From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/):
The Zero Tolerance policy enacted by the Trump administration that created family separation is a stain on our nation’s history. Using children as ploys in the name of immigration enforcement is not only illegal, but incredibly immoral, inhumane, and damaging to those families impacted by this harmful policy.
Sign on at https://action.momsrising.org/cms/thanks/DHS_public_comments_familyseparation_imm! Tell the Biden Administration to right the wrongs of Trump’s cruel Zero Tolerance policy and to take immediate action to prevent family separation from ever happening again!
This is a critical moment! Right now, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is asking for comments from the public on how to keep this cruel policy of family separation from ever happening again. The agency will then collect all public comments and write up a report detailing how to prevent the federal government in the future from separating children from their parents. And guess what? That report will go directly to President Biden’s desk! He needs to know that the fair treatment of immigrant families is a priority for moms and everyone who cares about families. That’s where you come in!
Will you help us end family separation forever? Add your name! When you click, you’ll automatically sign on to our letter that reads:
The nation and world have been horrified by the cruel and vicious way the Trump administration treated asylum-seeking families. These policies cause deep and lasting trauma to children and parents who come to our country seeking help and escape from violence and natural disasters. It is important to not only acknowledge the cruel policy that led to the separation of families, including breastfeeding mothers and their infant children, but to commit ourselves as a nation that our government agencies will never repeat the horrific practice of separating families.
We urge the federal government to never use this cruel policy of family separation and end the continued endangerment of parents and children through the use of Migrant Protection Protocol and Title 42. Both of which have resulted in thousands of reports of kidnappings and violent attacks against migrants in Mexico and improperly turning away people seeking safety and protection in the U.S.
To ensure that family separation and these consequent policies are never used again we, the moms of America, urge the Biden administration to take the following steps:
- Expand the definition of family to include close relatives, and caregivers, who may be traveling with immigrant children in lieu of their parents;
- Reunify all families and bring them back to the U.S. if they’ve been deported;
- Provide immediate protections from detention and deportation, and support a pathway to citizenship for separated families;
- Make systemic changes to ensure an end to family separations, including ending the use of the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) and Title 42;
- Pursue accountability.
Not only does the Biden administration need to reunify all families that were separated by Trump’s cruel family separation policies, it must end other Trump era policies like the Remain in Mexico (MPP) and Title 42 policies that improperly turn away people seeking life-saving protection in the United States and result in children being separated from their families. For more information on these policies and how they impact children and families, see: American Immigration Council and The Young Center.
The more people who speak out, the bigger our impact. Please take a moment to forward our action link to your friends and family and share it on social media: SIGN to make sure family separation never happens again!
P.S. Would you like to also submit your own comment? After you sign our petition you can also use this link here and directly submit your own comment to DHS to ensure we never repeat family separation again.
P.P.S. To learn more about Title 42 and the Migrant Protection Protocol see: American Immigration Council and The Young Center.
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