loving mother of Anthony and Melanie, both of whom are U.S. citizens. Lesbia has lived in Virginia since 2005. She has worked really hard all of these years to provide for her children and to see them go to school. Her dream is to see her son and daughter go to college.

In 2013, Lesbia was heading to work when she was pulled over in Virginia. She had a drivers license from Maryland, a neighboring state, but the Virginia police officer did not consider it to be valid. She was taken to ICE where Lesbia was put in Deportation Proceedings. She does not have a criminal record. Please help keep Lesbia with her children!