John,

The cruelty of Trump’s deportation machine knows no end.

Recently, at a naturalization ceremony in Boston, agents from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) pulled immigrants out of line as they waited to take the oath of allegiance and officially become citizens. Why weren’t they allowed to proceed? Due to their country of origin.¹

Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years. Background checks, extensive interviews, taking classes, and passing a citizenship test, not to mention obtaining a green card. The last step in the years-long process is taking your oath of allegiance to the United States, and dozens of people were prevented from taking that final step.

This halting of citizenship ceremonies isn’t just happening in Boston; it’s happening across the country as the Trump administration has implemented full or partial immigration bans to 19 countries.²

This is undeniably xenophobic and un-American, but that’s been the hallmark of Trump’s mass deportation machine. And we’re fighting back against it. While this administration is ramping up attacks on our neighbors and others in immigrant communities, our coalition is a unifying force, bringing together community groups, organizers, service providers, faith leaders, and advocates into one coordinated front. None of this work would be possible without your support.

Donate $5 today to power our work demanding the United States live up to its true promise of welcoming immigrants, especially refugees and asylum seekers.

Now, in a shocking report from ProPublica, we’ve learned that as part of Trump’s mass deportation campaign, 600 children have been sent to ICE detention facilities―more than the previous four years combined.³ Most of the children are there for an average of four months. Many of the children were picked up with their parents at routine immigration appointments or at a home or business when ICE raided it. Many have lived in the U.S. for years.

This harkens back to the child separation policies of the first Trump administration.

The government is escalating its attacks. The fear is spreading. Families are under siege. And our ability to respond, to keep families together, to restore citizenship ceremonies, to push back against illegal detentions, to defend our immigrant neighbors, depends on us coming together and fighting back against these attacks.

Your donation today is powering our campaign to demand the rights of our immigrant neighbors and hold this lawless administration accountable. Rush a donation of $5 today.

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Thank you for all you do,

Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs

¹ Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
² U.S. halts all immigration cases, including citizenship ceremonies, for nationals of 19 countries, internal guidance says
³ ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.