You answered our call the day after travel ban and flood the streets of Seattle. We need you again. Our neighbors, our community needs you again. Stand up with us one more time! Share the event, invite your friends and family. Show up!
Peace & Blessings
Come join ARI for a community organizing workshop featuring:
-Northwest Detention Center Resistance
-Transit Riders' Union
-350Seattle
-World Relief Seattle...
-Indivisible
Learn how you can get involved with progressive activist causes in Seattle through direct action, volunteering, donating money/supplies, and more! Space is limited, so please RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfA8u27TQ0FDqIyt…/viewform…
Come join Americans for Refugees and Immigrants at a community organizing workshop featuring some of the most impactful progressive organizations in Seattle! Presenters include representatives from:
-Northwest Detention Center Resistance (NWDC Resistance/Resistencia al NWDC)
-Seattle Transit Riders Union
-350 Seattle
-ACLU of Washington...
-World Relief Seattle
-Indivisible Seattle/ Indivisible North Seattle
These fantastic organizations will be speaking about their missions, their upcoming events, and ways that community members can get involved, as well as fielding questions from the audience. After the presentations, we'll break out some snacks and give folks a chance to meet with organizations in small groups or one-on-one to learn more about volunteering, sign up for events, and more!
Space is limited--please use the RSVP link to let us know you're attending: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSfA8u27TQ0FDqIyt…/viewform…
Dozens of demonstrators who oppose the Trump Administration's travel ban are outside a Seattle courthouse, right now. Government lawyers are inside trying to persuade a federal appeals court to reinstate the ban >>> http://via.q13fox.com/UCav4
Some good news!
Great news! Jeanette Vizguerra, Colorado mother who has been living in sanctuary since February, has been granted a stay of deportation until at least 2019!
LIKE and SHARE the great news! As always, you can text JUSTICE to 698-66 for more updates.
Italian forces ignored a sinking ship full of Syrian refugees and let more than 250 drown, says leaked audio..outrageous!!!!
Our Reporting Hotline is now LIVE! The hotline runs 7 days a week, from 6am-9pm, and will allow people to report when loved ones or friends have been detained by immigration agents or other instances of problematic behavior conduct by immigration officials.
TO REPORT IMMIGRATION ACTIVITY IN WASHINGTON:
DIAL 1-844-RAID-REP (1-844-724-3737)
Our Reporting Hotline is now LIVE! The hotline runs 7 days a week, from 6am-9pm, and will allow people to report when loved ones or friends have been detained b...y immigration agents or other instances of problematic behavior conduct by immigration officials.
TO REPORT IMMIGRATION ACTIVITY IN WASHINGTON:
DIAL 1-844-RAID-REP (1-844-724-3737)
Join Americans for Refugees & Immigrants on May 15th at 8:30am to rally against the Muslim Ban and anti-refugee, anti-immigrant sentiment outside the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (the William K. Nakamura Courthouse) 1010 Fifth Ave Seattle, WA 98104.
This hearing will decide whether the travel ban will continue to be stymied or if it will continue to go into effect. Our rally has been endorsed by ACLU of Washington, Oxfam, Truman National Security Project's Seat...tle Chapter and International Rescue Committee in Seattle.
We stand for an America that welcomes refugees and immigrants and protects vulnerable communities. We should all strive for an America that recognizes the dignity and humanity of all people, and the right to lawful due process. We call on the adminstration to abolish these detrimental executive orders that are unfairly targeting the Muslim, immigrant and refugee communities, and ultimately hurting not only innocent people, but damaging our national standing on the global stage.
We will be meeting in front of the William K. Nakamura Courthouse in Seattle one hour before the hearing where we will be showing our support to rescind these executive orders. The hearing will begin at 9:30 am. Feel free to bring your own signs. We are also planning on arranging a short program of speakers at our event.
Background info on the case (State of Hawaii, et al. v. Trump AKA “Travel Ban”):
On March 15, 2017, Judge Derrick Watson (Hawaii) indefinitely halted the President’s second Executive Order also known as the travel ban citing the order as unconstitutional religious discrimination based on Trump's election campaign promise of "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States."
The travel ban restricts immigration from Iran, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Yemen, and also suspended refugee admissions. If Judge Watson's halt is defeated, this unconstitutional, and short-sighted travel ban will again be instated as policy. This issue, the legality of the travel ban, may well end up in the Supreme Court.
While we can celebrate this victory, the case is not over.
On May 15th, 2017 the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will have a choice as they examine the legality of the executive order. The government will ask them to look away from the extraordinary evidence, including many statements from the president and his aides, that the order is an attempt to make good on the president’s promised Muslim ban.
The plaintiffs will urge each court to refuse — as the court in Hawaii put it — to “crawl into a corner, pull the shutters closed, and pretend it has not seen what it has.” Because these appeals courts have the power to block or allow the Muslim ban, the path they choose may determine its fate.
The country and the world will be watching.
#nomuslimbanever
"I do exploit people," he says, though he points out that many could easily have died at home in Syria, and that giving up an organ is nothing by comparison to the horrors they have already experienced.
Do you remember Alaa, the "Cat Man" from Aleppo?
Today he saw an old and wounded dog, he immediately took care of his wounds, gave him food and carried him to his house.
Isn't he a hero?
USCIS is recommending under Trump's administration to end Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for nearly 50,000 Haitians in January 2018. The conditions in Haiti have not improved to a level that would justify an end of TPS. It is morally wrong and inhumane to send them back. #HereToStay #RiseUp
This is disgusting. Our dreamers should be protected. This is their home as much as anyone else living here.
Juan Manuel Montes is the first protected DREAMer legally authorized to work and live in the US with DACA that has been deported. This is Trump's mass deportati...on force in action.
The current administration is doing everything possible to disrespect our justice system and remove our rights. Text the words WeRise to 698-66 if you are ready to protect immigrant rights today.
Good morning leaders! Here's a great opportunity to educate ourselves on immigration law. We cannot effectively fight if we do not understand the rules.
Happy Easter our dear friends. May your lives be filled with peace and blessings. Please include the whole world in your prayers.
