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JFCS East Bay Stands with MAZON to Protect SNAP Access
JFCS East Bay Stands with MAZON to Protect SNAP Access
We join our partners at MAZON in sounding the alarm: the Senate’s proposed budget bill would eliminate SNAP protections for veterans, former foster youth, and people experiencing homelessness. With a vote expected next week, now is the time to act. Click here to take action and help ensure no one is denied access to the…
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JFCS East Bay Statement on ICE Raids and Attacks on Due Process
JFCS East Bay Statement on ICE Raids and Attacks on Due Process
JFCS East Bay unequivocally condemns the recent ICE raids taking place in California and across the country. These aggressive actions, carried out in neighborhoods, near places of worship, at schools and graduations, and even in courthouses, are inflicting fear and trauma on immigrant families, workers, and entire communities. The immigration legal services community exists because…
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Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban
Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban
Read article here. The effort comes as the president has pursued extraordinary measures to curtail legal and illegal immigration. June 4, 2025 at 8:26 p.m. EDTYesterday at 8:26 p.m. EDT President Donald Trump on Wednesday restricted the entry of travelers to the United States from more than a dozen countries, resurrecting and expanding sweeping…
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Social services for Jewish Nazi victims have been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
This service is supported by a grant from The Jewish Federations of North America’s Center on Aging, Trauma, and Holocaust Survivor Care.