And an update to a case we’ve been following: One of New York’s best-known immigrant rights advocates will not face deportation tomorrow. Ravi Ragbir, executive director of the New Sanctuary Coalition, had been ordered to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday—even though he reported for another check-in just last month, accompanied by several city councilmembers and a state senator as hundreds rallied outside. Officials now say he can check in next January. This is Ragbir describing how accompaniment works.
Ravi Ragbir: “When we partner U.S. citizens with immigrants who are in this crisis—not only for myself, for many others—they are able to get the support from the community, and so they are not in this fearful space, but also getting the officers to treat that person with respect.”
Faith groups are planning to hold an interfaith Seder Tuesday morning at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City to call for lasting immigration reform.