Statement by Louisville SURJ on Mayor Capitulating to the DOJ

Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice (LSURJ) is deeply disturbed that Mayor Craig Greenberg has given in to the terror and attacks perpetrated by ICE on families in Louisville by submitting to the DOJ demand to reinstate 48 Hour ICE holds.
“Targeting immigrant and refugee communities is about the strategic politics of fear and blame and tears families apart and diminishes the humanity of all people who tolerate these attacks.” said Noelle Tennis Gulden, an LSURJ leader. “It is incredibly sad that our mayor is conceding. We know from witnessing authoritarian regimes through history that compliance saves no one in the end.”
“The DOJ put us on the ‘Sanctuary City’ list as a threat and the Mayor capitulated immediately,” said Anice Chenault of the Louisville SURJ Coordinating Team. “Attorney General Pam Bondi is now holding up Louisville as an example to serve as a warning to other cities. This is outrageous.”
“Our immigrant and refugee communities are part of all of us,” said LSURJ Community Defense Network member Dan Despain. “When people are part of us, we have to stand with them in times of challenge like this. I am so disappointed that our mayor is not doing so.”
LSURJ has more than 200 people trained in community defense, including Know Your Rights, deescalation, documentation and response to ICE raids and other attacks on marginalized people.
This statement is also endorsed by VOCAL-KY and the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression
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