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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Eyewitnesses from Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice delegation to the US/Mexico border share their deepest takeaway AND a list of public reportbacks in Western Massachusetts.
A few times when I’ve been witnessing this week at the spot where people come off the bridge from Mexico, I’ve wondered if our actions were making a difference—especially when we’ve discovered and participating in so many opportunities to roll up your sleeves and get involved directly with helping the refugees. Haven’t the people of …
By Betty Lynne Wolfson Please take a moment to read a bit about our first day’s experience, here at The Border. Every person, parents and their children, here in their encampment on the Border, were so warm, open, lovingly kind, and full of faith. I spoke with a woman at the Medical Tent, this was only …
