Act now to urge Governor Newsom to support AB 2465 (Ortega): No Taxpayer Dollars for Family Separation Act!

Across California, community members have been harassed by ICE, detained without warning, children have been separated from parents, and private companies are being paid — with public money — to make it happen. AB 2465 (Ortega): No Taxpayer Dollars for Family Separation Act aims to tackle that system head-on. If enacted, businesses that profit from immigration detention and enforcement would no longer be eligible for California state grants, subsidies, and other public benefits. 

The commandment to care for the stranger is mentioned more times than any other commandment in the Torah — more even than the command to love God (v'ahavta). According to the Talmud, Rabbi Eliezer the Great noted that "the Torah warns 36 times, and some say 46 times, not to oppress the stranger" (Babylonian Talmud, Bava M'tzia 59b).

And as Jews, we know from our own history what it means to be displaced, expelled, and at the mercy of systems that treat human lives as expendable. California's tax dollars should not subsidize an industry built on tearing families apart.

Take action now: urge Gov. Newsom to support AB 2465 (Ortega)!

​The California Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC-CA), in partnership with PICO-CA and California Immigrant Policy Center, is working to advance AB 2465 (Ortega): No Taxpayer Dollars for Family Separation Act as a part of RAC-CA's Immigration Justice Campaign. 

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