From Friends Committee on National Legislation (http://www.fcnl.org):
Amid the national outcry against forcible family separation, your members of Congress need to hear loudly and clearly from you. Tell them detaining families together is not a solution to family separation.
In the past two weeks, due to your advocacy, the House rejected two bills that would undermine the safety of immigrant and border communities. The next step is to reject proposed legislation that harms children.
Please ask your members of Congress to reject legislation that expands family detention at https://cqrcengage.com/fcnl/app/write-a-letter?1&engagementId=486614.
Bills expanding family detention are gaining bipartisan momentum in the House and the Senate. The Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act (S. 3093) and similar legislation would allow for children to be detained indefinitely with their parents.
Currently, children can’t be kept in detention for more than 20 days. Congress should uphold that standard; passing legislation that undermines protections for children is no solution.
The administration does not need Congress to pass legislation for the administration to stop family separation. Congress should push the administration to end its zero-tolerance prosecution policy and return discretion to protect asylum seekers, especially young children, from being harmfully incarcerated.
Non-restrictive, community-based alternatives to detention are the most appropriate response for families, children, and asylum seekers. Please tell members of Congress to encourage the administration to utilize these options rather than expanding family detention.
Please tell your member of Congress to oppose any bill that expands family detention.
Even better, drop in to drop off information with your Members of Congress: Legislative Ask for printing and dropping off at offices during the recess – https://www.fcnl.org/updates/stop-incarcerating-children-and-separating-families-1530
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