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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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Immigration

We’re all in for immigrant justice. Join us.

12/24/19
This year we dealt a big blow to the private prison industry — and we couldn’t have done it without MomsRising supporters like you. Working with the powerful Families Belong Together coalition, the MomsRising community won the commitment of Wells Fargo Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America,...
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Donna Norton
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2019 Year In Review: MOMentum Wins!

12/15/19
From start to finish, 2019 has been a year of rip-roaring, unstoppable, joyful MOMentum! Just to name a few of the major wins we accomplished together this year: MomsRising leads a coalition that won commitments from major national and regional banks to quit financing private prisons, including the...
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Families & The Federal Budget Immigration

QUICK ACTION NEEDED to support immigrant families!

12/09/19
We want our tax dollars to go to programs that boost our families, not the incarceration of immigrant children and families! Send a letter to your local newspaper NOW speaking out against the funding of Trump's cruel immigration policies!
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Childcare & Early Education Food! Health Care Immigration

Know Your Rights! Facts on health & nutrition for immigrants

11/19/19
The Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) Campaign is dedicated to protecting immigrants and their families’ access to health care, nutrition programs, public services and economic supports. This month we’ve published three new community education resources to give communities the information they...
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Childcare & Early Education Immigration MomsVote

Top #5Actions of the Week: Nov. 15, 2019. Have You Signed?

11/16/19
The headlines this week have been hard. There’s so much need for our voices, and for your voice. So we want to start into the weekend by sharing our gratitude with you for all you’re doing to make our nation a better place for everyone. This week's list of top actions includes urgent calls around...
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Families & The Federal Budget Immigration

Family Separation is Wrong: SIGN NOW to Stop Trump’s Immigration Policies

11/06/19
We’ve all been hearing about the depths of cruelty of the Trump Administration’s family separation policies for a while, but the extent of that cruelty is still being discovered. Horrifyingly, just last week, the ACLU discovered 1,556 more immigrant families were separated than previously estimated...
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Elyssa Koidin Schmier

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Raise your voice to Shut Down Berks!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/6910/?source=action">Raise your voice to Shut Down Berks!</a>

Babies in detention in Pennsylvania? Not OK. Join us to tell the Governor to Shut Down Berks!

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Raise your voice to Shut Down Berks!

Stop separating babies from their families!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/10963/?source=action">Stop separating babies from their families!</a>

Tell Congress to hold the Trump Administration accountable!

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We cannot separate babies from their families!

Wells Fargo - Stop Financing Pain For Corporate Gain!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7819/?source=action">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!

Reunite Every Child

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

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

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Reunite Every Child

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