Western Mass Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice
Ending child-asylum-seeker detention
While many of us adjust to the myriad difficulties of life during the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly 37,000 migrants are trapped like dry timber in US detention centers, where the COVID-19 pandemic will spread imminently like wildfire, causing unnecessary deaths and further strain on our medical system. This story is not making headlines, nor is it …
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IMPORTANT ACTION Pioneer Valley Workers Center—Sign this petition now, it will be sent quickly to FREE EDY!https://actionnetwork.org/…/free-edy-from-indefinite-ice-de… Our member Edy was ordered deported March 13, and transferred to Louisiana last Friday for a flight to Guatemala. Now officials say such flights are impossible until the COVID crisis passes, and Edy will remain detained in Louisiana indefinitely. …
JOIN US: Virtual Phone Bank for the Work and Family Mobility Act! (MASS. DRIVER’S LICENSE BILL) Monday April 6, 6-8 pm. More information is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/908052409633790/ We are joining Pioneer Valley Workers Center, the Jewish Community of Amherst, Congregation B’nai Israel, and JALSA (Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action) in a virtual phone banking night …
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They come in shackles. They hold their shackled wrists up to the bus window and blow kisses. We hold hearts and shout, “Lo queremos” (We love you) and “No estan solos” (You are not alone).But are they alone? Even the one who manages to open the slot at the back of the bus and poke …
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