'A Jubilee would end corporate welfare, impose strong taxation on the rich, redistribute wealth and resources to the bottom, and redesign the U.S. federal budget to prioritize human needs rather than military and policing might. '
circulated that undocumented parents and family members should take caution to avoid being taken into Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement custody. The Department of Homeland Security attempted to reassure the community that"to the fullest extent possible," immigration actions would not be taken.
But, there was good reason to fear. In 2021, two years after the Walmart mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, undocumented mass shooting survivor, 'Rosa,' wasfollowing a traffic stop despite having assisted law enforcement in their investigation of the white supremacist shooter who had intentionally targeted Latinx people.
Amid the Buffalo and Uvalde tragedies, compounded by racism and anti-immigration policies, perhaps the most heartbreaking thing is the knowledge that, despite strongfor such things as background checks, the likelihood of substantial federal gun control legislation being enacted is next to nil. From gun violence to systemic racism, anti-immigration sentiment, poverty, homelessness, the climate crisis, the pandemic, and the war in Ukraine risking nuclear annihilation, humanity, more than ever right now, could use a rest and reset. For a model of what such respite and restoration could look like, we need to search no further than the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim concepts of a Jubilee.
… on the Day of Atonement, you shall sound the shofar throughout your land. And you shall sanctify the fiftieth year, and proclaim freedom [for slaves] throughout the land for all who live on it. It shall be a Jubilee for you… If your brother becomes destitute and his hand falters beside you, you shall support him [whether] a convert or a resident, so that he can live with you.
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