Immigration

50+ Women’s Groups Send Open Letter to Congress: Create a Humane Immigration Process

We, the below signed organizations representing millions of women, write to express our horror and dismay regarding the Trump administration’s inhumane treatment of immigrant women and children which undermines our nation’s values, destroys families and communities, and hurts our economy and country. Since President Trump took office, this administration has embraced policies that endanger the lives and livelihoods of immigrant women, tear families apart, undermine fair pay, and leave children without the family members who love them. We call on Congress to engage in aggressive oversight and to enact legislation that affirms the dignity of immigrant women and children and protects our country.

#5Actions of the Week: May 19, 2018

This week, we find our hearts broken again, this time for the victims of the shooting at Santa Fe High School, their loved ones and their community. It is not even summer and already there have been 22 shootings at schools in our country this year. One school shooting would be horrifying; 22 is...

‘Our Hearts Break for These Children and Families:’ On U.S. Plan to Hold Children of Asylum-Seekers

On reports that the Trump administration plans to hold children it forcibly separates from their asylum-seeking parents at military bases: America’s moms are horrified by the Trump administration’s destructive immigration policy that hurts women and children in particular. The policy reported late...

"Mama! Where Are You?" Helping Families Stay Together & Survive

How many children will call out, "Mama! Where are you?", after announcements that children, even those as young as a year old, will be separated from undocumented families arriving at the border.