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DESCRIPTION:Stop the Deportation of Iraq War Resister Kimberly Rivera! Protest! 
 Tuesday, September 18th, Canadian Consulate, 580 California Street, San 
 Francisco, 12pm Noon.\n\nKimberly Rivera, is a U.S. soldier who fled to 
 Canada after she became disillusioned with the Iraq war in 2007. Rivera, 
 who lives in Toronto with her family, went to Canada to avoid further 
 military service in Iraq. She had initially arrived while on leave but then 
 applied for refugee status. Rivera said she grew to oppose the Iraq war 
 while she was taking part in it. She is currently appealing a ruling that 
 would have her deported to the U.S. by September 20th. She faces up to five 
 years in military prison if deported back to the U.S.\n\n"My biggest fear 
 is being separated from my children and having to sit in a prison for 
 politically being against the war in Iraq," Kimberly Rivera told a recent 
 news conference.\n\nA spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Jason Kenney 
 said the Canadian federal government does not believe the U.S. subjects its 
 soldiers to persecution."Military deserters from the United States are not 
 genuine refugees under the internationally accepted meaning of the term," 
 said Alexis Pavlich, the minister's press secretary, in an email.\n\nRivera 
 is also considering asking the government to delay her deportation while 
 her humanitarian and compassionate grounds application is still being 
 weighed.\n\nJoin us Tuesday, September 18th, the day before Kimberly is to 
 be deported, at the Canadian Consulate 580 California Street, San 
 Francisco, to demand to let Kimberly Rivera and all war resisters stay in 
 Canada!\n\nFacebook 
 Event:\nhttp://www.facebook.com/events/281099588670235/\n\nCourage to 
 Resist: www.couragetoresist.org\n\nWar Resisters Support Campaign: 
 www.resisters.ca\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/11/18721445.php
SUMMARY:Stop the Deportation of Iraq War Resister Kimberly Rivera!
LOCATION:Canadian Consulate, 580 California Street, San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/11/18721445.php
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