A Message from Rabbi Bellows

October 19, 2025 /27 Tishrei 5786

Dear Friends,

As you know, we are living through a moment unlike any other. In recent weeks, ICE agents have been deployed across Illinois, spreading fear and enforcing an anti-immigrant agenda that threatens the safety and dignity of our communities.

In response, RAC-IL is joining our Immigrant Justice partners, especially ICIRR, to support the S.A.L.T: Safety and Action for Liberation Together campaign. This vital effort calls on state legislators to pass urgent protections for immigrant communities during the October special session.

The S.A.L.T. campaign will:

• Bar civil arrests by ICE and other law enforcement agencies at Illinois courthouses
• Protect hospitals by ensuring guidance for staff and patients against ICE and other law enforcement actions inside medical facilities
• Close loopholes in the state’s TRUST Act that ICE could exploit
• Expand Safe Schools protections to include early childhood and higher education spaces

Time is short, the special session ends October 31, and we need your help now. RAC-IL’s goal is to send 250 emails to legislators by October 28 in support of this campaign. Every message counts, and Beth Am’s voice can make a real difference.

Please click here to email your legislator today. Together, we can stand up for compassion, safety, and justice in Illinois.

Click Here to email your legislator in support of the campaign.

Thank you!

Blessings,

Rabbi Bellows