Ameinu is deeply concerned by President Donald Trump’s draft Executive Order on immigration, sanctuary cities and refugees. Knowing that our core values command that we welcome the Ger (stranger) and be our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, we are compelled to activism against policies that will harm the undocumented, Syrian refugees and other Muslim immigrants, and those who seek to assist them. We also must never forget our own history where Jews were left in Nazi clutches because of popular fears and overblown government reactions to charges that Nazi spies might be hiding among Jews fleeing the Holocaust.
Now is the time for vigilance, solidarity and action.