Here's what you can do right now to fight back.

ACLU Supporter –

Reports this week revealed that the White House is considering re-opening family immigration detention sites – putting kids and their parents behind barbed wire simply for seeking protection here. It's unacceptable.

How we choose to respond to the children and families fleeing violence and persecution who come to the United States says a lot about who we are as a nation. That's why the Biden administration abandoned family detention early on – a vital step towards shutting down the immigration detention machine – which is fundamentally cruel, unnecessary, and abusive.

So make no mistake: If President Biden moves forward with these plans, we at the ACLU will fight him at every turn. Most immediately, we need our entire ACLU community speaking out loud and resolutely with us: Please send a message to the Biden administration and tell them to shut down the ICE detention machine now.

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President Biden knew just how harmful family detention was when he condemned it on the campaign trail and when he ended the practice upon taking office. To reinstate the policy would contradict his promises and alienate the millions of Americans who trusted him with their votes.

These policies aren't just wrong, they don't help manage the border. People will continue making the journey to the U.S. – because, for people facing death threats and violence at home, nothing is scarier than staying put.

ACLU attorneys, researchers, and medical professionals, including subject matter experts for the DHS civil rights office, have documented the harm family detention causes to children and their parents. We've successfully fought previous administrations' detention of families – and we will continue fighting back no matter who is in the White House.

But, ACLU Supporter, we need your voice now. Rather than locking up and re-traumatizing families fleeing violence, Biden should focus on community-based alternatives that have been shown to be effective, safe, and humane.

So please, send your message with us today and urge the Biden administration to shut down ICE detention now. <[link removed]>

For the rights and humanity of us all,

Isra Chaker
Pronouns: She, her, hers
Campaign Strategist, Equality Division, ACLU

P.S. It is unacceptable, and a moral failure, for our government to put children behind barbed wire to send a message to people in need of safety. Let's instead send a message to President Biden and his administration – and let them know that we, the people, say no to the ICE detention machine. <[link removed]>

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