“Local grassroots organization JP Progressives will be visiting Congressman Stephen Lynch's Boston office on July 25 to specifically ask him to close the immigrant detention camps on the southern border.

‘We are joining with other constituents in the district and hope to actually speak with Representative Lynch,’ said Anne Rousseau, co-chair of the JP Progressives.

‘The conditions at the detention camps are unacceptable and that has to change,’ said Molly Rose Tarpey, Director of Communications for Congressman Lynch, to Jamaica Plain News. ‘He believes that anyone in U.S. custody must be treated humanely and with dignity. In addition, the asylum cases need to be adjudicated expeditiously.’”

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“NORTHAMPTON — Two people from western Massachusetts recently spent time in Tijuana, on the border between the United States and Mexico, supporting the migrant caravan of thousands of Central American people who are seeking asylum in the U.S. The activists are part of the Sanctuary Caravan, a national initiative launched by immigrant rights group New Sanctuary Coalition that is working to get Americans to the border to support migrants there.

Adelita Simon, a Mount Holyoke College senior studying international relations and geography, and Caroline Murray, the national coordinator for Sanctuary Caravan, spoke about their experiences on the border during a panel on Monday evening, ‘Report Back From the Border: What Can We Do?’

Simon met Murray, a longtime western Massachusets organizer, at the Pioneer Valley Workers Center, where Murray is an adviser and Simon is an organizing fellow.”

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