SURJ Bay Area joins 500+ congregations and communities in pledge to become “Apartheid-Free”3/21/2025
Today, March 21st 2025, SURJ Bay Area joins with communities all over the world to mark an important milestone: over 500 congregations and organizations have taken a pledge declaring themselves “apartheid-free.” Pledge signers commit to cut ties with Israel’s apartheid regime against Palestinians and to oppose all forms of racism, bigotry, discrimination, and oppression. These 500+ groups represent hundreds of thousands of constituents and include congregations, faith communities, solidarity organizations, non-profits, student organizations, veterans’ groups, businesses, and even municipalities. A map and full list of apartheid-free communities can be found here.
Mass Deportation Is Unjust and Harmful to All Americans by Regie Stites  People hold up handmade signs reading, "Immigrants Make America Great" and "NO HATE NO FEAR / Refugees are welcome here!" - Photo by Nitish Meena In her first press conference, Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, repeated a vicious lie to justify one of the cruelest presidential priorities in American history. She said millions of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. must be deported because they have all broken U.S. law and are therefore “criminals.” This is a lie.
An article on the press conference in Axios pointed out that violation of U.S. immigration policies is a civil, not a criminal offense. According to the article: “There is no law making it a crime to live in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant.” |
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