Et tu, Canada? Seattle Consulate Refuses to Accept Letter Re: Kimberly Rivera Deportation

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Two vigilers keep faith with war resister Kimberly Rivera.

Outside the Canadian Consulate in downtown Seattle.

Long story short, Kimberly and her husband fled to Canada in 2007 when she realized what the U.S. Army was doing in Iraq.  She applied for refugee status but now faces deportation on Sept 20 due to the intransigence of Jason Kenney, Immigration Minister, who is an ambitious suck-up in the empire mob.

The somewhat haughty receptionist (or she could have been the head diplomat for all I know) in the Consulate told me they had "nothing set up for this specific issue" and could not accept my letter.  Guess they're scared it might have been critical of any move they make to deport Kimberly.  Well, nyah nyah.  I'll just blog about it instead. 

For info on Kimberly's situation, go to the Courage to resist website here:  http://www.couragetoresist.org/kimberly-rivera/964-dear-canada-stop-the-deportation-of-kimberly-rivera,-iraq-war-veteran-turned-resister.html

If Kimberly is deported she will be separated from her family and may jailed for up to five years.  In that case, we will need to do some jail support down here!