Immigrant Justice

MANHATTAN — As fear grips the city’s immigrant communities after this weekend’s arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, many houses of worship across the boroughs are gearing up to provide refuge to undocumented New Yorkers in the event of future raids. Interfaith networks focused on social justice issues, like the New Sanctuary Coalition of…

After hearing reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids around the country, an Upper West Side congregation voted to make itself a short-term refuge for undocumented immigrants. “Hopefully it won’t be necessary to use that but there are raids that have already begun in New York City,” said the Rev. Schuyler Vogel, senior minister…

Originally Published in DNAinfo on March 1, 2017 Written by Amy Zimmer An Upper West Side Unitarian Universalist church, known for its commitment to social justice issues, was vandalized with two swastikas carved into its wooden doors along Central Park West on Tuesday. Staff from the Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York,…