This week, I dropped my kids off for their first day of school in our small Alabama town of less than 7,000. The kids were excited, but I was a nervous wreck.
What could go wrong? Would they have everything they need?
Two hundred miles to our west, on the first day of school in Scott County, Mississippi, heavily armed ICE agents swarmed seven poultry plants, arresting 680 immigrants.
ICE is tearing families and communities apart. Help People’s Action demand an end to this insanity NOW.
Kids came home to empty houses. Toddlers were abandoned in day care. One baby had to be sheltered in a church, because both of her parents were detained.
These are parents who are just like me and you. They woke up, made a cup of coffee, and took a brief moment to lay out clothes and pack lunches.
Then they went to put in another day of work, so their children could have a better future.
Just like me, they were planning dinner and new routines around school schedules. And they were thinking about how to enjoy these final days of summer together.
None of those things are going to happen now. And we’re being told we’re safer because of it.
I am not safer because my government tears families apart to stoke racial division. I am not safer because my elected officials fuel the flames of white supremacy that motivate mass shooters to target Latinx shoppers at Wal-Mart.
People’s Action is working hard to defeat the culture of white supremacy. Will you help us?
It is only through fear and corruption that rightwing extremists maintain their grip on power in our states. I, for one, am sick of it.
At Hometown Action in Alabama, I’m asking how I can leverage our organization and network to stand with them. Not just now, but long-term.
I’m proud to be a part of People’s Action, which rose up last year to demand an end to family separations. And I’m proud of our sister organizations all across the country when they stand up to ICE and Trump’s culture of fear.
Help People’s Action support Hometown Action and other groups as we demand an end to these efforts to divide us.
We are stronger together.
Alabama’s motto is “we dare defend our rights.” With People’s Action, we dare defend our right to inclusive communities. We dare to defend our right to happy families, and to live together in peace.
ICE, you are not welcome in our Alabama. Or in Mississippi, Tennessee, North Carolina or any other state of the South or our nation.
At People’s Action, we are standing up and fighting back. Will you help us?
Sincerely, Justin and everyone at Hometown Action and People’s Action
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