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Detroit Jews
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#CloseTheCamps
Rally
On Aug. 13, Detroit Jews for Justice,
Council on American-Islamic Relations
(CAIR) Michigan and Bend the Arc:
Ann Arbor hosted a demonstration at
the Dearborn Police Department.
Members of all communities,
including Jews and Muslims, came out
to support the demand to an end of
Dearborn Police’
s contract with ICE.
The demonstration drew more than
200 people and included speakers rang-
ing from rabbis to Muslim community
leaders and immigrant rights activists.
Michigan representatives Andy Levin,
Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell also
addressed demonstrators.
Detroit Jews for Justice was
motivated by the national
#CloseTheCamps movement to put
an end to immigrant detention at the
border.
“The experience of immigra-
tion, of exodus, is a cornerstone of
what it means to be Jewish,” Rabbi
Alana Alpert, executive director of
Detroit Jews for Justice and rabbi
at Congregation T’
chiyah, said in a
press release. “We are mandated by
tradition to pursue justice by loving
our neighbors publicly and proudly
— that means seeking liberation for
the captured and safety for all in our
midst.”
According to the press release,
the Dearborn Police detained 1,333
immigrants in 2018 and is “an active
player in unjust detentions and
deportations.”
“We were so moved by the out-
pouring of support from the Jewish
community. I saw leaders and
members of Kol Ami, Beth Emet,
Beth Israel, Birmingham Temple
and more,” Alpert said. “I’
m hopeful
about what this could mean for the
future of Jewish social justice in this
region.” ■
CORRIE COLF STAFF WRITER
More than 200 people came to the protest.
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