John,
When we say Black lives matter, we must mean ALL Black lives - including the lives of Black immigrants and migrants at the border.
This is why we've joined forces with Black Alliance for Just Immigration(BAJI), and other Black-led organizations across the country to bring visibility to issues that plague Black migrants, and band together to demand action from Biden.
Join our National Week of Action in Support of Black Migrants by tweeting at Biden to demand protection for Black migrants!
Lift up Black migrants: send a tweet now
John, we don’t need to show you images that recently surfaced of white Border Patrol officers on horses chasing, yelling, and whipping Haitian asylum seekers to tell you how the scenes evoke our country’s not-so-distant past of slave patrols and public lynchings.
Haitian asylum seekers who have for weeks and months been fleeing toward what they thought was safety are being terrorized, abused, and then deported. Others are being sent to Guantanamo Bay, or back to Mexico where they are targets of organized crime because of the color of their skin.
Biden made promises to the Haitian community to have more fair immigration policies. And yet he may soon be responsible for carrying out the largest mass expulsion of would-be asylum-seekers in recent American history.
send a tweet & let biden know we care about black migrants
In just the past few months, Haiti has seen its president assassinated and weathered a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake, all in the middle of a pandemic.
John, it would be unconscionable to send people back to Haiti.
But every arm of our country’s incarceration and deportation machine bears down on and disrupts Black people and communities. For decades, Black migrants have faced disproportionate rates of detention and deportation, and are 6 times more likely to be placed in solitary confinement within detention centers.1
The message we’re being told once in again is: Black people are unwelcome in the United States, and are subject to policing and abuse.
From police to immigration, we cannot and will not tolerate anti-Blackness. Immigration is a Black issue. And we must:
Protect black migrantsJohn, make no mistake, what’s happening at the border right now is an extension of white supremacy in the United States.
It’s time to put an end to anti-Black immigration practices. Seeking asylum is a legal and human right, fundamental to maintaining democracy. It must extend to Black people.
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Until justice is real,
— Scott, Rashad, Arisha, Malachi, Erika, Megan, Ernie, Palika, Madison, Ariel, Trevor, Ana, McKayla, and the rest of the Color Of Change team
References:
1. https://act.colorofchange.org/go/327992?t=9&akid=52255%2E4731121%2E0yV5cK
