Western Mass Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice
Ending child-asylum-seeker detention
Warning: the letter that follows, from Angry Tias and Abuelas (one of the groups we partner with on the border) might break your heart. They are trying to fundraise rapidly to build secure shelters for migrants whose safety–and often, lives–are threatened by gangs and cartels who kidnap (for ransom, sexual exploitation, or to “recruit”)–or even …
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Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice’s latest newsletter summarizes our disappointment with the Biden administration’s immigration policies–but also also reasons we remain hopeful (and active). Click to read it.
The change in US adminiatration has not lessened the need for US-based immigration justice advocates to be involved. The national refugee services organization HIAS (a frequent JAIJ partner) just released this scorecard for Biden’s first year. This is why we of Jewish Acrivists for Immigration Justice continue our work of holding the government accountable and …
Continue reading “HIAS’s Immigration Scorecard for Biden’s First Year”
Our local paper, the Daily Hampshire Gazette, published a small-minded anti-immigrant op-ed on Monday. Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice submitted a response Wednesday that was published today–in the exact same spot as the offensive piece: https://www.gazettenet.com/col-JewishActivists-Horowitz-44291679
147 Jewish leaders and organizations signed on to a letter to end Title 42 and Migrant Protection Protocol–two especially cruel Trump-era immigration holdovers–against immigrants and refugees. The letter will be delivered digitally today (Thursday, November 18) and read publicly by one of the signing rabbis at a Doctors for Camp Closure event across from the …
Great article in The Hill: Use of Title 42 (supposedly due to public health concerns) to keep asylum seekers out of our country is actually having the opposite impact on public health! This is a policy that was started by Trump–and is being continued by the Biden administration. Even once a court ruled that the …
Continue reading “Title 42 Must Go (The Hill) By Alice Levine”
Dear Community friends:Please consider offering oral or written testimony in favor of the Work and Family Mobility Act!The Joint Committee on Transportation of the Massachusetts legislature will hold a hearing on work and family mobility bills on June 23.We invite you to submit written testimony and/or testify on bills you care about.Access to driver’s licenses …
Continue reading “Support the Driving Families Forward Act (Massachusetts)”
We’ve been remiss in posting the links to our newsletters here. But we just released one covering five different aspects of the struggle to end family separation (and a really beautiful piece of art to lead it off). Please visit https://conta.cc/2R1CBCI Enjoy–and take action!
When you volunteer at the refugee camp in Matamoros, as we did in February, you can’t more than a few feet without running into Tucker’s work. He’s built or rebuilt infrastructure from outdoor sinks on up. He cooks. He’s very active in the medical tent. He helps out at the Resource Center. Plus he’s just …
Continue reading “Brendon Tucker, American Hero to Refugees”
Here’s the link to our most recent newsletter! https://conta.cc/3c3hPaC