MILWAUKEE – Jews have been immigrants and have sought asylum for centuries, said Roberta S. Clark, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Milwaukee Jewish Federation.
“Jewish religious and ethical tradition calls upon us to welcome the stranger,” she told the local media from a podium at Milwaukee City Hall.
Clark spoke at the Milwaukee City Hall press conference on Jan. 22, hosted by Forward Latino, a national non-profit, non-partisan service and advocacy organization headquartered in Franklin.
The “Hispanic Concerns Press Conference” included both elected officials and community advocates from around the Milwaukee area. It attracted a battery of television cameras and journalists, after news spread of the new Trump Administration’s plans to end birthright citizenship, launch a mass deportation campaign, and suspend refugee admissions into the U.S.
Several people from different faith and ethnic communities spoke. Darryl Morin, president of Forward Latino, thanked the others for their support. He expressed “grave concern” regarding the treatment and attacks that he said have been aimed at not just the immigrant community, but also the Hispanic community.
“The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation supports compassionate immigration policies, including a systematic, fair path to citizenship for immigrants,” Clark said. “Our JCRC takes advocacy positions on immigration policy with the goal of fashioning an immigration system that facilitates legal status and family unity in the interest of protecting the dignity and civil liberties of all people.”
Ramona Tenorio of the Latino Jewish Aliance also attended the press conference.
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