Statement of Belief

We believe that everyone deserves a life of dignity, and that immigrants belong here. 

We believe that what’s happening with immigration policy is racially driven and in order to abolish current practices, we must understand the intersection of our immigration system, our criminal legal system, and policing.

We believe that we must show up and support our immigrant communities directly while we also continue to advocate for systemic changes that will have a statewide impact. We know that love has no borders.  And we will fight for this love, this humanity. 

How to get involved

1) Join our Uu Immigrant Justice Team

UU Mass Action hosts our UU Immigrant Justice campaign team as a way to connect congregations to our partners’ campaigns and opportunities, host sessions on political education, and organize congregations into action.

We usually meet on a monthly basis (you are not required to attend all meetings!) on the second Tuesday of the month at 12pm, and have a listserve to share opportunities and resources.

Fall 2026 UU Immigration Team Opportunities:

Below are our meetings for the fall! In addition to our general meetings, we will be supporting UUs who want to build our movement this fall through one of two tracks: 1) Funding Freedom, Funding Families and 2) Get Organized by Building Relationships for Immigration Impact. We hope you will join us! Learn more here and is sign up for a track here.

• October Monthly Meeting: Tuesday, October 13 12-1pm Kick Off: Now What? Lessons from the PROTECT Act and Building with UUMA this Fall. Flyer here, and RSVP here!

• Extra meeting to launch our two tracks! Wednesday, October 28th, 6:30-8PM Training: Training for Building Power for Immigration Impact with UUMA this Fall. Learn more about two specific opportunities we are inviting you into this fall as we build our movement! RSVP for the training here, flyer for the session here. This session is specifically for people intersted in joining one of our 6-week tracks this fall.

• November: We will not have our monthly November meeting, and instead will be supporting participants who are part of one of our tracks.

• December monthly Meeting: December 15, 12-1pm: We will have our regular monthly team gathering in December - stay tuned!

Winter meetings will be shared in December! We will likely resume to meeting monthly on the second Tuesday of the months at 12pm.

2) Take action

• See our take action page for most up to date actions you can take on your own time

• See our event page for events/actions you can join in with others!

3) Congregation Guide:

Check out our Congregational Guide (we will do our best to update this regularly) UU Mass Action Congregational Immigration Justice Guide .

4) Connect:

You can connect directly with some of our partners to volunteer and get involved in ongoing opportunities. These include:

• We partner with and are on the core team of BIJAN, which organizes people to support accompanying people in the Immigration court system, ICE detention, and in taking actions against ICE. 

• Sign up to join your local LUCE hub here

• Weekly standouts at Burlington

Reach out to tsmookler@uumassaction.org if you would like to discuss how to deepen your congregation’s involvement with UU Mass Action’s statewide immigration justice work. 

Our Partners and Priority Efforts 2026-2027

Coming soon!

Resources

• PROTECT Act:

  • Learn about the PROTECT Act and the People’s PROTECT Act Coalition here

  • People’s PROTECT Act Coalition Statement on final bill

  • Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts Statement on Recent Executive and Legislative Actions in Support of Immigrants’ Rights

• Resources on understanding collaboration between ICE and local law enforcement:

  • Learn about 287g contracts in MA  in this Bolts Magazine article, Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State

  • Learn about ICE/Police collaboration through  fusion centers, and the BRIC

  • MA Fusion Center Funding Explainer

  • ICE Out: Mapping and Resisting Local Law Enforcement Collusion with ICE in Massachusetts

• Learn more about detention

  • Chronicling 25 Years of Violations: ICE Detention at Plymouth County Correctional Facility

  • Detention Watch Network

  • Detention Watch Network, If You Build It ICE Will Fill It

• For people of faith:

  • ICE Protocols & Policies for Episcopal Churches

  • Risk, Courage, and Discernment: Spiritual Preparation for Collective Action (UUA/Rev Elizabeth Nguyen)

• Legal resources:

  • Assessing Risks in Supporting Immigrants at Points of Intervention

• Resources to support individuals who have been detained and their loved ones

  • The Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network website and resource page