Immigration

Childcare & Early Education Gun Safety Immigration

July 6, 2018

We are SO INSPIRED by the hundreds of thousands (yes! HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS) of people who rallied last weekend all over the country in support of immigrant children and families! Your voices are making a difference! We have already defeated two very bad immigration bills in the last few weeks...

MomsRising Together

Karen Showalter

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[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Group of smiling people outdoors, marching for immigrant rights]

Immigration

July 2, 2018

We are inspired by the hundreds of thousands of people who rallied this weekend all over the country in support of immigrant children and families! Your voices are making a difference! We have already defeated two very bad immigration bills in the last few weeks because Congress heard the outraged...

MomsRising Education Fund

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Pink sign with silver letters with "Families Belong Together" on it

Immigration

July 2, 2018

Over the last year and a half we have seen this Administration create and implement cruel and relentless policies in pursuit of their vehemently anti-immigrant agenda--the latest installment being the forcible separation of thousands of children from their parents. Under immense public criticism,...

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Cecelia Friedman Levin

Childcare & Early Education Immigration

July 2, 2018

My father came to the United States when he was about 14 years old, full of the hope that every immigrant feels. He worked hard building houses, raising a family and teaching us to love our country. My mother, also a daughter of immigrants, shared his love and sense of justice. I can’t think of any...

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Joan Lombardi

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Immigration

June 29, 2018

While the recent Executive Order on family separation proved (again!) that our voices are powerful when we speak up for justice, it does NOT stop the Trump administration from continuing human rights abuses, like imprisoning entire families simply for asking for asylum, which is their legal right...

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Khadija Gurnah

Immigration

June 29, 2018

*If you won’t be in Orlando, click here to get information on the Families Belong Together actions taking place across the country on Saturday, June 30 th . You can also download signs to print to take with you. Imprisoning children with their parents is still imprisoning children. Join us in...

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Sili Recio

Deborah Weinstein, CHN’s Executive Director, arrested in action at Senate office building.

Immigration Politics & Policy

June 29, 2018

Yesterday in Washington, DC, women placed their bodies and their hearts where the children had been days before. More than 500 of us got arrested by sitting down in the Hart Senate Office Building. My favorite chant? “Stop stealing babies!”

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Debbie Weinstein

Families & The Federal Budget Immigration

June 29, 2018

It's been a week, friends. As we head into the weekend, our urgent message to you is that we are powerful, and our voices matter. This week we're speaking out about immigration, and celebrating some inspiring wins. We're also sharing helpful ways to support immigrants in your community, and a...

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Karen Showalter

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Immigration

June 29, 2018

The Trump administration and Attorney General Jeff Sessions instituted a “zero tolerance” policy to criminally prosecute 100% of people who have crossed between official border crossings, regardless of whether they are seeking asylum, resulting in the wholesale separation of over 2,000 children...

MomsRising Together

Khadija Gurnah

Immigration

June 28, 2018

I steeled myself before playing the audio of the distraught immigrant children separated from their parents and shipped off to detention centers. I avoid movies with cruelty and violence. It felt important to hear the children’s voices. A few seconds was all that I could bear. I pressed the space...

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Irma D. Herrera