Fighting to free detained asylum-seeking children. Formerly Every. Last. One.
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Two Honduran children held as unaccompanied minors have died in US custody in 2023. The youngest was only Four-years-old. We ask how that child ended up designated an unaccompanied child in the first place. Four year olds do not travel to the border alone.
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It's true. That breastfeeding mom's decision to self-separate was heartbreaking. The way our immigration system is structured makes children incredibly vulnerable. Listen to the whole episode at bit.ly/BidenAsylumBan
NEW: Alex Miller @immcouncil Casey Revkin @eachstephome "We worked with a mom who was still breastfeeding when she decided to send her daughter across the border alone....The way our immigration system is structured...makes children incredibly vulnerable." bit.ly/BidenAsylumBan
ALT LISTEN to Alex Miller, American Immigration Council, and Casey Revkin, Each Step Home, talk to Margaret Seiler, Witness at the Border: https://bit.ly/BidenAsylumBan.
We join the call urging CBP to respect migrants' reproductive health by limiting the detention of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing mothers and their families. #ReproJustice4Migrants #WelcomewithDignity
It took 96 days to reunite the 3-year-old girl with her grandmother whose border separation was featured in this excellent article by @MrRJervis in @USATODAY usatoday.com/story/news/nati…
That's 96 days of unnecessary trauma for a little 3-year-old girl. The government could employ social workers at the border to prevent separations from children and their grandmothers. vimeo.com/820968275
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Ke Huy Quan was born in Vietnam, fled to Hong Kong, and then came to the United States as an eight-year-old refugee.
The White House last month released a new rule that would ban refugees that stopped in another country before arriving at the US border.
"My journey started on a boat. I ended up in a refugee camp ... They say stories like this only happen in the movies. I cannot believe this is happening to me. This is the American dream!" - Ke Huy Quan #Oscars
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JOIN us March 16 5 pm ET, "Biden's Proposed Asylum Ban: A Disaster for Children & Families" w/ Alex Miller @immcouncil & @CaseyRM @eachstephome. How would the Asylum Ban have devastating effects on children/families? How can we prevent it? #NoAsylumBan bit.ly/NoAsylumBan-families
We can't believe we have to say it: #FamiliesBelongTogether. Children do not belong in detention. Every day in detention robs a child of a day of healthy development.
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Ever want to ask filmmakers questions while watching their film? You can do just that by joining #ARRAYReleasing’s Twitter Watch Party! Stream SPLIT AT THE ROOT on Netflix & live tweet along with ARRAY, director Linda Goldstein Knowlton and more this Saturday, March 4 at 5 PM PT
From @nytimes : “Split at the Root” is a powerful lens into the emotional plight of the thousands of immigrants who cross the border into the United States, the danger they are fleeing and the people trying to help them.
Watch it tomorrow on Netflix.
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“Split at the Root” is a doc that follows the journey of mothers separated from their children at the US border and the grassroots efforts to reunite them. Streaming on @netflix on March 3
Directed by @lindagknowlton with Executive-Producer @rosariodawson
In this film we not only get to meet the people who are suffering from American policies that are deeply detrimental - no matter who is in office - but also the people who decide, with whatever means they have, what they can do to make a difference and to make an impact.
Separated families deserve to live without fear, to be reunited, and to be provided citizenship, resources, care, and a commitment that family separation will never happen again. Text "GO FBT" to @resistbot to tell your reps to co-sponsor the #FamiliesBelongTogether Act
Every day asylum-seeking children are separated at the border from their caregivers when that caregiver is a grandmother, aunt, uncle, or sibling. Tell your reps that you're against family separation and they should be too. Text GO FBT to @resistbot at 50409
A pilot program exists called the Trusted Adult Relative program to do just that. Urge your reps to to expand the Trusted Adult Relative program and #keepfamiliestogether. Text GO FBT to @resistbot at 50409
Learn more about how asylum-seeking children are being separated at the border from their grandmothers and aunts in this excellent article from @MrRJervis in @usatoday usatoday.com/story/news/nati…