Friend,
Right now, we need your help.
The national conversation on immigration has suffered in recent months, hijacked by lies and misinformation about families seeking protection on our shores.
It's a tired tactic that fails to acknowledge our moral and legal obligations toward people fleeing danger. We cannot allow those with large platforms to so carelessly mislead the public on policies that directly impact citizens and noncitizens' safety and livelihoods.
That's why it's so critical that you and I get even more vocal about human rights. Please, consider making a commitment, right now, to these three important acts.
1. First, speak up whenever and wherever you see misinformation or lies about our immigrant communities, communities of color, or other dangerous propaganda that undermines our democracy and erodes others' dignity and humanity.
2. Second, encourage your elected officials to create a clear road map for citizenship. If you're like me, you recognize a system that breaks apart families is a broken system. And we agree that the right side of history means creating a road map for citizenship that protects humanity and serves the culture and freedoms we all hold dear.
3. And finally, if you're able, send a generous contribution to support the Southern Poverty Law Center's many efforts to protect the rights and dignity of all people.
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There is an immigration crisis, but it's not what you think
Today, people are moving to the U.S. for the same reason that so many others moved here in recent generations - to raise a family in safety and build a better life for themselves.
It's a hard decision that takes courage and sacrifice.
Yet, during the past four years, the United States has abandoned its domestic and international obligations to provide access to the asylum process, largely dismantling the infrastructure (both physical and regulatory) to process asylum claims. In fact, many of the restrictive asylum policies enacted by the previous administration are still in place, and the numbers of immigrants at the border now are comparable to those of 2019.
And over the past year, the economic fallout of the pandemic and recent climate disasters are among the main drivers of migration from Central America and other countries.
Our nation has tried reactionary, anti-immigrant policies multiple times, and they've failed again and again. Now is the time to enact workable solutions that help our communities thrive by providing full economic and civic participation to all.
Your role in upholding our values as Americans
Progress in the land of the free has only ever occurred at the hands of the brave.
With your help, the SPLC is working to support and enact the kind of policies that protect civil rights, including the rights of immigrants and all communities of color in the Deep South and beyond. Together, we're ...
... holding accountable those who harm immigrants, including people held in detention without cause.
... suing on behalf of immigrant workers who are vulnerable to wage theft and exploitation.
... defending the right of children to access equitable education and other public services to which all American families contribute.
If you're inspired by our work seeking justice for immigrants - as well as all of our other vital work - please help us by donating to the SPLC today. We simply couldn't do this work without supporters like you.
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Immigrants are central to our nation, and we know that when things get tough, coming together across our differences to create new ways of caring for one another is the surest way to make things better for everyone who calls the United States home.
Sincerely,
Cherry Z. Gamble
SPLC Director of Development & Marketing
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