Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/27/because-covid-19-leaves-no-more-time-half-measures-judge-orders-release-children Published on Saturday, June 27, 2020 by Common Dreams Advocates are calling on the agency to also immediately release parents. By Eoin Higgins, staff writer A young migrant girl sits on the floor as her father, recently … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): During this time of great uncertainty and stress, we take comfort in knowing that we can help our children feel safe and secure. They reach out to me when they are feeling anxious or afraid of … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-09-05/immigrant-issues/elders-arrested-at-philly-ice-protest/a67670-1 September 5, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Four members of ElderWitness were arrested by DHS on charges of obstructing the entrance to a federal building. (Roz Dutton/ElderWitness) PHILADELPHIA – … Continued
From the Center for the Victims of Torture (http://www.cvt.org/): The administration has officially published the finalized regulations to the Flores Settlement Agreement. The rule allows the government to detain children indefinitely, while removing independent oversight designed to ensure facilities detaining … Continued
Posted at https://www.clasp.org/press-room/press-releases/trump-administration-s-shameful-flores-rule-endangers-children Washington, D.C., August 21, 2019—Today the Administration announced a final rule that would weaken protections for migrant children and make it easier to imprison them and their families for longer periods of time. More than two decades … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): There are parents across the nation holding their scared children tight right now, children who are terrified of what tomorrow could bring. It’s not an imaginary “monster under the bed” terrifying these kids; it’s the real … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Activists have been near Miami, Florida, at the Homestead Facility, where thousands of migrant children are being held. What they are seeing is devastating. © Jonathan Kirn for Getty Images Migrant children are being held … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/08/smithsonian-seeking-child-migrants-drawings-horrific-detention-document-history-it Published on Monday, July 08, 2019 Request by Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History comes as U.N. rights chief condemns “alarming situation” at southern border facilities By Andrea Germanos, staff writer One of the drawings made by … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): Children at the border need our immediate help. Almost exactly a year ago we condemned the horrific policy of child detention as images and stories of children in deplorable conditions began to appear … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Welcome to the launch of the #Shut Down Berks video series. For the next six weeks the Shut Down Berks Coalition will be sharing a short video about the fight to end family detention in … Continued