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Mijente members in Louisville, KY advance Sanctuary for ALL

The Eastside cafe has been an autonomous community space for the past 15 years.

While enforcement under the new regime represents an expansion and escalation, it is built upon past practices that can provide us with key lessons now.

This is a living list of legislation that has been passed or proposed to address increasing protections and/or reducing criminalization.

Si Trump busca despojarnos del santuario, entonces debemos desafiarlo. Y nuestro desafío no debe simplemente recrear lo que existió, sino ampliarlo, reimaginarlo y darle vida a sus posibilidades.

The new report on expanding sanctuary to decriminalize and protect everyone.

“Sanctuary in Chicago today means a commitment not just to symbolically defy Trump but to actually transform our city’s policies to stop targeting us for imprisonment, risk of removal, and state violence at the hands of police and aggressive immigration agents.”

Trump just launched his attack on immigrant rights. Read the order here.

Sanctuary is a spiritual stance. Sanctuary says, oppression is trying to fill our lives with fear and blood and daily numbing horror. But not in here. Not in my home. Not in my bed. Not in my movement. Sanctuary makes a ring of fire around our people. Sanctuary grants us a taste of reprieve and protection so they can gather strength to go out there again and fight.