If passed, this bill would be the first piece of anti-refugee legislation in Virginia and sets an ominous, discriminatory trend. It requires nonprofit refugee-serving organizations to report humanitarian refugees to the state as if they were potential criminals. These refugees include interpreters who helped the US military and are unsafe in their home country. The Federal government has already approved each and every refugee after a thorough investigation. We should welcome humanitarian refugees to our great country with open arms. Let's stop the Senate from wasting Virginia tax dollars on this discriminatory and dangerous legislation. #nobannowall

In the wake of Trump's Muslim ban, some Ohio municipalities like Cincinnati have taken the step to declare sanctuary city status. Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel and new State Rep Candice Keller have announced plans to introduce legislation not only to outlaw sanctuary cities but to hold their elected officials responsible for crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. This is an assault on local government, free speech, and the inclusiveness of our communities. http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/cincinnati/sanctuary-city-update-state-legislation-would-ban-criminalize-cincinnatis-sanctuary-city-status

Already thousands of restaurant owners, consumers, and workers have joined the Sanctuary Restaurant movement — committing to hate-free establishments that have a zero tolerance policy for sexism, racism, and xenophobia. We're standing with our allies and refuse to let the Trump administration target and attack immigrants, refugees, Muslims, LGBTQ people and other vulnerable people through the restaurant industry. For more info: SanctuaryRestaurants.org

SIGN this petition to ask city council of Yakima Washington to protect the people that are vulnerable and that are not able to have a voice or a choice. Lets protect our undocumented families from being profiled by law enforcement/police officers and prevent them from asking people about their legal status. Some of these families have children that are US citizens and we need your signatures to protect them from being separated! By signing this petition you understand that you are asking the city council to approve a sanctuary city/welcoming city that will be discussed upon February7, 2017 at 6:00pm and other city council meetings. Signatures will continue to be collected until there is a resolution to this matter. You are also welcomed to join us at the city council to voice your opinions. Remember that any of us can be asked to verify of our legal status by judging us by the way we look. #NoTargeting #ProtectFamilies #YesSanctuaryCity .

Immigrants who live in Rhode Island, our families and our neighbors, face escalating threats from Trump racist policies. These policies are tearing families apart and trample on civil and human rights. Now, several of our Democratic lawmakers want to make it a crime for our local officials not aggressively enforce their policies. This bill would destroy local efforts to build trust between local officials and the immigrant community. And when our neighbors are afraid to call the cops, we are all less safe. This bill would undermine our values and our safety. It has no place in the Rhode Island State House. Tell Reps. Corvese, Ucci, Phillips, Coughlin, and O’Brien to take their names off it now.

The Union for Democratic Communication and its mission of inclusivity rejects the unconstitutional standard this ban sets. Please call on members of Congress to go on the record to reject Trump's Muslim ban.

U.S. Senator Feinstein has introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would immediately rescind Donald Trump's Muslim Ban executive order. U.S. Representative Lofgren has also introduced the SOLVE Act in the House of Representatives to defund and rescind the ban. The United States Constitution expressly protects individuals from persecution perpetrated by their own government. This includes discrimination based on faith, on national origin, and on skin color. The executive order ban on travelers from Muslim-majority and Middle Eastern nations is one of the first steps in a Trump-era agenda that criminalizes faith, nationality, and people of color. The Muslim Ban is an attempt to illegally legislate discrimination -- and is not about safety at all. That’s why more than 16 State Attorneys General signed onto a letter saying the ban is unlawful and un-American; many states are suing; and it’s also why several federal judges have already ruled the same. In short, Trump’s ban is putting our nation on the verge of a Constitutional crisis. Together, we can stop the Muslim Ban. Sign on now!

Donald Trump’s recent actions on immigration are a dramatic, radical, and extreme assault on immigrants and the values of our country, which is why we must fight back against them. In Florida, Miami-Dade’s Republican Mayor, Carlos Gimenez, has terminated critical protections that would shield immigrant families from Donald Trump’s Deportation Force. Without these protections, countless families could be separated from their loved ones, profiled and criminalized by local police, and be subject to deportation under Donald Trump’s extreme executive orders on immigration. Immigrants are part of Miami-Dade's vibrant community and have a long history of contributing to local economy and culture, which is why we cannot allow Mayor Gimenez to turn over immigrants across Miami-Dade to Donald Trump’s Deportation Force. Put simply; Mayor Gimenez should be protecting the hard-working immigrant families across Miami-Dade, not looking to score political points with racists like Donald Trump. If we want to keep immigrant families safe from Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant attacks, then we must hold Republican Mayor Carlos Gimenez accountable and ask the Miami-Dade County Commission to reinstate protections for immigrants across South Florida immediately!

Last week, more than 400 people joined a rally in front of Gov. Hogan's office urging him to take a public position in opposition to Donald Trump's Muslim ban. And earlier this month, Attorney General Brian E. Frosh condemned Trump's actions and has called on Hogan to do the same. But so far, Gov. Hogan has been silent. Our governor must oppose this ban and represent his constituents.

This bill would create an undue burden on law enforcement officers, the prison or jail systems in their communities, and the surrounding communities. Each inmate in the Department of Corrections costs the State of Virginia approximately $25,129 annually, so each individual who is held for an undetermined amount of time, is costing taxpayers over that time. Additionally, this legislation will ultimately have a chilling effect within immigrant communities, which are already targets for crime, leading to victims in those communities not reporting crimes such as theft or assault because of fear of the implication for detention and deportation. Vulnerable groups such as the elderly, children, and women are the ones who suffer most in these circumstances. The bill can be read here: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1468

President Trump’s discriminatory immigration executive order, which shut out legal immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries and suspended the Refugee Admissions Program, violates the intent of the Constitution and of international treaties to protect refugees and prevent discrimination to which the U.S. is signatory. The executive order has created chaos and fear among refugees and immigrants who have been legally admitted to the U.S., and to their families, including to U.S. citizens. If the executive order is allowed to stand, it will undermine protections for refugees and immigrants worldwide. For many of us, the fact that we are U.S. citizens today - indeed, the mere fact that we are alive - is the result of the fact that our parents or grandparents were admitted to the U.S. as immigrants or refugees in the past. Legislation is being introduced in the House and Senate to overturn the executive order. House Democrats, including Reps. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), are introducing the "Statute of Liberty Values Act" which states that President Trump’s executive order will have no effect or force of law and that no funds shall be used to implement the order. Senator Feinstein is introducing similar legislation in the Senate. Urge your Senators and Representative to support this legislation to overturn the Trump immigration executive order by signing our petition.

The City of Detroit is home to a robust and vibrant set of communities, including diverse communities of immigrants, many of whom are asylum seekers, many of whom are Muslims, and many of whom are from the Middle-East or predominantly Muslim countries, and are thereby threatened by the increasingly aggressive and discriminatory policies of the Trump administration. As well, the City of Detroit is a self-governing political entity that owes its responsibility to its citizens, to the constitution of the State of Michigan and to the constitution of the United States. As such, the City of Detroit and its representatives are not only entitled to oppose unconstitutional and unethical actions taken at the federal and state levels, but are morally responsible to do so in the interests of the people of the Detroit. *Neither the Mayor of Detroit, Mike Duggan, or the Mayor's Chief of Staff, Alexis Wiley, make their emails or office phone numbers available to the public. As such, a petition such as this, cannot be directly or easily delivered. This petition will most easily reach City Council Pres. Hon. Brenda Jones.