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Dear Friend,
As the world responds to an unprecedented crisis unfolding from the
COVID-19 pandemic, many families are staying home with their children,
caring for them with the hopes that they will stay healthy and safe. Yet
right now, the Trump administration is forcing immigrant families in
detention centers to face the perils of both separation AND exposure to
this deadly disease. [1]
[ [link removed] ]All children need to be healthy and secure with the people who love
them. Click here to tell President Trump, Congress and ICE to stop tearing
children and families apart and release detained families together!
So what is going on?!
Last week U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled that all children detained
for more than 20 days at ICE Family Residential Centers (FRCs) must be
released no later than July 17, 2020. This is in accordance with the
Flores Settlement Agreement, which only covers children - not their
parents or caregivers. The order to release the children by July 17 came
after plaintiffs in a long-running case reported that some children in
detention have tested positive for the virus. [2]
While we applaud Judge Gee’s decision, we are very concerned ICE may use
this court order to attempt to tear children away from their parents
again. In fact, just this past May, ICE attempted to coerce detained
families into a cruel choice: sign away their rights to their children so
they could be let out of jail and be placed with a sponsor, or remain
detained indefinitely in jail. [3]
No mother or father should ever be forced to make this choice!
Children and parents come to our country seeking safety from violence and
persecution, instead, they are thrown behind bars often in crowded
conditions with inadequate hygiene and negligent medical care in the face
of COVID-19. More than 2,500 adult immigrants have tested positive for the
coronavirus while in ICE custody, according to the agency's latest tally.
There is absolutely no reason for children and families to be facing this
risk as relatives and community sponsors are ready to receive them.
Tell President Trump, ICE, and Congress: Free the families together! Click
the link below to take action now:
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Now more than ever, children should be safe and secure with the people who
love them.
Let’s ensure that every family is able to protect their children and keep
them healthy. Join us in demanding all families be released together
immediately, and that these family jails be permanently shut down. Free
families now!
Thank you,
- Nadia, Donna, Xochitl, Linda, Kristin, and the whole MomsRising /
MamásConPoder team
References:
[1], [2] "[ [link removed] ]U.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers,
Judge Rules," Miriam Jordan, New York Times, June 26, 2020.
[3] "[ [link removed] ]Family separation is back for migrants at the U.S./Mexican border,
say advocates," Julia Ainsley, NBC News, May 15, 2020.
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