On June 30, Families USA, Move On, the ACLU, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Domestic Workers Alliance and other allies are partnering for a rally in Washington, D.C., and around the country to tell the administration … 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
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
June 24, 7:00-8:30 pm 2 N. High Street, West Chester 19380 Children ripped away from their families and incarcerated? Tent cities being built to house them? No asylum for victims of domestic and gang violence? THIS IS NOT WHO WE … Continued
Download as a pdf document at https://www.pachurches.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Family-Separation-Statement-6-18.pdf. A Statement on the Separation of Families at the Border For the LORD your God… executes justice for the orphan and widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing. You shall … Continued
Thanks to the Evangelical Lutheran Church Advocacy Office! The House of Representatives is voting this week on two bills that increase restrictions on legal immigration to the United States and take away trafficking protections for children. Call today to tell … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/06/13/not-america-know/#.WyGErNVKgdU By David Elliot June 13, 2018 Hundreds of activists and community organizers from across the United States rallied in Washington, D.C. Wednesday to protest the Trump Administration’s new policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at U.S. … Continued