|
John,
Right now, children are facing a horrible reality at detention facilities at the border.
Reports from the border are heartbreaking: children unable to brush their teeth, bathe or change their clothes for weeks at U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities. And organizations like Amnesty International USA have not gotten access to monitor conditions in the facilities, even though the need to shine a light on them is more urgent than ever.
We cannot sit idly by and let this crisis unfold without sending our research team to investigate. Demand that the Department of Homeland Security grant our researchers access to detention facilities holding children at the border so that we can document this crisis and advocate for change.
Whenever I visit child detention facilities, I cannot help but think of my own children. Earlier this year, I accompanied three children as they attempted to seek asylum in the United States. They were terrified and visibly shaking. I heard Customs and Border Protection officers yelling at them.
There are still children at the border who need help: we need to visit these facilities and document possible human rights violations now.
I saw for myself what these children are going through. There is no doubt in my mind that they need to be in the care of the people who love them and cherish them.
A detention facility is not a home: it’s punishment. Join me if you agree that Amnesty needs to document the child detention crisis at the border.
|
