Join ACLU and American Friends Service Committee for a rally at the Exeter Bandstand on October 6th from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM! We need to ensure that our local communities are safe and welcoming places for all people, including immigrants. That means making sure that local police departments are not questioning people about their immigration statuses, detaining them, and turning them over to ICE.

Please bring signs, family, and friends. We will also plan on having extra signs there.
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On August 10th, Bashar Awawdeh helped the Exeter PD with its investigation of an alleged simple assault by providing translation services that enabled the Department to questions and ultimately arrest a suspect. The Department returned the favor by then unlawfully detaining, seizing, and arresting Awawdeh on the suspicion that he was in the United States without documentation. Exeter Police then handed Awawdeh over to ICE where he was detained away from his family for 26 days until he was released on bond with the help of our lawyers. This is not okay.

Unfortunately, many local police departments in NH -including Exeter, Salem, and Danbury routinely- take on the work of immigration enforcement. Not only are these practices unlawful, they are deeply harmful to public safety and contradict our “Live Free or Die” principles. As a community we must raise our voices to demand that local police not only end these practices but that they implement policies that make ALL of their communities members safe and free.