Congress is once again debating funding levels for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—and for many communities, this debate is not abstract. ICE’s tactics have terrorized immigrant communities across the country, using workplace raids, home arrests, surveillance, detention, and family separation to create fear and instability.
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This system of enforcement is reinforced by white Christian Nationalist ideology, which frames the United States as a Christian nation and defines who “belongs.” Through religious language, biblical imagery, and “law and order” rhetoric, this ideology justifies cruelty toward immigrants while portraying enforcement agencies like ICE as moral defenders of the nation. The result is a dangerous convergence of religious nationalism, state violence, and dehumanization.
This should raise urgent alarm for all minorities,. The same worldview that enables ICE to terrorize immigrants undermines genuine religious freedom, erodes pluralism, and promotes a vision of America rooted in exclusion and religious supremacy rather than constitutional democracy.
In this urgent “Call With Us!, participants will:
- Receive clear, timely context on current congressional efforts to fund or defund ICE.
- Examine how white Christian nationalist goals, messaging, and symbolism fuel immigration enforcement and normalize harm.
- Understand how ICE’s actions destabilize and terrorize communities—and why this is a religious freedom issue.
- Get straightforward talking points grounded in pluralism, dignity, and constitutional values.
- Call Members of Congress during the program to demand that they hold ICE accountable and reject policies rooted in fear and exclusion.
- Take part in a brief group debrief to share experiences and next steps.
This is a rapid-response opportunity to act together—standing with immigrant communities and defending pluralism, democracy, and human dignity. We are the people we’ve been waiting for. This is one way you can take meaningful action!
“Call With Us!” events are grant sponsored in 2026 by Jews for Freedom. This event is being hosted by JFASD and the Rabbi Joseph H. Gumbiner Community Action Project of the Tucson Jewish Museum and Holocaust Center and proudly cosponsored by: The Shalom Center; VAAC; Florida NOW; the Society for Humanistic Judaism; Congregation Beth Adam; NCJW|Miami and more to join!
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