- Show up for
rallies and vigils,
- Frequent
Latino-owned businesses and restaurants that are hurting because of ICE
raids.
- Buy
groceries for families afraid to leave their homes (as the pastor of First
United Methodist Church has done).
- Give out
"Know Your Rights" cards.
- Write to
your state elected officials and tell them to support “No
Vigilante Act,” also known
as Senate Bill 805
- Let your
City Council members know you support the 8-point program for helping
immigrants in our city proposed by the National Day Laborers’ Organizing
Network (NDLON).
- Let your
Congress members know that you don't support increased federal funding for
mass deportation.
- Support ACLU which is fighting unjust laws in the courts (such as the Executive Order ending birthright citizenship)
“No Vigilante Act,” also known as Senate Bill 805, is a proposed California
law aimed at strengthening identification requirements for law enforcement
officers, particularly during immigration raids, and preventing impersonation
of law enforcement. It would require law enforcement officers to display
identification (name or badge number) and would authorize law enforcement to
request identification from anyone claiming to be law enforcement if there is
reasonable suspicion of impersonation or a safety concern. Additionally,
it would prohibit bounty hunters from engaging in any form of law enforcement
activity. Contact Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Pasadena) to express your
support.
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601 E. Glenoaks Blvd. Suite 210 Glendale, CA 91207
To contact elected officials in Washington calling on them not to fund mass deportation, you can use the websites below which enable you to email your elected officials on a wide range of issues from immigration to humanitarian aid to Gaza, protecting foreign assistance, opposing the “big, beautiful bill” (that will gut social programs to provide massive tax cuts to the rich), reducing military spending, etc.
https://www.umcjustice.org/what-you-can-do/take-action-2025
More things you can do:
1. Visit Adelanto Detention Center. Join faith-based groups that are visiting. To find out more, contact Anthony at interfaithquaker@aol.com
2.
Support
NDLON’s Immigrant Defense Fund. Through
the Immigrant Defense Fund, NDLON is summoning individuals, lawyers, advocates
and artists to the job of shielding immigrants from unjust arrest and
deportation, from labor abuses and discrimination and other forms of
oppression. We
are helping local communities and neighborhoods build webs of mutual support.
We are supporting litigation and legal defense, raising immigrants' profiles
and pressing the urgency of rescuing America's professed ideals — inclusion,
tolerance, democracy — from this path of self-destruction. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/idf2024
