ASYLUM SEEKERS
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Memorial for Amar Mergensana,
who died on hunger strike at NW Detention Ctr. |
Junga Subedar, a community lawyer with the Whatcom Civil Rights Project, will discuss the current war against immigrants and asylum seekers. From an immigrant family herself, Junga is passionate about helping the most vulnerable people coming to our borders. Part of the immigration crisis is our denial of asylum to the most vulnerable people who are coming to our borders, fleeing some of the worst violence and danger in their countries, which in large part our government has created. One way we can do something is to consider becoming a community sponsor of an asylum seeker. A community sponsor can increase someone’s probability of being granted asylum and allow them a safe refuge. We must ask what happened to "Give me your tired, your poor…Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” and what this famous sentiment means in a country of immigrants today.
The Whatcom Civil Rights Project is a program under the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center and in partnership with LAW Advocates.
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