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07-01-2019, 06:20 PM #1
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36 Jewish protesters arrested at ICE detention center in New Jersey
36 Jewish protesters arrested at ICE detention center in New Jersey
JUNE 30, 2019 8:47 PM
Hundreds of people attend a protest outside an ICE facility in Elizabeth, N.J., organized by a new Jewish group called Never Again Action, June 30, 2019. (Screenshot from Facebook)
NEW YORK (JTA) — Thirty-six protesters from a new Jewish group were arrested at a demonstration in front of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
The arrests Sunday afternoon followed a protest outside the Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility organized by a group called Never Again Action. Hundreds of Jews, mostly young people, attended the protest. Many of Never Again Action’s leaders are also involved with IfNotNow, a millennial Jewish group that opposes Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tweeted in support of the protesters, writing that such actions “hold enormous power to change our country.” Brad Lander, a Democratic Jewish New York City councilman, also attended the protest.
The crowd chanted “Hey hey, ho ho, racist ICE has got to go” and held signs reading “Never again means close the camps” and displaying the group’s name, according to video of the event on Facebook.
“As Jews, we cannot sit and watch as ICE terrorizes immigrant families, separating children from their parents and detain[ing] them in deplorable conditions,” a Facebook post by Never Again Action said. “As Jews, we know that #NeverAgainIsNow.”
The group’s name comes from the slogan “Never again,” which has historically been used in relation to Holocaust commemoration. Jewish groups on the left have compared ICE’s treatment of undocumented immigrants to abuses under the Nazis and other totalitarian regimes, while other Jewish groups have said that comparisons of ICE to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust are inappropriate.
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07-01-2019, 06:48 PM #2
Send ALL the illegal aliens to Israel...they should not protest that!!!
ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE "BROKEN" OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
DO NOT REWARD THEM - DEPORT THEM ALL
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07-01-2019, 11:21 PM #3
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07-02-2019, 02:26 PM #4
But Israel has a big, beautiful Wall that the United States paid for. Oh, geez.`
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