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Jewish Groups Speak Out Against Trump Immigration Policy

Associated Press

   From fiery protests outside detention centers in Texas, New Jersey and
   Rhode Island to a sit-in that blockaded an Amazon store in New York, a
   fledgling coalition of liberal Jewish groups is increasingly making
   itself heard as it fights the Trump administration's immigration
   policies.
   Using the social media tag #JewsAgainstIce, the movement has likened
   President Donald Trump's actions on asylum and incarceration to what
   went on as the Holocaust was taking shape.

   "It's a cause that the Jews feel very deeply," said Rabbi Jill Jacobs
   with T'ruah, a human rights organization that represents 2,000 rabbis
   nationwide. "Our entire history is about being kicked out of one place
   and trying to find a safe place to live."
   While Jewish groups have long supported immigrant rights, many began
   working together more intensely in recent weeks after reports of
   squalid conditions at immigration centers. Activists say Trump's
   comments this week about the "disloyalty" of Jews who vote Democratic
   will only galvanize them further.
   Organizers say the loose coalition that also uses the hashtags
   #CloseTheCamps and #NeverAgainIsNow embraces tens of thousands of
   activists nationwide and works with some Latino and Muslim
   organizations as well. ("Never again" has historically been a rallying
   cry among Jews when referring to the Holocaust.)

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