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Friend: Our government wants us to reject what we see with our
own eyes and ears. Instead, we’re going to fight back. We’re reaching out
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Friend,

This weekend, masked ICE agents fired 10 shots into 37-year-old ICU nurse
Alex Pretti as he was restrained on the ground, killing him in cold
blood. 

It’s sickening. And as they did following the killing of Renée Good, the
Trump Administration is churning out easily disproven lies and propaganda:
That Pretti was a “domestic terrorist.” That ICE averted an “assassination
attempt.” 

Alternative facts. Scapegoating immigrants. Absolute immunity for ICE
officers. Claims that everyday citizens are terrorists. As Jewish
Americans, we know where this goes – and we know we must join forces to
fight back against such horrific abuses of state power.

J Street exists because Jewish values demand democracy, accountability and
the rule of law – not fear, not scapegoating and not silence. Defending
truth, democracy and equal rights and freedoms for all is not separate
from that mission. It is that mission.

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fighting back. Click to sign >>

– J Street Advocacy Team 

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FW: We Know Where This Goes
FROM: Eliza Schloss, J Street

 

[ We ]We know where this goes

Friends,

You can pinch yourself, but you won’t wake up. You open your eyes, and
it’s still here. The fear, the cruelty, the humiliation on public display.

Our government is telling us not to trust our own eyes, a warning sign for
any democracy, and one J Street is ready to confront. They say that ICE’s
mission demands hunting down our neighbors. That all of our problems can
be blamed on immigrants.

We know where this goes.

As Jewish Americans – and as a community shaped by persecution – our
values and our history compel us to speak out when state power is used to
terrorize the vulnerable.

Our history includes armed thugs stopping people, demanding papers and
disappearing them.

J Street exists because Jewish values demand democracy, accountability and
the rule of law – not fear, not scapegoating and not silence. Defending
immigrants’ dignity is not separate from that mission. It is that mission.

Standing up for immigrants is standing up for democracy. [ [link removed] ]Join our
campaign now for next steps on how to take action »

We’ve seen an ICE agent shoot and kill Renée Good, followed by an
authoritarian effort to brand this mother of three as a domestic
terrorist.

We’ve seen ICE detain a 5-year-old boy who had just come home from school,
tiny in his bright blue winter hat and a superhero backpack nearly bigger
than he is. Americans and migrants alike fear showing up to work or
schools or courts or hospitals.

We know where this goes.

My family’s story is an immigration story. My grandfather escaped Nazi
Germany in 1938. Before my family fled, secret state police hunted
political opponents and spread fear until people learned to look away.

Last summer in DC, I watched two masked ICE agents rip a man off his bike
on his way to work. They didn't ask him any questions before shoving him
into an unmarked truck and driving off to God knows where.

Trump wants neighbors to be suspicious of neighbors. He wants communities
to be afraid of communities. That’s how this machinery works. Not all at
once, but step by step, until it’s boiling over and cruelty feels normal.

This is exactly the kind of moment J Street was built for – when fear is
weaponized and the sanity of our country depends on whether people speak
up.

We know where this goes. When violence is justified. When our democracy
backslides into authoritarianism.

But we also know something else. Nothing will change unless we work for
it.

Right now, you can take action by joining our campaign to demand
accountability and an end to ICE’s campaign of fear. Your message will go
directly to your Members of Congress. It draws a line. It says we won’t
accept this as normal and neither should they.

[ [link removed] ]Sign Now: End ICE’s Fear Campaign
Tell your representatives they must push Trump to rein it in.

After you sign, you’ll get a follow-up message in your inbox with a call
script, clear next steps and ways to support people and organizations
doing the work on the ground.

For many families already torn apart, it’s too late. For many others, it
isn’t.

We know where this goes. And we know we must act.

With urgency,

Eliza Schloss
Content Strategist and Producer, J Street


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