#WelcomeWithDignity
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poetry/video: todd stoll ©

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#WelcomeWithDignity
July 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
No one seeking refuge or opportunity in our country should fear a locked door, separation from their family, detention, deportation, or increased criminalization. Immigrants and refugees deserve the same safety and security as anyone else. #WelcomeWithDignity
March 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We all know this, right? The article's from 2018. To me, it's less important to remind others of his heritage, than for other Jews to speak out & note that Miller does not speak for the rest of us & that we want to give safety to migrants as we wanted for our families. #WelcomeWithDignity
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The #WelcomeWithDignity Campaign calls on the administration to immediately reinstate TPS for Haiti. The administration & all elected officials must end racist scapegoating of Black immigrants & reject rhetoric that incites violence against our communities. Read our statement

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#WelcomeWithDignity Decries Revocation of Haiti TPS, Attacks on Immigrant Communities – Welcome With Dignity
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February 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I’m feeling existential dread, but an essay came on me this a.m. & I sat down to draft some before going to school. Writing will be one of my tools to get through this. I have a venue in mind & I’ll see how it turns out.

When an idea arrives this way, only writing it calms me. #WelcomeWithDignity
February 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Today is International Migrants Day.

All people on the move should be treated with dignity and respect for their basic human rights — regardless of the reason for their movement.
December 18, 2023 at 4:12 PM
“… Nguyen says she is ‘paying forward’ the kindness of the Browne family of Waukesha, Wis., who hosted her father and his parents …

'They were total strangers. But they still decided to welcome my father’s family into their home,’ she says. 'That changed their whole life.’” #WelcomeWithDignity
A daughter of a refugee repays kindness by hosting migrants.

“Whenever I see so much devastation around,” said Elizabeth Nguyen, “I think about the family that hosted my dad and the moment they decided to embrace humanity.”

www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/12/o... #WelcomeWithDignity
A daughter of a refugee repays kindness by hosting migrants - The Boston Globe
Nearly 50 years after her father found shelter with strangers, Elizabeth Nguyen shows that ‘what goes around comes around.’
www.bostonglobe.com
May 13, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Restarting family detention would be an intentional and willful infliction of suffering on children and their parents. Here’s a 🧵with just some of the many resources that have documented the harms of family detention. (originally posted on Twitter 3/7/2023)
#WelcomeWithDignity #DefundHate
March 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
On Trump’s 100th day in office we invite you to temporarily change your profile picture to the image of a Blue Triangle to show I STAND WITH IMMIGRANTS. You may use the image attached to this post.
#BlueTriangleSolidarity #IStandWIthImmigrants #welcomewithdignity #FreeThem
April 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A nice thing about having momentum on a piece, is I saw a skeet today (from @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) & realized I had a big hole in the conclusion of my #WelcomeWithDignity essay. It's good not to decide you're finished writing too early! I'm still letting it marinate before showing to anyone.
Ok, up and ready to edit! During the night my brain said “yo! That little conclusion you wrote last night needs to tie back to your intro!” It would have been better to dream of rainbows and green fields, but my partially-sleeping brain was right. It’s a needed fix! #AmRevising #WelcomingWithDignity
Went to happy hour with a friend, then did a little tipsy #AmRevising. I think I now have a full draft of one of the two papers I've been writing. I'll see tomorrow how it looks in the completely sober light of day. It probably can be tightened, but I think it's not bad! 🤞
February 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Have a choice of grading Perusalls or working on my #WelcomeWithDignity piece this morning - and I'm going to start with the latter. I don't like writing during the semester because juggling teaching, mentoring & service is a lot. But what I'm writing is timely & I need to get it out...
I’m feeling existential dread, but an essay came on me this a.m. & I sat down to draft some before going to school. Writing will be one of my tools to get through this. I have a venue in mind & I’ll see how it turns out.

When an idea arrives this way, only writing it calms me. #WelcomeWithDignity
February 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I do love how, every year at the office holiday party (I work at a nonprofit anchored in child-centered, trauma-informed #WelcomeWithDignity advocacy), the gift stealing at the white elephant exchange is so brutal our new hires look like this the entire time: 😱
January 20, 2024 at 3:07 AM
If there is one thing I know as we head into the next 4 years, it is that families belong together. Please watch and share this video of our @immdef.bsky.social client Carla being reunited with her daughters 8 months after she was forcibly separated from her family at the border. #WelcomeWithDignity
After being forcibly separated at the border for 8 months, our client Carla has finally reunited with her daughters thanks to the help of our legal team. For her twins, the separation lasted nearly a third of their lifetime. 🧵👇
November 19, 2024 at 8:44 PM
March 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We are thrilled to announce that Human Rights First is now hosting the #WelcomeWithDignity campaign—a coalition of 100+ orgs fighting for a just, humane asylum system. Together, we’ll work to defend refugee rights, no matter the challenges ahead.

Follow at @welcomewdignity.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A daughter of a refugee repays kindness by hosting migrants.

“Whenever I see so much devastation around,” said Elizabeth Nguyen, “I think about the family that hosted my dad and the moment they decided to embrace humanity.”

www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/12/o... #WelcomeWithDignity
A daughter of a refugee repays kindness by hosting migrants - The Boston Globe
Nearly 50 years after her father found shelter with strangers, Elizabeth Nguyen shows that ‘what goes around comes around.’
www.bostonglobe.com
May 13, 2024 at 1:20 PM
April 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“It is vital to strengthen protections for people seeking safety—not weaken them. The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle critical humanitarian protections in the U.S. and abroad put millions of people at risk.” - Rricha deCant, IRAP

Read the full @welcomewdignity.bsky.social statement:
After Chilling Remarks at UN General Assembly, #WelcomeWithDignity Urges U.S. Leaders, Global Community to Uphold the Fundamental Right to Seek Safety – Welcome With Dignity
welcomewithdignity.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Pope Francis wrote a letter to United States bishops urging them to uphold the dignity of migrants. Read the full letter here: maryknollogc.org/resources/st... #welcomewithdignity #migrantswelcome #migrants #immigrants #PopeFrancis #Popequotes
Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the Bishops of the United States
Pope Francis addresses U.S. bishops, urging them to uphold the dignity of migrants. He criticizes policies that equate illegal status with criminality while acknowledging a nation’s right to security ...
maryknollogc.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“These are our relatives, our neighbors, people who cannot return to countries in crisis. We remain committed to fighting back.”
@yaelschacher.bsky.social, @refugeesintl.bsky.social, w/ @welcomewdignity.bsky.social on the Trump administration’s harmful policies
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#WelcomeWithDignity Decries Trump Attacks on People Seeking Safety & Due Process – Welcome With Dignity
welcomewithdignity.org
April 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"We at the #WelcomeWithDignity Campaign urge the House to resist the administration’s cruel, reckless agenda & vote no on this bill. We deserve a budget that invests in our communities, helps everyone thrive, & keeps families together, safe, and free."

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#WelcomeWithDignity Condemns Trump Administration Attacks on Immigrant Communities and Senate Passage of Harmful, Anti-Immigrant Budget Bill – Welcome With Dignity
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July 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
International Workers Day is a day to honor the strength & resilience of workers everywhere. Today, we join immigrant & worker rights organizations, labor unions, & communities across the country in fighting for our collective rights, safety, and futures. Read our statement.
On International Workers Day, #WelcomewithDignity Calls for Dignity, Fair Wages, and Safety – Welcome With Dignity
welcomewithdignity.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“The US should not be in the business of disappearing anyone to torture."

Yesterday, members of #WelcomeWithDignity, advocates, & attorneys from @fwd.us, @immcouncil.org, @cristosal.bsky.social & more, held a press call to discuss the Trump admin’s forced disappearances to El Salvador. Learn more ⬇️
Attorneys & Advocates Discuss the Harms of Trump Administration’s Forced Disappearances to El Salvador  – Welcome With Dignity
welcomewithdignity.org
May 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"We are ready to use every tool in our toolbox to uphold the rights and dignity of people seeking safety, and to fight for a more welcoming future for all.”

-Sharif Aly, IRAP President, in #WelcomeWithDignity press release.

Read the press release:
#WelcomeWithDignity Campaign Stands Ready to Defend People Seeking Safety in the United States – Welcome With Dignity
welcomewithdignity.org
January 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM