August 1, 2020 by V Leigh

ICE is detaining immigrant children in hotels for expedited removals.

.@ICEgov is detaining immigrant children in hotels for expedited removals.

No access to an attorney.
No due process.

Just fear and cruelty.

President Trump has used COVID-19 to effectively shutdown of the asylum system—this unlawful action is also happening in San Antonio. https://t.co/kPNGV3a5EP
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) July 25, 2020

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BREAKING: Our attorney was aggressively rejected from trying to offer help to immigrant children illegally detained at a Hampton Inn in McAllen, TX. He and another of our staffer were violently shoved into the hotel elevator and were told they could not offer help. #FreeThemALL! https://t.co/xSOxHOViKp pic.twitter.com/MEp7UmK6Gv
— Texas Civil Rights Project (@TXCivilRights) July 23, 2020

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A thank you and message for the people protesting outside the hotel in McAllen where @DHSgov is detaining people:

Please make signs of our legal hotline so that those who are illegally & immorally detained get immediate help: 956-291-4169. https://t.co/nP6h8r90dZ #FreeThemAll pic.twitter.com/3zHRqttMU9
— Texas Civil Rights Project (@TXCivilRights) July 25, 2020

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July 26, 2019 by V Leigh

A whole generation of #migrant children are languishing at the U.S.-Mexico border

Thousands of #migrant #children could be detained indefinitely – https://t.co/9qHpLInHOd

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) July 24, 2019

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‘Do you have no shame?’ — Rep. @GerryConnolly laid into the former #ICE director and #Republicans for mistreating #migrant kids pic.twitter.com/iNqyBVgt8f🇺🇸👧🏿👦🏿🧒🏿🧒🏽👧🏽🙅🏿‍♀️🙅🏿‍♂️

— SAMD (@SamDForever1) July 16, 2019

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#BORDERNEWS: We bring you the perspective of the #migrant children and the conditions they face inside the shelter

One 13-year-old recalls the moment she thought her and her mother were going to be killed

FULL STORY: https://t.co/qNYg6sQWey pic.twitter.com/Tuc9pWkrDi

— CValenciaKYMA (@CValenciaKYMA11) July 25, 2019

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A whole generation of #migrant children are languishing at the U.S.-Mexico border @latimesworld story by @katelinthicum — https://t.co/RhISedZSXc pic.twitter.com/QGy87lYDyI

— Gary Coronado (@gary_coronado) July 19, 2019

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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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June 18, 2018 by V Leigh

Happy Father’s Day! Here are ways to take action against families being separated at the border

This Father's Day, I hope that our President and his minions remember that children should be with their parents, not in detention centers https://t.co/pIhcR9ygI1

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) June 17, 2018

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TRUMP HAS 20 CHILDREN PER CAGE – YES CAGE – AT A BORDER PATROL FACILITY.

IN TEXAS WHERE IT IS 100 DEGREES.

AFTER HE RIPPED THEM AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS.

source @AP

— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) June 17, 2018

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Happy Father’s Day! Here are ways to take action against families being separated at the border:https://t.co/VHScZ7Nx7n

— Aparna Nancherla (@aparnapkin) June 17, 2018

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AP describes what it’s like inside one of the cages detaining migrant children at the Texas border https://t.co/gPMChwdl9T pic.twitter.com/wpnHv35PGQ

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) June 17, 2018

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Texas now has a tent city for immigrant children separated from their families at the border pic.twitter.com/4oGE1XEopS

— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 17, 2018

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Medical experts are cautioning that there are long-term health risks for migrant children who are separated from their parents, including "irreplaceable harm" to those children's lifelong development. https://t.co/0Mh2xsyKNN

— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) June 17, 2018

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Taking Children from Their Parents Is a Form of State Terror #SoJustTerror https://t.co/ykaA1nKD6b

— Rhonda Ragsdale (@profragsdale) June 17, 2018

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Here's what the "tent city" for separated immigrant children looks like. New @TwitterMoments: https://t.co/umPWcvlc8M

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 16, 2018

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Today, we met a man who ICE separated from his 5 yr old daughter. We offered to represent him for free but he couldn’t stand being detained and signed his own deportation. Instead of helping him fight for bond, he asked us to help make sure his 5 yr old would be deported with him

— Al Otro Lado (@AlOtroLado_Org) June 13, 2018

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Dear members of ICE: “just following orders” is what nazis said during the Nuremberg trials. It is YOU who are doing these things. YOU are ripping children from their parents & holding them in cages. History will see that YOU carried out these crimes against humanity. YOU.

— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) June 8, 2018

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According to US Border Patrol, 50 children each day are being separated from their parents. Call your member of Congress. Again and again.

— Judith Enck (@enckj) May 31, 2018

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"I'm not sure why they did it. They didn't let me say goodbye." — Trump's immigration agents ripped Olga's 4 children from her at the border. Now she is in detention and they are thousands of miles away, without her. #FamiliesBelongTogether https://t.co/W6CYrrond8

— We Belong Together (@WomenBelong) June 2, 2018

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I have nightmares of children crying for their mothers at night. We have to do better. This is NOT OKAY. Imagine these were your children and then DO SOMETHING. Call your members of Congress and demand they act. https://t.co/6Av6CxInHh

— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) June 13, 2018

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I have nightmares of children crying for their mothers at night. We have to do better. This is NOT OKAY. Imagine these were your children and then DO SOMETHING. Call your members of Congress and demand they act. https://t.co/6Av6CxInHh

— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) June 13, 2018

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December 29, 2017 by V Leigh

There’s no place for the xenophobia and hate

There's no place for the xenophobia and hate President Trump displayed when he reportedly declared Haitian immigrants "all have AIDs" and Nigerian immigrants would never "go back to their huts."
Least of all in the White House. https://t.co/YtLWft7GJi

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) December 26, 2017

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Trump’s new suspension of refugees leaves some at risk of dying, doctors say. https://t.co/MMnsgtwzry

— Prevent Genocide Org (@PrevGenocide) December 28, 2017

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Judge blocks Trump refugee order https://t.co/HVmXipEWE8 pic.twitter.com/Nx7Hk1kzGb

— POLITICO (@politico) December 24, 2017

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October 11, 2017 by V Leigh

Trump will limit the # of refugees entering the US n the next year to 45K, lowest level in decades

Perspective on how just how shameful a humanitarian failure the @realDonaldTrump administration's refugee cap is. #RefugeesWelcome https://t.co/Ah124zlc6R

— Nat'l Imm Law Center (@NILC_org) October 8, 2017

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Today’s @Hatewatch Headlines: Trump admin rejects its own study showing positive impact of refugees, and morehttps://t.co/5vlUTDfFEV

— SPLC (@splcenter) September 20, 2017

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ICE is trying to make our clients’ lives so miserable that they voluntarily give up their immigration cases. https://t.co/cEX6wmFnGB

— ACLU (@ACLU) August 31, 2017

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Officials: Pres. Trump will limit the # of refugees entering the US n the next year to 45K, lowest level in decades https://t.co/HlHAU3g86C

— SPLC (@splcenter) September 26, 2017

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August 11, 2017 by V Leigh

Described as deadly, unforgiving, or brutal, these Southwestern deserts are so only because we make them so

Davino Watson was imprisoned as a deportable immigrant for 1,273 days, despite having U.S. citizenship https://t.co/LUq86EJ0Oi

— SPLC (@splcenter) August 3, 2017

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This is insane. Sources tell me this is happening in Alabama, reportedly occurring in courtrooms elsewhere https://t.co/U3IYo8qqEd pic.twitter.com/tJo5aFcmw1

— Connor Sheets (@ConnorASheets) August 3, 2017

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Undocumented Immigrants Fear Repercussions Of Accessing Healthcare https://t.co/gCNitJozsc

— SPLC (@splcenter) July 31, 2017

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Losing DACA would be a significant change for youth including the ability to work and take care of their families. https://t.co/sQISWpK4Mm

— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) August 8, 2017

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Losing DACA would be a significant change for youth including the ability to work and take care of their families. https://t.co/sQISWpK4Mm

— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) August 8, 2017

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“Described as deadly, unforgiving, or brutal, these Southwestern deserts are so only because we make them so” https://t.co/KGUaB765pj

— SPLC (@splcenter) July 29, 2017

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May 5, 2017 by V Leigh

This is reminiscent of the darkest times in history

The Vermont DMV Sold Out Undocumented Immigrants Getting Their Licenses to ICE https://t.co/GOEJUqTrvH via @Fusion

— Prerna P. Lal, Esq. (@prernaplal) April 8, 2017

Understand what this means: some of our border officers have internalized that they no longer need to honor the law. https://t.co/0IVl5lqjKe

— Cecilia Muñoz (@cecmunoz) May 4, 2017

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ICE data shows half of immigrants arrested in raids had traffic convictions or no record – The Washington Post https://t.co/YF8eCqS8Pp

— Prerna P. Lal, Esq. (@prernaplal) April 29, 2017

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Curious about how deeply entrenched anti-immigrant hate groups have become is U.S. politics? Here you go: https://t.co/8vrTwlvEXL

— Tina Vasquez (@TheTinaVasquez) April 29, 2017

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“He says he’s taking care of Americans. My kids are Americans. He’s hurt mine & many citizens left without a parent” https://t.co/s4YdqgqkQW

— SPLC (@splcenter) April 29, 2017

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It is absolutely shameful to deport law-abiding DREAMers who have called this country home for most of their lives. https://t.co/YtMOxRIwmw

— Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 18, 2017

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Black immigrants fight mass deportation of Haitians, Somalis https://t.co/XfOGhnmotL

— zellie (@zellieimani) April 29, 2017

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They listed children and infants. This is reminiscent of the darkest times in history. Makes me sick to my stomach. https://t.co/NCMxcJaPcR

— Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal) April 27, 2017

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March 12, 2017 by V Leigh

Immigrants, Deportations, and Hate

SCOOP: Meeting notes show DHS planning to expand immigrant family detention by a whopping **550%**

More details tonight at 8pm on MSNBC.

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 3, 2017

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This is a Big Deal. Immigrant family detention is largely privately managed by CCA and others with longstanding allegations of abuse.

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 3, 2017

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Texas dad w no criminal record and married to a U.S. citizen. Just deported. – @lomikriel https://t.co/13hKe1dOnd pic.twitter.com/OkIHDdk4d7

— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) March 3, 2017

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At least 50 people killed by US border agents since January 2010. Almost all Mexican. Anywhere else, this is war.https://t.co/qWrictFOPz pic.twitter.com/A79R39HcEM

— Think Mexican (@ThinkMexican) February 22, 2017

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VIDEO: Undocumented father taken by ICE while dropping kids off at school in Highland Park https://t.co/eA3VmWm5rW pic.twitter.com/HJESKM7AJX

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) March 3, 2017

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Trump Administration Is Threatening to Publicly Release Private Data of Immigrants and Foreign Visitors #SoJustData https://t.co/dKzo6v8QYG

— Rhonda Ragsdale (@profragsdale) March 1, 2017

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Most terrorist attacks in the US are committed by Americans — not foreigners. #JointSession #FactsMatter https://t.co/ssPY9EulLF

— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) March 1, 2017

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December 11, 2015 by Oppression Monitor

Immigrants Say They Suffered Abuse And Neglect At This California Detention Center

Ten men filed a complaint against an immigration detention center in California this week, alleging physical abuse, medical neglect, and retaliatory transfers while they were detainees.

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