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U.S. Customs and Border Protection mounted officers attempt to contain migrants as they cross the Rio Grande from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, into Del Rio, Texas, Sept. 21, 2019. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Felix Marquez)
Posted inUncategorized

It’s time to end Title 42, the immoral — and illegal — Trump-era asylum policy

by Barbara Weinstein, Mary J. Novak and RNS May 11, 2022

In September 2021, the country watched in horror as photos surfaced of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback chasing Haitian migrants from their camp in Del Rio, Texas. Within days, […]

A dozen people stand holding up a blue banner that reads "Refugees Welcome" in large white letters.
Posted inLocal Voice

AB 1368 will ensure the health, safety and dignity of those granted asylum

Rabbi Sydney Mintz (Courtesy)Joe Goldman by Rabbi Sydney Mintz and Joe Goldman August 4, 2021August 4, 2021
Immigrants apprehended by Border Patrol seen at the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, June 17, 2018. (Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Posted inLocal Voice

Residency is the only moral reparation for separated families

Gayle Donsky by Gayle Donsky July 16, 2018
Protesters at a Jewish rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in New York City demonstrate against the government’s border separation policy, June 21, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
Posted inBay Area, U.S., California, News

Bay Area Jews head for the border for weekend protests

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 22, 2018June 22, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the U.N. General Assembly at the world body’s headquarters in New York, Sept. 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Spencer Platt-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Why Netanyahu is blaming New Israel Fund for migrant crisis

by Ron Kampeas April 5, 2018April 5, 2018
Thousands of African asylum seekers and human rights activists protest in Tel Aviv, Feb. 21, 2018 (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

There is no moral dilemma: Let the asylum-seekers stay!

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel April 5, 2018
African refugees protesting outside the Holot detention center in the southern Negev Desert, Feb. 18, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Ilia Yefimovich-Getty Images)
Posted inBay Area, Israel, U.S., News

Bay Area rabbis shout ‘No!’ to deporting Africans refugees from Israel

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 14, 2018March 19, 2018
African refugees protesting outside the Holot detention center in the southern Negev Desert, Feb. 18, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Ilia Yefimovich-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Israeli doctors, pilots and survivors try to stop deportation of African migrants

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster January 24, 2018January 24, 2018
Debbie Coutant stands in a converted shower at Congregation Shir Hadash, which is readying to house an immigrant family under threat of deportation. (Photo/Rob Gloster)
Posted inNews

Los Gatos shul ready to become sanctuary synagogue

by Rob Gloster January 10, 2018March 19, 2018
Sara Dunsky smiling
Posted inTalking With ..., Jewish Life

Q&A: An immigration lawyer who does her bubbe proud

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 8, 2017February 16, 2017

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