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HAPPENING NOW in Seattle: My daughter has joined other Jewish activists in civil disobedience #JewsAgainstICE. ICE office now in lockdown. 700 people arrested by ICE yesterday. This has to stop #NeverAgainIsNow #AbolishICE 
Northwest detention center in Tacoma medically tortures undocumented people. Denying pain medication, medical care. Conditions are terrible.
.@amazon supplies ICE with technology and @Boeing supplies planes. This must stop. #JewsAgainstICE
#neveragain
#neveragain
ICE can’t hide from us. Northwest Detention Center changed their name to Tacoma ICE Processing Center. Too much bad press.
Martin Selig owner of ICE building gave Federal agents the right to enter the office & charge them w federal crime. The office had been cleared early except for 1 individual in anticipation of our action. They held office for 45 mins & chose to leave on their own #JewsAgainstICE
Speakers include Ashkenazi and Jews of color, native Duwamish, Hispanic immigrants who have personal experience with ICE. Decrying yesterday’s deportations and #WhiteNationalism. #CloseTheCamps
6 children and 2 trans women died in ICE custody. 10 people who occupied office today prayed, sang, and gummed up the works. ICE HAD ALREADY SENT THE OFFICE STAFF HOME! #JewsAgainstICE #Seattle
Filipino activist talks of root problems: US imperialism and policies. 6000 Filipinos leave their country every day in search of a better life.
Jewish identity is being weaponized against Congress people of color, weaponized in defense of oppressive of Palestinians. We will not stand for xenophobia, white nationalism, antisemitism. Enough. Jews standing in solidarity #NeverAgainIsNow
Syrian Palestinian daughter of refugees speaking against ICE, linking ICE tactics with policies of state of #Israel. End the #DeadlyExchange, which trains US security in Israel including ICE. END mass incarceration here and there. #NoMoreCages
Selma, Syrian Palestinian, talks of walls here & in #Israel/#Palestine. Same technology. Same oppression of THE OTHER. Encourages everyone to join Jewish Voice for Peace @jvplive #DeadlyExchange campaign: about police exchange program btw US & Israel to share worst practices
Aneelah, as a proud Muslim refugee, joins in solidarity. No one chooses to be a refugee. Seeking asylum is an international right. Immigration is a civil matter. #ImmigrantsWelcome #RefugeesWelcome
Rabbi @davidbasior speaks, leading us in the mourners Kaddish for all who have died, esp those in ICE custody, he recites their names and ages. We are coming into #TishaBAv, a time of mourning for many tragedies. A wave of grief surges in the crowd of hundreds #JewsAgainstICE
Senator @PattyMurray from WA accepted donations from GEO group which runs Northwest Detention Center and is part of infamous @ACAinfo. Hold elected officials accountable. Support La Resistencia. #CloseTheCamps #NoMoreCages
