Unitarian Universalist FaithAction New Jersey’s very own Rev. Rob Gregson pens an OpEd in advance of Governor Murphy’s budget address on expanding legal defense for immigrants who are detained and facing deportation in NJ.
“Deportation is one of the harshest penalties an individual can face under U.S. law. It can mean permanent exile from family and loved ones, loss of livelihood, and in some cases a return to a place where a person risks persecution or death…. We should all call upon the Governor and legislature to fully fund deportation defense for immigrants in New Jersey. In so doing, we can echo Lady Liberty’s timeless, message and disavow the shrill words of the latest political opportunist: immigrants are not–have never been–strangers to these shores.”
The piece can be read in its entirety here: Universal Representation.