Kansas chemistry instructor arrested by ICE while taking his daughter to school

[RandomAccess]

His family says they couldn’t even say goodbye.

Immigration officials arrested Syed Ahmed Jamal in his Lawrence front yard on Jan. 24 while he was taking his daughter to school.

The 7th-grade girl ran into the house to alert her mother and brother, while Jamal, a chemist, was handcuffed and led into a car. When his wife tried to hug him, an agent said she could be charged with interfering in an arrest, said son Taseen Jamal, 14.

Late on Feb. 1, supporters of his dad posted Syed Jamal’s story online. By the next night, the campaign had collected more than 2,500 signatures on a petition to stay the deportation of a man who arrived 30 years ago from Bangladesh to study and work in the United States.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article198215114.html

We've got to find a way to stop this shit. EVERY TIME I read anything about ICE's oversteps, "memories" of Nazi Germany flood my brain. There is no reason to believe that these same fascists in DHS wouldn't be glad to come for us someday if Trump gets his way (which is why I'm repeatedly posting the meme I've got below). The level of hate and anger being whipped up against the FBI based on completely bogus lies that EVERYONE knows full well are lies (well, maybe not Trump, depending on how far gone he is) should give everyone pause. I was just over at Twitter, and some of the responses are ... quite frightening.

[triron]

1. All I could advise is to contact your congress people,

media outlets, reporters you may know about (e.g. Rachel Maddow) and make you voice known.
Write opinions to your local newspaper about this as well.

[RandomAccess]

9. Some other options -

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10185145

[triron]

2. Also thanks for make us aware of this evil crap.

[RandomAccess]

3. You bet

[withoutapaddle]

4. Besides voting, what can we as individuals do to make this stop?

I live in one of the reddest, most rural areas in Arkansas. To be honest, I have lived in the sticks my entire life. Its frightening to talk to people about this because their reactions are overwhelmingly "good, send them all back". I cannot understand the hate in peoples' hearts.

If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking, - Poem by Emily Dickinson. Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.

[RandomAccess]

8. Here are some --

I didn't know, though once had a collection of really good bookmarks that I lost

BUT, Google knows everything:


A List of Organizations Dedicated to Helping Immigrants and Refugees That Need Your Support
https://jezebel.com/a-list-of-organizations-dedicated-to-helping-immigrants-1791772883

9 Immigration Organizations To Donate To If You Want To Support DACA Recipients
https://www.bustle.com/p/9-immigration-organizations-to-donate-to-if-you-want-to-support-daca-recipients-80757

National Pro-Immigrant Organizations http://www.publiceye.org/research/directories/immig_grp_defend.html

IMMIGRATION ORGANIZATIONS https://www.shusterman.com/immigrationorganizations/

Immigration Advocates Network https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/

Organizations and Interest Groups Working on Immigration-Related Issues
http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/immigration/researchers/groups.html

Dec 2005 Organizations Supporting Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
https://fairus.org/issue/societal-impact/organizations-supporting-amnesty-illegal-aliens

Immigration Organizations http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Politics/U-S--Immigration.pg_00.html

Pro-Immigration web resources https://openborders.info/pro-immigration-web-resources/

Feb 2017 9 Pro-Refugee Groups Standing Up To Trump’s Ban
The ACLU isn’t the only organization doing important work.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/groups-standing-up-to-trumps-refugee-ban_us_588f761ee4b02772c4e802ee

[smirkymonkey]

5. This is so fucking cruel and hateful!

I can't stand this anymore! How do we get them to stop? They are destroying families for no other reason than racism.

[world wide wally]

6. De-fucking-testable

Fuck you, Drumpf (isn't that a German name?)

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Beyond hateful and stupid.