University of B.C. students are filming a series of videos called “We Are Jose,” which will be placed on YouTube early in 2011. They are in support of Jose Figueroa, who is facing deportation to El Salvador.
Jose Figueroa is a married father of 3, over 15 year resident of Langley BC, well respected member of his community. In May, 2010, the IRB ruled he was inadmissible to Canada and a ‘national security threat’ for his peaceful association, as a student in college over twenty years ago, with the FMLN (Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front) now the democratically elected government in El Salvador. This makes no sense and many are joining their voices to protest see www.wearejose.com