Unitarian Universalists join movement to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Actions protesting U.S. treatment of migrants and asylum seekers were organized by the Latinx organization Mijente in San Diego on July 2.
Unitarian Universalists offer homes to asylum seekers in caravan
Central American asylum seekers, fleeing violence at home, may be released from detention centers to sponsors’ homes.
‘You cannot go out’
Since October, Sujitno and Dahlia Sajuti have lived in a Unitarian Universalist church, pleading to stay in the country they’ve called home for thirty years.
Lawsuit settled against Sheriff Arpaio for workplace raids
UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray, a plaintiff in suit against Arizona county sheriff’s office, says fight for immigrant justice continues.
Seeking asylum from credible fear
Unitarian Universalist volunteers are helping traumatized women and children at a family immigrant detention center in Texas.
Three UU congregations sheltering immigrants
At least twelve other congregations are preparing to offer sanctuary.
63 UU congregations are sanctuary churches
Two congregations have been given new accessibility certification; two groups have become covenanting communities.
‘Leaving no one out’
Unitarian Universalist minister who heads Colorado ACLU sees complentary values in civil liberties work and in UU communities.
Read this: Maricopa County’s ‘Tent City’ jail to close
Arizona’s notorious outdoor jail was focus of UUA public witness event at Phoenix General Assembly in 2012.
Texas UU coalition fights bills hostile to immigrants and transgender people
240 Unitarian Universalists lobby legislators on reproductive justice, immigrant and refugee justice, and economic justice issues.
Phoenix woman deported, activists arrested blocking ICE van
Unitarian Universalist minister, six others jailed overnight for blocking vehicle.
News brief: Sheriff Joe Arpaio loses reelection in Arizona