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Protecting family unity and ensuring our public policies address the concerns of immigrant families.

As part of MomsRising’s mission to advocate for economic security for all families living in the United States, we have reached out to our million members and developed education campaigns to build public will for fair treatment of immigrant children, mothers and families. Our intent is to further a constructive national dialog on reforming our country’s immigration policies so that they reflect our values as a nation and allow for all families to contribute to our culture and economy.

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) means everything to me. I’m a TPS holder, my family has TPS, my father, mother and sisters. TPS allows us to be with our families. If TPS ends, parents will be sent back to their countries and kids would be here alone. Most TPS families don't have other family to...Read more
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Donate to the Families Belong Together rallies happening this weekend in WA

06/28/18
I'll get to it: This week, community leaders, immigrant rights organizations, and families, neighbors, and moms just like you are rallying across the country to call on the Trump Administration to end its inhumane practice of family separation and family imprisonment. But we need your help. Click...
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Maggie Humphreys
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration

Top #5Actions of the Past Week: February 16, 2019

02/15/19
Greetings! It's been a really big week. Most urgently right now : we're pushing back against Trump's declaration of a national emergency, and need your help to call members of Congress (see below for more info). This week also marked the first anniversary of the Parkland shooting, and we're urging...
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Karen Showalter
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Social Emotional Health and our Immigration Issues

02/12/19
My heart sinks every time I watch the news or read my Twitter feed. How did we get here? Our country has become so polarized when it pertains to our immigration system that we have lost the ability to feel empathy for those who seek assistance. As a mental health professional, I am alarmed that our...
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Lina Acosta Sandaal
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Immigration Politics & Policy

The Power of Public Comments

02/06/19
With Congress refusing to enact some of his harshest proposals against people with low incomes, President Trump has relentlessly pursued alternative methods to harm families struggling to make ends meet. For more than two years, the Trump Administration has tried to use regulations and waivers as a...
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Madison Hardee
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Health Care Maternal Justice MomsRising MomsVote Politics & Policy

Join Us For: The State Of OUR Union

02/04/19
We’re coming together to protect all families during the #SOTU on Tuesday & we need your voice! Join us (@MomsRising) for the #StateofOURUnion and pledge to UNITE against hate, misogyny, sexual violence, racism, and all forms of discrimination. We’re not going to let Trump be the only voice...
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Amber Dorsey
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Food! Gun Safety Immigration

Top #5Actions of the Past Week: January 27, 2019

01/27/19
The Shutdown crisis has been averted, for now. A huge thank you to the thousands of MomsRising members who called their U.S. Senators, sent emails, wrote letters of protest, visited congressional offices, shared personal stories about how the shutdown was affecting their families, and in other ways...
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Reunite Every Child

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/9365/">Reunite Every Child</a>

Tell Congress and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen to #KeepFamiliesTogether!

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Reunite Every Child

Children's lives are on the line

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7623/">Children's lives are on the line </a>

YOUR VOICE IS NEEDED: Sign on to tell President Trump, Secretary Nielsen, and Attorney General Sessions to reverse their administrative policy of intentional family separation now and to stop human rights abuses

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Wells Fargo - Stop Financing Pain For Corporate Gain!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7819/">Wells Fargo - Stop Financing Pain For Corporate Gain!</a>

Urge WellsFargo to stop supporting the for-profit detention system by halting their loans to CoreCivic and GEO Group, two large publicly traded private prison corporations.

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Wells Fargo - Stop Financing Pain For Corporate Gain!

We must stand up for pregnant immigrant moms!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/8073/">We must stand up for pregnant immigrant moms!</a>
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We must stand up for pregnant immigrant moms!

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