Posted at https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/reports/2018/07/12/453378/trumps-family-incarceration-policy-threatens-healthy-child-development/ By Leila Schochet Posted on July 12, 2018, 9:01 am Getty/Spencer PlattA Honduran mother and child wait along the border bridge in Brownsville, Texas, after being denied entry from Mexico into the United States on June 25, 2018. President Donald … Continued
On June 28th, 2018, Governor Wolf’s staff called a meeting with members of the Shut Down Berks Coalition to discuss the operation of the Berks County Detention Center (BCRC). The Governor’s office continues to claim the Governor has no role or … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Right now, the administration is requesting a reallocation of millions of additional taxpayer dollars to expand family incarceration and deportation force to tear families and communities apart. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration … Continued
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 … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Your voices have been heard! The stalling of the horrible Goodlatte bill in Congress last week proved (again!) that our voices are powerful when we speak up for justice. But the fight isn’t over! Ryan’s harmful … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Today, the House of Representatives will consider H.R.6136, the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, an anti-immigrant, anti-family bill that would do nothing to stop family separation. Instead, it would tie dreamer protections with harmful immigration … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): The Berks County Residential Center is just one of the family detention centers that still exists in this country. It’s also “home” for Antonio, Carlos, Josue, and Michael, four children – all under five years … Continued
Posted at http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/12/05/hundreds-released-from-tx-family-detention-center.html Jim Forsyth/Reuters In a victory for asylum-seeking families, more than 460 mothers and children were released from a family-detention center in San Antonio over the weekend after a court ruled against the private-prison companies in charge of … Continued