This weekend, Eli Saslow of the Washington Post profiled an Ohio family facing permanent separation due to our nation’s failed immigration policies. The article, “‘Are you alone now?’ After raid, immigrant families are separated in the American heartland,” is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand how children and...
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On Saturday, June 30th, hundreds of thousands attended rallies in cities and towns across the nation to protest the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents. We recap events across the country big and small in our blog, excerpted below. Open this link to see photos and...
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“Plan would bar people who enter illegally from getting asylum” In a must-read exclusive, Vox’s Dara Lind reports that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has drafted a regulation that would bar most of those fleeing horrific violence in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala from being recognized as refugees in the...
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Follow @BelongCle Americans are outraged at the fact that our own government is separating families at the border. The photos, videos, and audio recordings that document our own government’s abject cruelty have fueled unprecedented levels of donations from ordinary Americans and inspired more than 700 rallies across the country...
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Yesterday, a federal judge in Chicago, Manish Shah, ruled that the Trump administration should stop making excuses and start reunifying families – in the case at hand, the mother Lydia Souza and her 9-year old son Diego. As the New York Times wrote: Noting in his ruling that there...
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Cleveland “Families Belong Together” Rally Calls on US Government to Respect and Protect Family Unity in All Forms Follow @BelongCle Link: http://bit.ly/2N7xKsZ Cleveland, OH – Americans are outraged at the fact that our own government is separating families at the border. The primal pain of separating a parent from...
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Jun 28, 2018
Curbelo, Denham Promise Big, Deliver Nothing, End Up Hurting Dreamer Cause Yesterday, the House Republican effort to pass an immigration bill crashed and burned. A bill negotiated by Speaker Paul Ryan, backed by “GOP moderates” and supported by President Trump, went down to defeat by a margin of 121-301....
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While the Trump administration pursues zero tolerance policies at the border and indiscriminate deportations throughout the country, observers are highlighting the toll on public safety, national security and effective law enforcement due to the administration’s policies and plans: Texas Observer, “ICE Criminal Investigators Ask to Be Distanced from Detentions,...
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