Friend,

We are outraged by reports that President Biden is considering reviving the
inhumane practice of imprisoning migrant families in detention facilities in
order to deter them from seeking safety at the U.S. border. This is the same practice that he condemned and shut down when he took office
just two years ago.

Before we tell you how you can help, let’s be clear about the stakes. Research shows that imprisoning children and parents inflicts lasting harm,
including PTSD, suicidal behavior, neurodevelopmental disabilities, and chronic
medical illness in children. That’s why medical experts widely oppose it,
including DHS’ own experts who came forward as whistleblowers, to tell Congress: “The medical evidence is indisputable: the detention of children is harmful to
their health.”

Folks, we must urgently and resoundingly condemn this
proposal. Please join our call and send an email to President Biden to abandon
all plans to imprison families in jail-like detention facilities.
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TAKE ACTION
[[link removed]]As an organization that previously sued the federal government over the cruel
practice of family detention, we have seen the harm up close. We are swiftly
exploring every avenue we can to prevent this policy from coming to fruition.

In 2019, we denounced Trump’s cruel policy to hold migrant children and families
in detention indefinitely. And in 2014, with partners, we sued the Obama
administration on behalf of mothers and children locked up at an isolated
detention center in Artesia, New Mexico. Our lawsuit shed light on the
life-threatening risks and cruelty of family detention centers, including a lack
of due process and a violation of basic human rights.

No matter who is in the White House, we will always stand up for families seeking safety at our border. We held the last two
administrations accountable, and we will seek justice under the Biden
administration as well.

We must send a strong message to President Biden that families belong together,
not behind bars. It is urgent that his administration hear your voices – please
send an email now >>>
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[[link removed]]Locking up families goes against the values we aspire to as a nation, sets back
our hard-won progress, and sends a misguided message that criminalizing those
seeking refuge is the right solution. This cannot stand.

Thank you for speaking up on this urgent issue.

Kica Matos
Executive Vice President, Programs & Strategy
National Immigration Law Center

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