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Dear Friend,
The Biden Administration is taking public comments until March 27th on its
plan to resurrect a Trump-era asylum transit ban. This transit ban would
require desperate asylum seekers to apply for protection in a country they
transited through, which could potentially be as dangerous as the one they
left behind, before requesting asylum at our border.
[ [link removed] ]We have a very limited window to submit those comments, so we need you
to sign our letter NOW! We all want our children to live a life in peace
and free of danger. Children and families fleeing persecution and seeking
safety here can, and should, be treated humanely and fairly. We can not
discriminate against those families who do not have the financial
resources to arrive directly to the U.S. Together, we have the power to
demand that leaders do right by all children.
[ [link removed] ]QUICK SIGNATURE: Window is closing for public comments to protect
asylum!
See below for more information. Thank you!
Together we are a powerful voice for immigrant parents and children.
- Claudia, Donna, Xóchitl and the whole MomsRising / MamásConPoder team
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Dear Friend,
We all want the same thing – a safe place for our families to live and
thrive. That’s exactly what parents are looking for when they reach our
border and request asylum. We all want our children to be alive and well.
For some parents that means they have to trek international borders to
keep themselves and their children safe from persecution and violence.
[ [link removed] ]QUICK SIGN: Show some love to asylum seekers, say NO to Trump initiated
immigration policies! Let’s leave them in the past where they belong!
*When you click, you’ll automatically sign on if we already have your
information.
One of the driving factors for families arriving to our border seeking
asylum is the shocking femicide rate (murders of women) in Latin America
that only ballooned during the pandemic. In Honduras and El Salvador
there’s a reported 4.6 and 2.4 femicides for every 100,000 women in 2011,
some of the highest in the world. [1] This has left hundreds of children
and dependents motherless, forcing unaccompanied children to arrive at our
border. Both El Salvador and Honduras are among the top four nationalities
of families and unaccompanied children arriving to our Southern border.
[2]
Moms know the importance of keeping their children and families safe. We
know we have to do more on our border to protect those fleeing violence
hoping to find asylum here.
Since Trump took office, our country has been chipping away at the asylum
system with incredibly harmful policies like Remain in Mexico, Title 42,
the Muslim Asylum Ban, Expedited Removal, to name a few, that put women
and children in danger. For example, under Title 42's mass expulsions
there have been nearly 10,000 reports of kidnapping, rape, trafficking,
torture and other attacks on people blocked or expelled to Mexico. [3]
What’s happening? Now, the administration is resurrecting a Trump-era
policy called the asylum transit ban. This transit ban would require
desperate asylum seekers to apply for protection in a country they
transited through, which could potentially be as dangerous as the one they
left behind, before requesting asylum at our border. Courts had struck
down the policy under Trump as it put asylum-seeking families and children
in further danger while creating racial and economic barriers to those
fleeing violence. [ [link removed] ]
Our nation cannot, and should not, block vulnerable asylum seeking women,
children, and families from finding safety within our borders. The right
to access asylum upon arrival at a U.S. border is foundational to
international and domestic refugee law. [ [link removed] ] Blocking and expelling people
seeking protection at the southern border not only contradicts U.S. and
international asylum law, but it also endangers already vulnerable
families and children.
Moreover, immigration bans are hurting our economy and communities – by
one calculation we’re roughly 2 million immigrants short since the start
of the COVID-19 pandemic. [ [link removed] ] A number that was already on the decline
since the Trump administration. The work sectors feeling this crush
include leisure and hospitality, food services retail, and healthcare
where immigrants make up one in five nurses and one in four home health
aides.
[4]QUICK SIGN: Help keep toxic Trump immigration policies in the past!
*When you click, you’ll automatically sign on if we already have your
information.
A large majority of Americans support granting asylum to people fleeing
persecution. [ [link removed] ] That’s why we need to protect the asylum process and
ensure that those seeking safety at our border are treated with dignity,
compassion, and respect.
[5]Don’t forget to add your name! When you click, you’ll automatically
sign on to our letter that reads:
Dear Secretary Mayorkas:
We need a just and humane asylum system that treats parents and children
arriving at our borders with dignity and respect. Those fleeing
persecution and seeking safety here can, and should, be treated humanely
and fairly.
The moms of America ask you to unequivocally reject the cruel asylum
policies of the Trump Administration, some, like Title 42, that are being
utilized to this day and to keep from using them ever again. It is a human
right to seek asylum and placing cruel barriers to the process, like the
transit ban, that discriminate on the basis of race and financial wealth,
only puts the lives of vulnerable parents and children in danger.
We can create a fair, humane, and efficient asylum system that doesn’t
separate families or hold unaccompanied minors in immigration detention or
force families to live in tent cities along the border, putting women and
children in danger.
We ask you to defend the right to seek asylum, lead with strength, and
help our nation live up to its values and become a beacon of hope and
safety for people fleeing persecution and violence.
[6]**Make sure to sign our letter now calling on the Administration to
break-up with Trump-era policies and restore asylum at our border! *When
you click, you’ll automatically sign on if we already have your
information.
Together we are a powerful voice for the wellbeing of immigrant children
and parents.
- Claudia, Donna, Xóchitl and the whole MomsRising / MamásConPoder team
References:
[1] [7]United Nations: At Least 4,473 Women Were Victims of Femicide in
Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021
[2] [ [link removed] ]U.S. Customs and Border Protection: U.S. Border Patrol Southwest
Apprehensions by Sector
[3] [ [link removed] ]Human Rights First: Two Years of Suffering
[4] [ [link removed] ]AZ Central: Federal Court Strikes Down Trump’s ‘third country’
asylum ban at the U.S.-Mexico Border
[5] [ [link removed] ]U.S. Code: Title 8 USC 1158: Asylum
[6] [ [link removed] ]CBS: America’s worker shortage is actually an immigrant shortage
[7] [ [link removed] ]Welcome With Dignity: Post-Midterms Asylum Survey
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