JFL and other groups condemn the new White House memo seeking to bar immigrants from obtaining green cards and even target them for deportation, for any association with “Antifa”. See the full statement here: tinyjfl.cc/JFL_Statement 1/8
Even as violent right-wing nationalists stormed Congress in a failed attempt to keep Trump in office, right-wing politicians and media personalities attempted to blame “Antifa” for the violence at the Capitol. 2/8
Disturbingly, the political motivation behind this memo is made all the more transparent by the fact that it references anti-racist protests as evidence of “Antifa” activity while making no mention of violent far-right protest activity. 3/8
The memo specifically cites the protests in KY following the murder of Breonna Taylor, uprisings in Portland where federal officers in unmarked cars and with no identification grabbed people off the street... 4/8
and actions that “destroyed historic landmarks” like Confederate monuments. It does not, for example, reference the Charlottesville protests where Proud Boys openly assaulted people of color and protesters. 5/8
This memo must be understood for what it is: a direct form of retaliation against the Black Lives Matter uprisings and an attempt to repress Black and Brown movements for racial justice. 6/8
If Antifa is added to the list of entities labeled as “terrorist organizations,” people suspected of “incidental” involvement with protests could be barred from entering the United States, denied a green card, or even deported. 7/8
We call on the incoming Biden Administration to repudiate and rescind this dangerous policy immediately. JFL joins @mediajustice @grassroots_news @mijentecomite @neveragainactn @cosechamovement in signing onto this statement. 8/8
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