Tag: undocumented
"You too must befriend the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." (Deuteronomy 10:19)
Whereas the Rabbinical Assembly has continuously and consistently advocated for the rights of immigrants in resolutions passed in 1992, 1995, 1997, 2003 and 2007, and the Rabbinical Assembly had distributed a High Holiday packet on the issue;
Whereas there is recognition of the need for appropriate border enforcement measures given legitimate security concerns and the interests of American citizens and workers;
“You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the feelings of the stranger” (Ex. 23:9)
Whereas the Jewish people have been immigrants and wanderers for most of our history;
Whereas the United States, which has long been a home and haven for economic and political refugees, maintained open immigration policies in the early twentieth century that saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jews and others;