Western Mass Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice
Ending child-asylum-seeker detention
Help us bring a powerful immigration-themed quilt with 45,000 squares to view in Western Massachusetts–we have everything but the venue! Also: Pressuring the Biden administration to change US immigration policy Safety for undocumented people in Massachusetts Protesting continued family separation and detention of children and teens in terrible conditions Pledge to #WelcomeWithDignity All in our …
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Read it Here! Statement of Solidarity: Our commitment to stand together against the violent, systemic and racist destruction of Black lives Updates on issues in last month’s newsletter: Investigations of human rights abuses and violence against those detained by ICE in the Bristol County House of Correction; Progress on passing the Work and Family Mobility Act;Ongoing needs in …
Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice has written letters to these companies. Our call for them to stop doing this dirty work will be much stronger if you join it.
The delegation of the Western MA Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice who traveled to the Brownsville/Matamoros border for a week in February 2020 have seen and felt very directly the hardship faced bythe migrants stuck in the tent encampment in Matamoros, as well as the amazing organizations and individuals providing much needed care every day. …
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Here’s a short list of national and western Mass. based organizations who are working on this issue. The Homestead Witness Group also has a longer, more comprehensive list that includes organizations in other regions, which you can find here. Legal Support ACLU RAICES Political Support United We Dream Movimiento Cosecho Jewish Political Action Support …
There’s so much information out there, it’s hard to keep track without getting overwhelmed. This list is culled from a much longer list, which we will be publishing piece-meal over the next several days. It contains some of the key actions. Organizations accepting donations will be published in a separate post. Legislative Advocacy Call your …
Here’s what we learned from our AFSC training on the key reasons to shut down the Homestead Child Detention facility. It is a prison. The individuals who are there asked for asylum at the border, which is their legal right under international law. Yet instead of being immediately released to a sponsor or family member …