We Dare Defend Our Right To A World Without ICE
Last week, I dropped my kids off for their first day of school in our small Alabama town. The kids were excited, but I was a nervous wreck. Like every dad, my mind raced through a million scenarios – but none came close to what families faced just a few hours west from us on their first day of school. In Scott County, Mississippi, 650 heavily armed agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) swarmed poultry processing facilities, arresting 680 immigrant workers. And we’re being told we’re safer because of it. I am not safer because my government has decided its top priority is to tear families apart for the sole purpose of stoking racial division. I am not safer because my elected officials fuel the flames of white supremacy that motivate mass shooters to target Latinx shoppers at Wal-Mart. It is only through fear and corruption that rightwing extremists maintain their grip on power in our states. And I, for one, am sick of it. The ACLU and immigrant rights groups all across the South are mobilizing to help. As a member of Hometown Action and the People’s Action national network of grassroots groups, I’m asking what we can do to support them. Not just in this moment, but long-term. Alabama’s state motto is “we dare defend our rights.” Today, we dare defend our right to inclusive communities. We dare to defend our right to happy families, and to live together in peace. ICE, you are not welcome in our Alabama. Or in Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina or any other state of the South or our nation. We dare defend our right to a world without ICE.
Jewish Groups Protest Trump Immigration Policies
In D.C., New York and beyond, Jews mark annual day of mourning by protesting Trump immigration policies. WaPo: “Members of the Jewish community typically observe Tisha B’Av, the annual day of mourning, by fasting, reading from the book of lamentations and going to temple. But on Sunday, more than 250 Jews from the Washington region spent the day under the searing afternoon sun at Lafayette Square, across from the White House, protesting the Trump administration’s immigration policies. They were joined by thousands more across the country who attended similar protests in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and 60 other locations — the latest manifestations of a growing wave of activism among Jews opposed to the Trump administration’s immigration policies, which some argue are reminiscent of the way Jewish people have been treated in the past.”
Jewish Groups Are Taking Action From Coast To Coast To Close The Camps
By Popular Resistance. Jewish Communities are holding “Close The Camps” actions across the country to protest the detention of migrants in the United States, the current immigration policies and mistreatment of migrants seeking asylum. On July 30, Never Again movement activists blockaded the Minnesota Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in St. Paul for over three hours. Twenty seven were arrested. On August 2, Jewish Activists marched and rallied in Portland Maine. On August 5, Jewish activists protested at the GEO Group office in Los Angeles. The GEO Group is one of the… -more-
