From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): “After 40 hours of labor and 6 hours pushing, [my daughter] was in fetal distress and I had to have an emergency c-section. If we hadn’t had access to a good doctor, and appropriate care, we … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): This past week has been tough. We’ve seen the cruelty of the administration towards families seeking asylum in the US. Children are taken from their parents at the border and put into government-run shelters, often … Continued
A RESOLUTION Affirming that the imprisonment and prolonged detention of asylum-seeking children and families is inhumane and counter to international law, and calling on Governor Wolf and the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services to issue an emergency removal order and … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): June 21, 2018 Yesterday the President announced he is ending the policy of separating families at the border and instead wants to detain families together indefinitely. This is a cruel response to the … Continued
Church World Service urges the administration to terminate immoral policies that harm families Washington, D.C.— Church World Service today condemned the administration’s executive order to mandate that immigrant families be held in family detention. Instead of terminating the administration’s cruel … Continued
In response to the brutal separation of immigrant families now taking place under the current administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy, we have been receiving a number of inquiries from spiritual leaders asking: “What can we do?” As we develop our plans this … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): NOTE: Read the Council’s statement on separating families at A Statement on Separation of Families at the Border “On the afternoon of their second day in detention, two male agents entered the cell. They … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): I had my 20-week ultrasound last week for our first baby and my partner have never been more over the moon…and terrified all at the same time. Nothing could make the fact that we are going … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/06/01/not-in-our-name/#.WxWNWu4vwdU By Deborah Weinstein June 1, 2018 When a mother and child flee to an entry point along the U.S. border, seeking asylum from violence in their home country, they have endured threats to their lives. The U.S. has … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): We are compelled to cry out when any of God’s children are in danger. There are many heartbreaking stories—one in particular of a 12-months-old baby crying for her mother at a shelter on the … Continued