TOMORROW, Friday, January 23, 3pm:

Solidarity Rally with the Minnesota Walk-Out:

National Day of Truth, Resistance & Freedom

South Bay Mall, Dorchester (8 Allstate Rd., Boston)

More Ways You Can Take Action to Oppose ICE

Dear JALSA Friends,

The Trump regime's ICE operation in Minnesota has continued to act lawlessly, escalate altercations, and terrorize residents. As a result, you may have heard that faith organizations, labor unions, and community leaders across the country have scheduled a day of protest for tomorrow, January 23. Whether one calls it an "economic blackout" or "general strike" or any other term, Friday will be a day when Minnesota residents are urged to not shop and not go to work or school as a clear statement in protest of the ICE surge there, as well as in continued mourning of Renee Nicole Good, who an ICE agent murdered in Minneapolis on January 7. And, we will be showing our solidarity with them.

If you have received JALSA's Action Alert for a while, you have no doubt read the words of a fundamental value that appears in Leviticus 19:16, which tells us we cannot stand idly by when the well-being of our neighbor is being threatened.

We see that the federal administration is using the Minneapolis region and other metropolitan areas as test cases for their anti-constitutional, authoritarian incursions into our American cities. Recent reporting suggests that an ICE surge in Boston may not be far off.

We must stand up for our neighbors in Minnesota. We must stand up for our neighbors in our immigrant communities in Massachusetts and across the country. And we must stand up for our democracy!

To that end, organizations across Massachusetts, including JALSA, have put together a Solidarity Rally with the Minnesota Walk Out! Join us TOMORROW, Friday, January 23, at 3pm, at the South Bay Mall in Dorchester (8 Allstate Rd, Boston). We will gather near the Home Depot (a chain which has been allowing ICE to use their parking lots as staging grounds to arrest people).

We will stand in solidarity with Minnesota and in protest of ICE's authoritarian tactics and the federal administration's ongoing abuses against our constitutional rights, the rule of law, and basic human decency.

We hope you can join us tomorrow.

In solidarity,

Cindy Rowe

Here are more ways you can stand up for immigrants and fight back against ICE and their unconstitutional and immoral tactics.

Target

Customs and Border Patrol assaulted and kidnapped two US citizens on January 8th while they were working a shift at the Richfield, MN Target store. On Sunday, January 11th, Customs and Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino entered the Midway Target in Saint Paul, MN, along with a team of agents to apparently film propaganda. Target is Minnesota’s leading corporate citizen.

Last Friday faith leaders staged a sit-in at Target HQ and won a meeting with the Target CEO. They need all of us to help win their demands: Tell Target: ICE OUT

Home Depot

Home Depot has been allowing ICE in their parking lots and stores to question, attack, and kidnap anyone they decide “looks like an immigrant”. Home Depot is a leading collaborator in creating the ‘show me your papers’ culture of this moment. Tell Home Depot: ICE OUT

Enterprise

ICE has rented over 1,000 vehicles to carry out kidnappings from Enterprise in Minnesota, and even more nationwide. Tell Enterprise: ICE OUT

Hilton

Hilton Hotels have not only continued to house ICE agents but caved to pressure by the far right to drop a franchise in Minneapolis that refused to allow ICE to stay in their hotel. Tell Hilton: ICE OUT

Delta

Delta is one of Minnesota’s leading corporate citizens, a significant employer in the state, and uses the airport as one of its main US hubs. And they publicly supported OBBBA and donated $1,000,000 to Trump’s inauguration. Where Delta leads, others follow. Tell Delta: ICE OUT