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Ari Ballaban — In Conversation

September 5, 2017 | 0 Comments
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Jewish Community Relations Council Urges Congress to Act Swiftly to Protect ‘Dreamers’

The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati emphatically endorses the following statement made by our umbrella organization, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, which urges Congress to take swift action to pass the Dream Act of 2017 and thereby protect those who are affected by the elimination of DACA. Consistent with our Council’s stated value of compassion for the vulnerable, we feel that ensuring protection for those who were brought to this country as children is quite simply the only just and moral way forward. Moreover, as Cincinnati Jews, we recognize our own status as descendants of immigrants and so we urge our local congressional delegation to move swiftly to implement a permanent solution that would protect these young people. 



JCPA Strongly Opposes the Administration’s Repeal of DACA

New York, NY – The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) strongly opposes the Administration’s decision to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, revoking protections for nearly 800,000 people who are now at risk of deportation and separation from their families.

Since 2012, the DACA program has enabled eligible undocumented young people brought to this country as children to voluntarily come forward and pass background checks in exchange for permission to live and work in America without fear of deportation. Ending this protection will inflict needless suffering, separating families and costing our national economy an estimated $460 billion over the next decade.

The Jewish community has a long history of active engagement in supporting new immigrants and developing our nation’s immigration policy. We believe that Congress must enact a permanent solution and we call on lawmakers to act immediately to protect immigrant youth by passing the “Dream Act of 2017,” bipartisan legislation that would replace fear and uncertainty with permanent protection.

“Our government made a promise to protect these young people who were brought to this country as children, who know no other country but the United States, and who seek only to live and work without fear,” said David Bernstein, President and CEO of JCPA. “It is both our civic and moral duty to uphold that promise.”

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