November 28, 2018 by V Leigh

Trump’s new “public charge” regulation would strip immigrant families of their access to healthy food 🍎, health care 🏥, and housing

.@JulianCastro: "I consider [Trump’s border detentions] state-sponsored child abuse and basically kidnapping of kids from their parents." pic.twitter.com/KrIryqyCum

— UpFront (@AJUpFront) October 19, 2018

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"Children being separated from their parents, it’s heart-breaking. And we’re complicit. We invited people into our community by giving them a low-wage job, hiring them to be our nanny, and then we trick them and turn them in." — SPLC's Lecia Brooks https://t.co/qRzaoiNPYX

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) October 19, 2018

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Trump’s new “public charge” regulation would strip immigrant families of their access to healthy food 🍎, health care 🏥, and housing 🏘️. It would make the U.S. a sicker, hungrier, and poorer nation. TAKE ACTION ➡️ https://t.co/gk6SjpsnCg #ProtectFamilies pic.twitter.com/hgpRncogOn

— Immigrant Defense Project (@ImmDefense) October 11, 2018

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Immigration Application Denial Rates Jump 37% Under Trump https://t.co/hnFiHpdE3L via @CatoInstitute

— Marketa Lindt (@marketalindt) November 19, 2018

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Asylum court denial rates are also trending up https://t.co/ehg7jRf8FO

— Prerna P. Lal, Esq. (@prernaplal) November 19, 2018

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The Trump administration waived background checks for all staff working at the largest detention camp for migrant children. https://t.co/oTOFgHeeLQ

— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) November 27, 2018

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Not vetting adults who work with children is just another example of government-sanctioned child abuse under the Trump administration. His policies are despicable and disgusting. https://t.co/fpO0wNqoQm

— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) November 27, 2018

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October 6, 2018 by V Leigh

A Surprise Inspection of an ICE Detention Center Reveals Horrific Conditions – Mother Jones

Minor Offenses From Long Ago Are Keeping Dozens of Migrant Families Separated https://t.co/fzJGEdwXtA

— Prerna P. Lal, Esq. (@prernaplal) September 14, 2018

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An 11 year-old boy who was held by ICE for more than 6 months reunited with his mom & grandmother today. The boy was detained after claiming asylum at the border even though his mom was already living legally in VA. She sued the Trump administration & won.pic.twitter.com/HyoSxu50g6

— Simar (@sahluwal) September 22, 2018

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Dead-of-night transfer of immigrant kids to a "tent camp" in Texas. No schooling for them and limited legal access. Let's call these "tent camps" what they really are: Concentration Camps #KeepFamiliesTogether #AbolishICE #StoptheWarOnImmigrants https://t.co/UdxL5nlq41

— Tasha Essen (@TashaEssen) October 2, 2018

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Nooses have been found in ICE facilities of caged migrants. This is an emergency.

An agency that has systematically and repeatedly commits human rights abuses cannot be reformed – it must be abolished.

Child abuse is a bright red line. It should be for all of us. https://t.co/Gi2c9dvDWU

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) October 3, 2018

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A Surprise Inspection of an ICE Detention Center Reveals Horrific Conditions – Mother Jones https://t.co/AUWUn26gGP

— Rhonda Ragsdale (@profragsdale) October 3, 2018

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September 11, 2018 by V Leigh

Baby Mariee got sick in #ICE detention and died 6 weeks later #JusticeForMariee

This is Mariee Juárez. She was 18-months-old when she entered ICE detention in Dilley, TX.

When she fell ill, ICE treated her with honey packets, vapor rub, and ibuprofen. They never hospitalized her—not with a 104 fever or after losing 20% of her body weight.#justiceformariee pic.twitter.com/p0sRnDPtc0

— Stephen Black (@stephenablack) September 6, 2018

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“We have to fight for Mariee because she is no longer here,” said Rosa Lopez of Make the Road New Jersey, an immigrant rights advocacy group which organized the vigil. “The death and detention of Mariee are a result of cruel & inhumane policies of this country. #JusticeforMariee https://t.co/oLkRtYLWmE

— MaketheRoadNewJersey (@MaketheRoadNJ) September 6, 2018

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We’ve warned that ICE detention centers are spreading disease due to overcrowded, unsanitary conditions and substandard medical care. Baby Mariee got sick in #ICE detention and died 6 weeks later. https://t.co/cWbvYXgY6Y @cbsthismorning #JusticeForMariee

— MamásConPoder (@MamasConPoder) September 6, 2018

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18 month-old Mariee fell sick at the country’s largest #ICE detention center. She died six weeks later. We demand #JusticeForMariee so this doesn’t happen again. https://t.co/rX4Yy2SbFs pic.twitter.com/wRVyD07nqL

— MomsRising (@MomsRising) September 6, 2018

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We will not stop covering this story as long as there are kids in custody who have been ripped from their parents. https://t.co/VdI3ODe0Cm

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) September 6, 2018

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September 2, 2018 by V Leigh

Migrant Rights

A Border Patrol agent made a detained Mexican immigrant clean the agent’s truck and then shut him inside it with the air conditioning at full blast as the shivering immigrant broke down in tears. After being arrested, an agent menaced them with a Taser. https://t.co/bvDEypvf7B

— The Appeal (@theappeal) August 14, 2018

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Hours before we'd be in court to argue on their behalf, the government pulled two of our clients — a mom and young child — out of their detention rooms and put them on a plane to El Salvador, where they had fled horrific sexual violence and death threats. https://t.co/Z0m6p0Lgf5

— ACLU (@ACLU) August 9, 2018

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Israel withholds money from African migrants' paychecks and returns it only if they leave the country. https://t.co/jzPho3SFaZ

— AP Africa (@AP_Africa) August 15, 2018

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August 9, 2018 by V Leigh

The Trump administration is expected to issue a proposal in coming weeks that would make it harder for legal immigrants to become citizens

Efraín Romero de la Rosa died after 21 days in solitary confinement in Stewart Detention Center. Jean Jiminez-Joseph died after 19 days. Our lawyers work in privately run immigration facilities — including Stewart. This is a pattern of mistreatment.https://t.co/vIVtrdqmeC

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) August 8, 2018

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NEW: The Trump administration is expected to issue a proposal in coming weeks that would make it harder for legal immigrants to become citizens, 4 sources with knowledge of the plan tell @NBCNews https://t.co/XoLQ65gQ5H

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 7, 2018

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Don't tell me that "all lives matter" or you believe in "Christian values" or you support "legal immigration" when Trump is adopting Stephen Miller's new plan to block hardworking, taxpaying legal immigrants with green cards from getting their citizenship. https://t.co/7oGIZjUVND

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 7, 2018

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The fact that Stephen Miller is now targeting legal immigrants is absolute proof that this was never about legality, it was always about racism.

— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) August 7, 2018

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Stephen Miller is a white supremacist hell bent on making America whiter. Journalists who refuse to say that are allowing their political correctness culture to distort reality. https://t.co/vOAGvtrFtK

— we're going to abolish ICE (@SeanMcElwee) August 7, 2018

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Flashback to that time Stephen Miller threw a white power sign in the White House briefing room. And yes, that's exactly what the fuck he was doing. pic.twitter.com/fsj6nOefHm

— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) August 7, 2018

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More families are being separated by ICE, this is a Bangladeshi family in Connecticut. A sad situation. https://t.co/XzsrxOFIqA https://t.co/XzsrxOFIqA

— BAWDI Women (@BAWDIWomenNJ) August 8, 2018

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August 8, 2018 by V Leigh

The Trump regime did NOT reunite…

The Trump regime did NOT reunite:
* 46 out of 103 children under 5,
* 711 out of 2,551 children 5 to 17,
and they consider themselves done?

How can this be humane or acceptable? They must reunite ALL families and these families should have a chance at asylum!
Where is Congress?

— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) July 28, 2018

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Last month in NYC, ICE began denying in-person hearings to immigrants in detention in NYC. They claimed "safety" fears after non-violent protest. We just caught ICE *trying to position family in court to be unable to even see their loved ones via video.* https://t.co/r2q9yZJO1d

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) July 31, 2018

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One father told @RAICESTEXAS yesterdya: "What worries me is that we are restrained from our freedom as human beings. Our children are crying. It is so bad in here, we were told that one of the detainees son tried to hang himself."

— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) August 1, 2018

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An immigration judge was removed from a case and replaced with a judge who would order the man in the case immediately deported, a move that smacks of judicial interference by the Trump admin, according to a letter signed by a group of retired judges. https://t.co/wnJZANDzlW

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 1, 2018

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Last week, I spoke to a grandmother (in a cage) who the government had deemed "ineligible" to stay with her grandchild because she was not his mother.

The boy was shipped off to foster care and in 6 months, can be put up for adoption in Texas.

That’s what “ineligible” means. https://t.co/DkofFDKtNn

— Congressmember Bass (@RepKarenBass) July 27, 2018

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Our client, Gonzalo Chavez, was swept up in an ICE raid in Morristown, TN. When ICE agents didn't believe he had diabetes, he went a week without medicine, leaving him blind in one eye. “I lost everything. I can’t see. I can’t drive.” https://t.co/4LsP52NzT3

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) August 5, 2018

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Texas police are refusing to take an immigrant woman with schizophrenia to hospital because of an ICE hold https://t.co/8cnihdR0qL

— Prerna P. Lal, Esq. (@prernaplal) August 4, 2018

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We demand Secretary Nielsen resign.

In detention

Children have suffered sexual abuse.

Children have suffered physical abuse.

Children have been given psychotropic drugs against their will.

And now a child has died because of negligence during her time in detention. pic.twitter.com/rQ7esZkJxb

— Paola Mendoza (@paolamendoza) August 1, 2018

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Humanitarian aid is essential in the remote desert of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge because dangerous and cruel Border Patrol tactics put migrants lives at risk. The desert should not be a weapon. Read our Disappeared report: https://t.co/pQuViQp1Ss pic.twitter.com/uXetADofS7

— No More Deaths (@NoMoreDeaths) August 5, 2018

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July 24, 2018 by V Leigh

No Human Being is Illegal

“‘They applied injections because he was very agitated,’ Diego said. A person he described as ‘the doctor’ injected Adonias in the middle of a class, Diego said. ‘He would then fall asleep.’” Read this if you care and can. Imagine your child there. https://t.co/3khgLrEhlD

— Ava DuVernay (@ava) July 16, 2018

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My God.

The Trump administration ordered at least 70 different INFANTS who were separated from their parents to appear in court to defend themselves ALONE.

Many were taken from breastfeeding mothers.

An abomination. Never mention pro-life to me againhttps://t.co/YgFAW8VOqw

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) July 19, 2018

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Sign this petition to demand Congress stop privatizing detention and incarceration of immigrant families and asylum seekers. Sign here: https://t.co/0asK2XVhnd

— glenn robinson (@glncv) July 18, 2018

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This high school wrestler lost his college scholarship after hurling a homophobic slur at an immigration rally pic.twitter.com/8edLOCA34f

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 23, 2018

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Fox News thought they invited a pro-ICE Democrat as a guest.

Instead they got someone who slammed Trump’s immigration policy. https://t.co/DPQ1iVshwA

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) July 23, 2018

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No Human Being Is Illegal
13 x 13 inches Digital Art Print 2013 https://t.co/FuNkarc9GP pic.twitter.com/XbvjYbpIRn

— favianna rodriguez (@favianna) January 25, 2017

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July 11, 2018 by V Leigh

3,000 Migrant Children Remain Separate from Families

JUST IN: Federal judge agrees to delay next meeting about extending deadline to reunite 101 children under the age of 5 until Monday because Trump administration lawyer has “dog sitting responsibilities” this weekend.@JuliaEAinsley

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) July 6, 2018

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“A major U.S. defense contractor quietly detained dozens of immigrant children inside a vacant Phoenix office building with dark windows, no kitchen and only a few toilets during three weeks of the Trump administration’s family separation effort.” https://t.co/VuViQfvINP

— The Appeal (@theappeal) July 7, 2018

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NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 100 kids under 5 still not returned to parents and she has dog sitting duties? I'll take care of her dog for her get back to work!! https://t.co/DrtVo3VXrM

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) July 6, 2018

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“In hundreds of cases, Customs agents deleted the initial records in which parents and children were listed together as a family with a “family identification number,” according to two officials at the Department of Homeland Security.” https://t.co/wL21uFIRc2

— Michael Luo (@michaelluo) July 6, 2018

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When migrant families were separated per Trump administration policy, CBP destroyed hundreds of records in which the children were listed w their parents under family ID #s. So now they can’t find & reunify the families @itscaitlinhd https://t.co/AdU5xmYA9J

— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) July 6, 2018

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My Latest.

I need you to know this name: Encarnación Bail Romero.

The government took her 11 month old son, Carlos, after an immigration raid, gave him to a white family, who renamed him Jamison, and never gave him back.

That was 11 years ago. https://t.co/Q7vWG966Aa pic.twitter.com/Jfvr1uLh9a

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) July 11, 2018

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July 6, 2018 by V Leigh

Abolish ICE “We who believe in freedom cannot rest.”

One of the grievances against King George listed in the Declaration of Independence was that he tried to restrict immigration. pic.twitter.com/AyEFCiE6DM

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 5, 2018

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HHS Secretary Alex Azar says that the U.S. government has nearly 3,000 separated migrant children in custody. Last week Azar told a Senate panel there were 2,047 migrant children in custody. https://t.co/0jtdpLpXMn

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 5, 2018

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We need to Abolish ICE.

They've abused people in their care (33,000 instances of abuse between 2010-2016)

In the last few weeks they've proven to be completely useless, they can't even reunite families.

It's a failed organization that costs us billions ($6bn in 2016).

— RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS) July 3, 2018

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CoreCivic has placed profits above people by forcing detained immigrants to perform manual labor for next to nothing. It has padded its pockets by violating anti-trafficking laws. We filed suit.https://t.co/xrhLOcemOj

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) July 1, 2018

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#FamiliesBelongTogether #Seattle [photos: me] pic.twitter.com/Rqu0xIKldV

— Sharon H Chang (@sharonhchang) July 1, 2018

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New: DOJ filed papers in Flores (where there is a 1997 settlement limiting immigration detention of kids) saying they interpret the recent injunction re: separations to mean they can detain families together for longer periods AND still comply with Flores https://t.co/8YExko9Ogf pic.twitter.com/lherut5Kvg

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 29, 2018

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NEW: Immigrant minor distraught over family separation is prescribed antidepressants in U.S. shelter, lawsuit alleges.
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— Aaron C. Davis (@byaaroncdavis) June 29, 2018

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Latest stats on detained immigrant children according to HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement:

-11,800 children in "shelter network" in US
-Of those, 2,047 (17%) are separated from parents bc of "zero tolerance" policy
-Children are in over 100 facilities/residences in 17 states

— Talal Ansari (@TalalNAnsari) June 26, 2018

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Today, Therese Patricia Okoumou, a Congolese immigrant, scaled the Statue of Liberty and said she would not be moved until all the children detained from ICE were released.

“We who believe in freedom cannot rest.” Ella taught us. #AbolishICE (Photo via AJ+) pic.twitter.com/bu4uEKR4PQ

— Cynthia Malone (@cynth_malone) July 5, 2018

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June 26, 2018 by V Leigh

Anti-Immigration and Refugee Policy #EndFamilyDetention

NEW exclusive from @georgejoseph94 and me — In the rush to incarcerate as many immigrants as possible, ICE is putting civil immigration detainees into general population units in federal prison, creating a wildly dangerous and cruel situation. https://t.co/2w6rfkmosY

— Max RN (@MaxRivlinNadler) June 21, 2018

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Tone and civility are heavily racialised.

A white men can talk about extermination and population control with a smile and be taken seriously.

POC can’t talk about basic justice without being considered angry. https://t.co/J7frTv0YB4

— David Lo Pun-ch Nazis (@helpmeskeletor) June 21, 2018

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is imposing sharp new limits on who can get asylum in the United States. In a decision announced today in a closely watched case, Sessions ruled that most asylum-seekers fleeing domestic violence or gang violence will not qualify.

— NPR (@NPR) June 11, 2018

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ICE raided an Ohio landscaping company, offered workers doughnuts, and then detain 114 of them. Some of the workers’ children were stranded at daycare. pic.twitter.com/lmWxnL5P1q

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 6, 2018

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Any immigration deal that guts the diversity visa program is anti-Black. Point, blank, period. Over 40% of diversity visa recipients have been African immigrants in the past few years. #ValueOurFamilies #BADlatte

— UndocuBlack Network (@UndocuBlack) June 13, 2018

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It is shockingly difficult for immigration attorneys to locate children separated from their parents at the border. Today I spoke to lawyers who represent more than 400 parents. They've located two children.

— Kevin Sieff (@ksieff) June 22, 2018

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From the author who literally wrote the book on concentration camps https://t.co/Sh2kOxKnTZ

— Shuja Haider (@shujaxhaider) June 19, 2018

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Getty Images photographer John Moore tells the story behind his viral photo of a crying toddler at the border https://t.co/IS0jP72V4o pic.twitter.com/d7DRcFYIAN

— CNN (@CNN) June 18, 2018

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Doctors say irreparable harm is being done to children being separated from parents.

One staff member at a detention center said he quit, hitting a breaking point, when two siblings, 6 & 8 years old, were banned from hugging each other. https://t.co/ALJqC702Mt

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 18, 2018

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The Chief of the United Nations Human Rights Commission says that what the United States is doing taking children from parents and detaining them is an “unconscionable” human rights abuse.

Says the practice must stop immediately.https://t.co/tePQoJshiN

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 18, 2018

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Jose doesn’t know where his 3-year-old son is being held. “I can’t sleep. I haven’t been able to eat,” he said. We provide immigrants detained in the Southeast with pro bono legal representation through our SIFI program — including Jose #EndFamilyDetention https://t.co/qwzlcAjPn4

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) June 25, 2018

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Why families flee Central America to the United States: https://t.co/pB8bCGoaD5 @ZamaHRW … and why it is inhumane to lock them up for doing so #EndFamilyDetention #HumanRightsForAll

— Robbin Kappelhof (@RobbinKap) June 26, 2018

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Trump must reverse his “zero tolerance” policy. As long as he mandates that parents are prosecuted, kids will be separated from their parents or imprisoned with them.

— TIRRC (@tnimmigrant) June 21, 2018

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Many of the families stuck in detention do not speak Spanish and we need Guatemalan Mayan interpreters. Please join me in donating to @BriciaLopez campaign. https://t.co/zmjTRgV9Sw

— Julissa Arce Raya (@julissaarce) June 22, 2018

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