April 8 and 9 "Get Ken and Tarak Home" Days
VFP members Ken Mayers and Tarak Kauff were arrested at Shannon Airport in Ireland as part of an ongoing campaign to honor Ireland's neutrality and to not let the U.S. military use the airport as support for U.S. wars in the Middle East. See news story here.
Monday and Tuesday, April 8 and 9, are hereby declared “Get Ken and Tarak Home” days. They are asking people to concentrate calls, letters, and visits to Irish Embassies and Consulates, the State Department, and elected officials on these days so that these institutions experience a flood of support for Tarak and Ken and protest against U.S. military flights through Shannon.
Visit www.stopthesewars.org/kenandtarak for more information, details on who to call, detailed notes about why Ireland should not be allowing the U.S. flights through Shannon, and samples of letters to the Irish Embassy, Secretary of State Pompeo, and to local newspaper editors.
Send an email to Ellen for her to pass on to Tarak and Ken!
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Release Marine Jose Segovia Benitez from I.C.E.
Jose Roberto Segovia Benitez, a U.S. Marine who was honorably discharged, is being held at the I.C.E. Processing Center in Adelanto, California. Jose has been diagnosed with PTSD/Traumatic Brain Injury and is being denied adequate medical treatment and all of his benefits that are awarded to every U.S. veteran for their service.
Jose has lived almost his entire life in the U.S., graduating high school and then serving in Iraq. He is scheduled to be deported back to El Salvador, a country he has not lived in since he was a toddler.
The ongoing immigration crisis is a disgrace. It is well documented that neither an I.C.E. detainment center nor El Salvador is adequately equipped to provide U.S. veterans healthcare.
Tell your Congressional Representative to release USMC Jose Segovia Benitez immediately from I.C.E. custody so he may be able to access specialized medical care for his PTSD, as he is guaranteed within his veterans benefits for serving in the U.S. military.
Members will be in Washington D.C. in April and will deliver letters with your signatures to Congress!
Members In Action
Report on the Korea Peace Advocacy Days
Members of Veterans For Peace recently traveled to Washington D.C. to talk to representatives about the desire for peace in Korea
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