Malachy McAllister Appeal Effort Gains Urgency

Dan Callaghan, from the McAllister Family Justice Campaign, asks that Hell's Kitchen readers contact government officials ASAP to plead the case of New Jersey resident Malachy McAllister and his four children, who are in imminent danger of being deported from the United States.

Above, Bernadette and Malachy McAllister with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (center), D-N.Y. McAllisterCampaign.com Photo

We met Malachy on April 12, during a lecture on the Easter Rising at NYU, part of a series sponsored by the Irish Consulate in New York. As incongruous as it seemed to have a former volunteer in the Irish National Liberation Army at an event sponsored by the Irish government, it also highlights Malachy's transformation. He served three years in a Northern Ireland prison, emerging in 1985, convicted for his role as a lookout in a 1981 INLA attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary officer. He now is an avowed supporter of the Good Friday Agreement.

Malachy and his family fled to Canada in 1988, after masked gunmen fired 26 shots into the family's Belfast home. They moved to the United States in 1996, where they have lived illegally but peaceably ever since, overstaying their tourist visa. Tragically, Malachy's wife, Bernadette, died in May 2004, at age 46, of breast cancer. Malachy, who owns his own construction business, has a legion of friends and admirers in his New Jersey neighborhood and beyond.

A host of prominent leaders in the Irish-American community, along with many others angered by the unfairness of his plight, are working to convince the U.S. government to allow Malachy and his children to remain. We support that effort, and urge you to send prayers their way and read on for other important actions you can take on Malachy's behalf.

ACTION REQUEST: Time for the McAllisters is running out!!!
1.) Call government officials and ask them to send individual letters IMMEDIATELY in support of the McAllister family to Michael Chertoff of Homeland Security asking for “Deferred Action Status.” If offices have any questions or need a case update refer them to Deanna Turner at Tel. #347-448-6160.
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2.) Contact the original signers of the McAllister joint letter in Congress (at bottom of e-mail), thank them for their support and ask them to send an individual letter to Chertoff, ASAP. The sample letter and Chertoff’s address can be found at:
3.) Contact Deanna Turner with any results that you receive from your efforts. We will keep a list of who has been contacted and individual letters sent so that we don’t duplicate our efforts. Email: editor@iauc.org Phone: 347-448-6160

Thank you for your continued support! It is greatly needed at this crucial time. Please don’t delay!! Make those phone calls - it can make a world of difference for the McAllisters!
- McAllister Family Justice Campaign

Rep. Peter King’s April 12, 2006 request to Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security requesting that he use his discretion to permit the McAllister’s to stay in the U.S.: Click here to read Judge Barry’s opinion

Click here to view McAllister Campaign website visit
ORIGINAL SIGNERS TO JOINT LETTER IN CONGRESS: (contact the following & ask that they now send individual letters to Chertoff ASAP)


Robert G. Torricelli (former U.S. Senator from N.J.)
United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510-3003

Senator Robert Menendez
(former Congressman from N.J.) Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel. (202) 224-4744

Congressman Peter King
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-7896

Congressman Steven Rothman
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-5061

Congressman Gary Ackerman
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-2601

Congressman Robert Borski
(Former)
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515

Congressman Nick J. Rahall
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-3452

Congressman James Walsh
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-3701

Congresswoman Nita Lowey
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-6606

Congressman Maurice Hinchey
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-6335

Congressman Rick Lazo
(Former)
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515

Congresswoman Marge Roukerna
(Former)
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515

Congresswoman Pat Danner
(Former)
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515

Congressman Eliot L. Engel
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-2464

Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-3615

Congressman Christopher Smith
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-3765

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-7944

Congressman Martin Meehan
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-3411

Congressman John McHugh
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-4611

Congressman William Coyne
(Former)
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515

Congressman Jim McDermott
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-3106

Congressman Richard Neal
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-5601

Congressman Benjamin Gilman (Former)
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515

Congressman Joseph Crowley
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-3965

Congressman John Tierney
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-8020

Congressman Michael Doyle
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-2135

Congressman Robert Brady
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-4731

Congressman Jack Quinn
(Former)
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515

Congressman John J. Moakley
(Former)
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515.:

Congressman Ciro Rodriguez
(Former)
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515

Congressman Rod Blagojevich
(Former)
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-3816

Congressman James McGovern
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-6101

Congressman Frank Pallone
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-4671

Congressman Anthony Weiner
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-6616

Congressman Michael McNulty
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-5076

Congressman Donald Payne
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-3436

Congressman James Moran
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-4376

Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-2361

Congressman Sue Kelly
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-5441

Congressman Michael Capuano
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-5111

Congressman William Delahunt
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-3111

Congressman Tim Holden
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-5546

Congressman Steven LaTourette
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-5731

Congressman Phil English
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-5406

Congressman William Pascrell
Congress of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20515
Tel.: (202) 225-5751
Joan M. Quigley
Assemblywoman, 32nd District
New Jersey General Assembly
574 Summit Avenue, Suite 403
Jersey City, N.J. 07306
Tel.: (201) 217-4614
Joseph V. Doria, Jr.
Assembly Democratic Leader
New Jersey General Assembly
235 Broadway
Bayonne, N.J. 07002
Tel.: (201) 437-5150
Alan G. Hevesi
Former Comptroller of NYC

Presently:

New York State Comptroller
Comptroller's Office
110 State Street
Albany, NY 12236
Tel.: (518) 474-4044

Leonard P. Kiczek
Mayor, City of Bayonne
630 Avenue C
Bayonne, N.J. 07002-3898
Tel.: (201) 858-6010

Kathryn E. Freed
Council Member, 1st District
(Former)
51 Chambers Street
Room 429
New York, N.Y. 10007
Tel.: (212) 788-7722

NYC Council Members:
Freed, Eisland, Marchall, Michels,
Cruz, McCaffrey, Quinn, Rivera
and Sabini
c/o Christine Quinn, Speaker
City Hall
One Centre Street
New York, N.Y. 10007
Tel.: (212) 788-7210

Peter Vallone
(Former) Speaker
The Council of the City of New York
New York, N.Y. 10007
Tel.: (212) 788-7210