Immigrants' Rights
No policy of
terror in Kentucky
In 2011, an Arizona copy-cat was proposed here in Kentucky, Senate Bill 6. SB 6 would have mandated discrimination by requiring police officers to target people who seem like they might be undocumented. KFTC was part of a broad effort that successfully defeated the bill.
Here is what some members said about SB 6.
“The Bill of Rights says that we’re all innocent until proven guilty, but this won’t be true for people with darker skin and accents.”
Shekinah LaValle
Jefferson County
“SB 6 seeks to establish a sanctioned policy of terror that would systematically and willfully persecute Latinos living in Kentucky. It would wrongfully incarcerate innocent people for profit – including women and 
children.
"This is a crime against humanity. This is wrong. It is wrong in Rwanda, it is wrong in Sudan, it is wrong in North Korea, China or Nazi Germany. It is also wrong in Kentucky.”
Juan Gutierrez
Bowling Green legal
permanent resident
Read an op-ed published in the Georgetown News-Graphic by Scott County member Homer White about SB 6.
KFTC is working to create a society that supports the human rights of all people. We value the human rights of everyone, regardless of national origin, race, citizenship, immigration status or any other defining characteristic.
KFTC supports our allies in working for comprehensive immigration reform.
We also work to defend Kentucky against bad immigration legislation, especially attempts to divide our communities by colors and accents and places of birth. This is not what we want.
We want protected communities. We canʼt afford mandated discrimination. We want to stand united. Kentucky canʼt afford to turn neighbor against neighbor.
Learn more about the contributions of immigrants to Kentucky here.
NKY General Assembly Town Hall
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth is hosting a town hall around the issues in the Kentucky General Assembly.
Northern Kentucky chapter joins Immigrant Dignity Coalition
Following the recent ICE raids across northern Kentucky, and the resulting work the chapter has engaged in to protect immigrant families in northern Kentucky, the Northern Kentucky KFTC Chapter was asked to become members of the Immigrant Dignity Coalition. This coalition, made up of 28 groups/organizations in northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati, consists of business, labor, civil rights and faith communities in the greater Cincinnati area that favor the dignity and basic human rights of all people. We are citizens and immigrants working together to share educational and advocacy tools to create a more just world.
Northern Kentucky hosts forum after ICE raids
Last Thursday several organizations, including Black Lives Matter Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky Justice and Peace Committee, Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, local Benedictine Sisters, Sisters of Divine Providence, the Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center, Democratic Socialists of America in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, the Immigrant and Refugee Law Center, Supporting Latino Families of Northern Kentucky, Transformations CDC, the Northern Kentucky Women's Network, and the Northern Kentucky KFTC Chapter came together to host a forum on what was needed to support families being impacted by the recent ICE raids across northern Kentucky.
"Dolores" Screening
The ACLU-KY, Jefferson County Chapter of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, and Mijente Louisville are co-presenting screenings of the film "Dolores."
"Dolores" Screening
The ACLU-KY, Jefferson County Chapter of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, and Mijente Louisville are co-presenting screenings of the film "Dolores." On Saturday, January 6th, there will
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