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A Threat to Our Children

Weeks after the Trump administration ostensibly changed its policies of child separation and family detention at the U.S.-Mexico border, and after a court-imposed deadline to reunite separated families, hundreds of immigrant and refugee children are still not with their parents. These policies are only some of several recent moves by the administration and by individual states that show an appalling disregard for the well-being of children.

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Show that Families Belong Together

Tomorrow, June 30, people around the country will be rallying for an end to the Trump administration’s policies of child separation and family detention, and for immediate family reunification. Here’s how to find an event near you.

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Here’s What You Can Do to Help Stop Separation of Families at Border

Like many of you, I have been appalled by the news of families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. As I’ve read of children being torn away from their parents, I know two things: This is not the first time U.S. policy has condoned this–but it should be the last. Here’s what you can do to help stop these tragedies. 

Bryn Esplin and Fatma Marouf

Lesbian Couple Sues HHS After Being Blocked from Fostering Refugee Child

When spouses Fatma Marouf and Bryn Esplin wanted to become foster parents for a refugee child, they were told by the child services agency that they could not apply because their family structure did not “mirror the Holy Family.” Now, they’re suing the agency’s parent organization, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and the funder of its program to place refugee children, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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The Personal Stories Behind DACA

It’s been hard to miss the many news articles in the last 24 hours about President Trump revoking the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Here are some places, however, where you can more deeply explore the personal stories of those affected by DACA to better understand what its end will mean.

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Breaking: President Trump Ends DACA

President Trump has, as expected, revoked the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, putting at risk nearly 800,000 immigrant youth and their families. As the granddaughter and great-granddaughter of immigrants myself, I see this as one more shameful act of the Trump administration.

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Mother of Exiles

I am the granddaughter of Jewish immigrants on my father’s side, and the great-granddaughter of Jewish immigrants on my mother’s. I am sickened by President Trump’s new immigration and refugee ban.

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