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#welcomethestranger — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. @texasobserver “Last month, the Dallas police chief rejected a $25 million offer for his department to join the program; Republican Mayor Eric Johnson has since called on the city council to consider ordering Dallas police to sign on.” #AbolishICE #Resist #Fascism #WelcomeTheStranger #ImmigrantsGetShitDone

  2. On Sunday, the pope said the global Church was experiencing "a new missionary age" tasked with offering "hospitality and welcome, compassion and solidarity" to migrants fleeing violence or searching for a safe place to live.

    It was a tradition in ancient eastern Mediterranean to welcome strangers: you never knew whether Zeus would show up. It’s charming to think a later practice included carpenters.
    #PopeLeo #migrants #hospitality #welcomethestranger #IDF #flotilla

    reuters.com/world/pope-leo-aft

  3. As usual, the devil here is in the details.

    The Red Don administration closed all funding for #refugees through the ORR. So how are they bringing over these Afrikaner so-called "refugees"?

    They're relying on a smaller, still-funded (so far) program known as PCP, the "Preferred Communities Program". Many (but not all) refugee relocation agencies participate in PCP.

    Notably, the Episcopalian Church does not participate in PCP. They therefore wouldn't have been able to settle the Afrikaners anyway.

    So what they're doing is refusing to participate in a program in which they already have no part, and in addition they're closing up shop so they'll be unable to serve any actual refugees going forward.

    Sounds a lot less heroic now, don't it?

    #immigration #resist #Ω #DoNotComply #WelcomeTheStranger

    npr.org/2025/05/12/g-s1-65988/

  4. Presidio’s Immigrant Point Overlook, Washington Boulevard in the Presidio. “We opened the gates to all the world and said: ‘Let all men who want to be free come to us and they will be welcome.'” –Woodrow Wilson Address at Independence Hall: "The Meaning of Liberty, July 04, 1914.

    #sanfrancisco #presidio #goldengate #immigration #immigrants #welcome #welcomethestranger #freedom #nps #sfparks #nationalpark #woodrowwilson #stonemason #california #usa #landofimmigrants

  5. Friends: #Refugees have been quite literally left out in the cold by the administration's cruel 1/24 order stopping any work on their behalf. These are people who were forced to leave their home country, then wait in another country while the US fully vetted them and processed their application, a process that could take two years or more.

    Suddenly (in many cases, only days after their arrival) leaving families without food, shelter, language assistance, job counseling, or other support is an abomination and a betrayal of the highest order.

    But you can help. Please consider a donation to the Refugee Program of the #Jewish Family & Children Service, or to the refugee #resettlement agency of your choice (such as #HIAS). Thank you!

    Please boost this message so that others are given the opportunity to show our new neighbors that Americans can be welcoming and generous.

    #immigration #homeless #poverty #WelcomeTheStranger #asylum #hope #sanctuary

    secure.qgiv.com/for/refugeeass

  6. Emigrants and refugees face daunting challenges following their entry into the United States. David Harberger invites Alamedans to volunteer with two local organizations that are seeking to bridge the gap—Welcome the Stranger and Shelter in Peace.

    alamedapost.com/op-ed/welcome-

    #alameda #ShelterInPeace #volunteer #WelcomeTheStranger

  7. #AsylumSeekers have not "crossed the border illegally". International law recognizes the right to seek #asylum as (in theory) does US law. Yes, there is plenty of illegal activity on our border—but it's on the part of US officials who are callously refusing to honor the rights of the most desperate among us.

    #immigration #afghanistan #ukraine #sudan #guatemala #honduras #venezuela #immigrationLaw #WelcomeTheStranger