As we well know, 2025 is going to be a crucial year for immigration justice organizing, and members of SURJ NYC are already meeting this moment with care and energy. Over the last few weeks our Immigration Justice Working Group has helped organize multiple events with the Dignity Not Detention campaign, as well as welcoming new SURJ members to our work, while folks across our chapter have been taking part in urgent mass calls and trainings with local and national immigrant rights leaders.
We know now is the time to take action to resist mass deportation, detention, and militarized immigration enforcement, which will destabilize our communities and strain state resources. With movement leaders stressing the need to get our folks in formation before Trump takes office, we invite you to join our Immigration Justice Working Group in traveling to Albany on January 8 for a New Yorkers United Against Mass Deportation Rally and Press Conference.
At this action we will be part of a broad coalition calling on New York State legislators to urgently pass four legislative solutions to protect New Yorkers against the federal government’s mass-deportation agenda. This includes the Dignity Not Detention Act, which would get New York State out of the business of ICE detention, along with other bills addressing issues of policing, legal counsel, and clemency.
Join us to demand action for the protection of all New Yorkers! Sign up here by January 3 to attend the rally (transportation will be provided). Then, fill out this form to let our Immigration Justice Working Group know you are attending, so we can connect you with other folks going from SURJ NYC.
If you can’t make it on January 8, or are ready for further organizing, you can also join our working group’s monthly meeting on January 14 and in-person retreat on January 28. And stay tuned for our February chapter meeting, which will be focused on immigration justice!
In solidarity,
SURJ NYC