28 children may be deported as soon as Sunday. HELP US STOP THIS »

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John — we just received a dire update about
families in ICE detention:

Twenty-eight children and their parents are facing imminent deportation — as soon as this Sunday, November 22.

Amnesty is part of a broad coalition working closely with the families’ lawyers
to stop these deportations. Together, we’re amplifying the voices of these
families and driving attention to ICE’s cruel treatment of these children and
their parents. Act Now: Demand ICE stop these deportations and free families immediately.
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TAKE URGENT ACTION TO SAVE FAMILIES
[[link removed]]Here’s what we know, John: the Trump administration
is barreling ahead with attempts to remove detained asylum-seekers from the U.S.
at all costs... and they will stop at nothing before January 20, 2021. We must
fight tooth-and-nail to protect these children and their parents from being sent
back to danger.

ICE has the power to stop this injustice, but only if we ramp up public pressure
on it before this irreversible damage is done.

The clock is ticking: these 28 children and their parents, many of whom have
been detained for a year-and-a-half, face deportation without ever having had the chance to seek asylum, in direct violation of federal and international law. They will be sent back to
danger if they are returned to their countries of origin.

It may seem like an impossible feat, but time after time we have shown we CAN
stop a deportation — just a couple of months ago, when Amnesty learned
asylum-seeker Steven Tendo would be deported back to Uganda, we sprang into
action with coalition partners and drove thousands of calls and emails to ICE — and together, we were able to help get ICE to temporarily suspend his
deportation. With support from our activists like you, and the relentless advocacy of these
families’ lawyers, we have also freed children and parents from detention
altogether, including Ana* and Victoria*, Karla* and Katherine*, and Marilin*
and Yunior* just this year.

Now, we must fight for these 28 children and their families. Please, help us flood the inboxes of ICE leadership and stop the deportations
of these children and their families.
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Thank you for your activism — we will be in touch in the coming days with more
news on how to stay involved in the fight to protect these families from
deportation and free all families from detention.

Sincerely,

Denise Bell
Researcher, Refugee and Migrant Rights
Amnesty International USA

P.S. These deportations are one of the gravest threats to families in ICE
detention that we have seen during this administration. Seeking asylum is a HUMAN RIGHT. Please, urge ICE to stop the deportations of
these 28 children and their parents and free all families immediately.
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*Names are pseudonyms to protect the safety of these children and their parents

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