If you see a bear, pretend to be bigger than you are.
That's the advice that we give to hikers - and also the advice shared by @DahliaLithwick (quoting @ilyseh of @NARAL) about how to deal with the right-wing takeover of the courts. 1/8
That's the advice that we give to hikers - and also the advice shared by @DahliaLithwick (quoting @ilyseh of @NARAL) about how to deal with the right-wing takeover of the courts. 1/8
Their point was that the courts cannot be allowed to just move our country backward in silence. We need to make sure they know we are watching. We need to be there - we need to be puff up our chests, stand taller, be bigger, and confront the bear. 2/8
That's how I feel this morning as three refugee agencies - @HIASrefugees, @CWS_global, @LIRSorg, represented by @RefugeeAssist, sue the Trump administration in defense of refugee resettlement. If you are near Greenbelt MD today, here's the info: facebook.com/events/7778381…) 3/8
We are suing because the Trump administration is creating even more roadblocks to refugee resettlement - by requiring that every state and county in the country affirmatively consent to welcome refugees. But they are not going to win - we are. 4/8 #RefugeesWelcome
Not only are their efforts illegal, but they also bargained wrong. Already 41 out of 50 states have consented to resettle - an affirmation that America largely stands with refugees. washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/… 5/8
(Note: each county also needs to consent - this all is creating a quite a maelstrom for refugee agencies, as we work to address what was clearly intended to be a state-by-state, county-by-county refugee ban) 6/8
It's a dark time and so much of our world feels callous, dangerous, and unjust. But together in solidarity (only in solidarity), we can be bigger than ourselves. When the threats are this real, what other choice do we have??? 7/8
#RefugeesWelcome #NoRefugeeBans
#RefugeesWelcome #NoRefugeeBans
