Pastors Cuba Caravan Barred at US-Mexico Border

(2004 Caravan)

EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT
Pastors 2005 Cuba Caravan Barred at US-Mexico Border

URGENT- PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT AND YOUR
CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, EMERGENCY NETWORKS AND
PRESS CONTACTS:
SPREAD THE WORD FAR AND WIDE!

http://www.commerce.gov/ 202-482-2000
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez
mailto:cgutierrez@commerce.gov

As of 1:30 pm EDT, July 21, 2005, The Pastors for Peace
Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba is being held up at the
US-Mexico border by US Commerce Department officials. They
are threatening to search every vehicle and every item of
humanitarian aid. They are telling us that "only
licensable goods will be allowed to cross into Mexico."

Pastors for Peace does not accept or apply for a license
to deliver humanitarian aid to Cuba.

There are 130 US citizens traveling with the caravan. They
and the humanitarian aid are traveling in eight busses, a
box truck and two small cars. It will take days to inspect
the 140 tons of aid. We are prepared to do whatever we
need to do to deliver our humanitarian aid to Cuba. Stay
posted...


PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW!

1) Call Scott Kamen, Congressional Aide of Affairs at the
Department of Commerce, at 202-482-0097 and demand that
the Caravan be allowed to cross the border with all of its
humanitarian cargo.

2) Call your Congressperson and ask them to call Secretary
of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez at 202-482-2000, or Scott
Kamen at 202-482-0097. If you don't know how to reach
your Congressperson, go to http://www.house.gov/ and enter
your zip code. That will take you to the Congresspersons
home web page where you can find phone and email
information.

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