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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, the problem must be understood within the frame of white supremacy culture.

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

How to get involved

1) Immigrant Justice Team

UU Mass Action hosts a Immigrant Justice issue team as a way to connect congregations to our partners’ legislative campaigns, accompaniment, and sanctuary work, as well as learn from each other best practices and opportunities. We meet on a monthly basis (you are not required to attend all meetings!) and have a listserve to share opportunities and resources.

Upcoming Team Meeting times (will resume Sept 2025)

2) Congregation Guide:

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

3) Connect:

You can connect directly with some of our partners to volunteer and get involved. These include signing up to be a ICE Verifier with the LUCE hotline here, or to support the Boston Immigration Justice Acconpaniement Network opportunities here (this includes accompanying people to ICE check-ins or hearings, posting bond, writing letters, driving, and more)

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 2025-2026

We work with many partners across the state on Immigrant Justice. 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. 

  • We are on the core team of the No Cost Calls/Keeping Families Connected coalition to support phone justice for all who are incarcerated, include those in ICE detention, as well as other policies to keep families connected like the Visitation Bill 

  • We are on the core team of the Dignity Not Deportations campaign, organizing to end all state contracts with ICE. 

  • We are on the Steering Committee of LUCE Immigration Justice Network , organizing an ICE Watch Hotline and building toward broader statewide organizing campaigns grounded in immigration justice. 

  • We encourage you to check out our housing justice and decarceration organizing pages as well, as these two campaigns in particular, have a lot of overlap with immigration justice, as do all our justice campaigns. 

Resources

  • FACT SHEET for Dignity Not Deportations Act: An Act relative to immigration detention and collaboration agreements 

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