From Friends Committee on National Legislation (http://www.fcnl.org): July 26, 2018 Washington, DC (July 26, 2018) – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) criticized the full committee passage of the Department of Homeland Security’s spending bill for fiscal year 2019. … Continued
By David Bacon The American Prospect, July 18, 2018 https://davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com/ http://prospect.org/article/counties-cancel-ice-detention-contracts But advocates want detainees freed, not sent to for-profit jails Most Latina teenagers celebrate their a quinceañera, or 15th birthday, with parties and dances. Sometimes their families even rent … Continued
By Miriam Jordan July 18, 2018 Leer en español LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration, faced with a public outcry over the separation of migrant families at the Southwest border, has said it is exploring a major expansion of family detention … Continued
From Bread for the World (http://www.bread.org): Thousands of parents and children have been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border as a result of the Department of Homeland Security’s “zero tolerance” policy. Some of us live thousands of miles from the border, … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/07/13/unacceptably-high-cost-jailing-children-families-seeking-safety-u-s/#.W0juVdVKgdU By Deborah Weinstein July 13, 2018 The Trump Administration has started to reunite children torn from their parents at the border, partly complying with a judge’s order. Fifty-eight out of 103 children under the age of five have been returned … 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, Congress is considering anti-immigrant, anti-family bills that would turn to family incarceration and rollback protections for the children in immigration detention and unaccompanied children. Long-term detention of mothers and children is not the solution to the … Continued
From Groundswell (http://www.groundswell-mvmt.org/): Thank you for the huge outcry from faith communities across traditions to stand up to this administration and call out these immoral policies that are ripping children from their parents’ arms and holding families seeking protection in … Continued
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