“Es como el corazon ya no esta en el cuerpo.”
“It’s like the heart is no longer in your body.”
–An immigrant mother separated from her child.
This Administration is holding refugee children hostage to stop immigration. The treatment amounts in some cases to torture.
While a federal judge has ordered reunifications, DHS is resisting his orders:
- Nearly 3,000 children 5 and older must be reunited by July 26.
- The judge blasted DHS for slow-walking reunifications.
- DHS separated at least one father and toddler daughter six days after the court order, and as of July 13 had not reunited them.
While Republican leadership is allowing a few new protections to pass, a House committee also voted to repeal a court order protecting them from indefinite detention.
Today, call our MoCs, talk to our friends in red states, and keep up the pressure on this Congress.
Between now and election day, work for Congress that shares our values and will protect refugee families.
- Donate to progressive candidates.
- Phone bank, canvass, and write postcards for progressive candidates.
- Here at home, defeat state ballot initiative IP22 to repeal Oregon’s sanctuary law.
Stand up for fair immigration.
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“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. Please tell the Senator to: 1) vote against any attempts to legalize Trump’s heartless immigration policies 2) press for hearings into how these abuses have occurred; and 3) call for a central director of reunification to speed reunification of families and children. Thank you.”
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“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. Please tell Representative to: 1) vote against any attempts to legalize Trump’s heartless immigration policies 2) press for hearings into how these abuses have occurred; and 3) call for a central director of reunification to speed reunification of families and children. Thank you.”
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It has become clear that we need a different Congress to reunify families and end these human right abuses
- Make sure you and everyone you know is registered to vote.
- Check out Indivisible Oregon’s website for plans for midterms.
- Join us in working to defeat the Trump-aligned US Congressman in Oregon who architected the ACA repeal, Greg Walden, by volunteering to engage voters in Eastern Oregon.
- Join us in working to defeat the Trump-aligned US Congresswoman in the swing district 15 minutes from Portland by volunteering to engage voters in the Vancouver area.
- Make sure every candidate for Congress is answering questions about how they will work end the crisis at the border and stop these human rights violations.
The 2018 elections will be the most important of our lives. Lives depend on it.
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SOURCES:
- https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/migrant-children-detail-experiences-border-patrol-stations-detention-centers_us_5b4d13ffe4b0de86f485ade8
- https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/family-separation-language-added-house-hhs-spending-bill
- https://twitter.com/RamanathanVidya/status/1017448617030881280?s=03
- https://texascivilrightsproject.org/statement-texas-civil-rights-project-reveals-governments-violation-of-family-separation-injunction/
- https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/inside-family-separation-legal-drama