Stop Family Imprisonment

Congress may pass a very dangerous bill proposed by Speaker Ryan. This bill will NOT end family separation. Instead, it would result in children being detained indefinitely in worse conditions, without basic standards for their care or well-being. It would also result in the near immediate return of other children to the very life-threatening conditions they are fleeing and from which they are seeking asylum (a legally protected right in both national and international law).

* Tell your members of Congress to say NO to the Ryan bill. Imprisoning children with their families is still imprisoning children!

Immigration Presser

This week, Speaker Ryan will have a bill up for vote on the House floor.

The Ryan bill is a very harsh attack on immigrant children and their families:

It Does NOT End Family Separations!
It Keeps Children in Detention For Longer Periods of Time. If passed the bill will allow for children to be kept in government detention centers for longer periods of time in jail-like hardened conditions without basic standards for their care or well-being.
Makes it Easier to Send Away More Children More Quickly. This Republican bill eliminates protections for young immigrant children and would allow DHS to quickly deport children without fully considering their asylum claims.
Shrinks the Number of Asylum Seekers By Making it More Difficult to Apply. It would change the law to facilitate the swift removal of asylum seekers and make it harder to apply for asylum,
Eliminates Special Protections for Children. The bill would terminate special protections for children in jail including suitable living conditions, routine medical care and emergency health services, recreation time and counseling services necessary for the well-being and healthy development of any child. The bill would also prohibit any government funding for counsel for children- leaving many small children without a voice in the courtroom.

The United States of America, as we know it today, was founded in part by people who were seeking refuge in a new land. Our nation’s aspirational founding ideals in the United States Constitution, were that everyone should have freedom from oppression and persecution, as well as liberty and justice for all.

Those ideals haven’t been met yet. We’re still working on creating a “more perfect union,” as written as an aspirational goal in the U.S. Constitution.

We can’t allow human rights abuses in the name of immigration enforcement to continue to happen, and we also can’t turn our backs on one another now.

It’s time to reach for that “more perfect union,” not tear it apart, not intentionally separate babies from their mothers, and not close the door to opportunity for all of us.

Sincerely,

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