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BREAKING: President Trump tramples right to protest
Responding to remarks by President Donald Trump today in the Rose Garden, @AmnestyErnest, the End Gun Violence campaign manager at Amnesty International USA said:
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#RightsNow #BlackLivesMatter
Responding to remarks by President Donald Trump today in the Rose Garden, @AmnestyErnest, the End Gun Violence campaign manager at Amnesty International USA said:
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#RightsNow #BlackLivesMatter
“The violence that can no longer be ignored is the violence committed against Black lives by the police. The real disgrace is the anti-Black racism of the Trump administration. The President swore an oath to the nation to protect all of its people – not just those he deems worthy
“The time for justice has passed for George Floyd, his children, and his loved ones. The possibility for justice was taken away the day that he was killed.
Last night, a shooter opened fire at a mall in Arizona—just four days after the stay-at-home order was lifted.
#RightsNow #EndGunViolence
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#RightsNow #EndGunViolence
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As people start to emerge from isolation and cautiously return to public spaces across the country, gun violence is one thing we shouldn’t have to worry about. #RightsNow #EndGunViolence 
The pandemic already has us fearing for our lives and loved ones—we shouldn’t have to worry about the gun violence epidemic too. #RightsNow #EndGunViolence
Take action: act.amnestyusa.org/page/60186/act…
Take action: act.amnestyusa.org/page/60186/act…
ICE is threatening to separate families through a “binary choice”: either separate from your kids & be detained indefinitely by yourself, or remain together in indefinite detention where the risk of exposure to COVID-19 is magnified. #ReuniteFamilies #RightsNow (1/3)
This binary choice policy ignores the law and distorts Flores and the long-held practice of releasing families together. It is unnecessary and designed to deter and punish families for seeking safety. #ReuniteFamilies #RightsNow (2/3)
This is family separation 2.0 - cruel, unnecessary, and in no way a best practice for protecting public health or children’s welfare. #ReuniteFamilies #RightsNow (3/3)
Hey. I'm Ben, I write a lot of Never Again's tweets, and I never put my name on them.
Today is different. I'm crying, and as a human being I need everyone to know what ICE started doing yesterday, so we can stop them.
ICE calls it 'binary choice'. Really, it's Sophie's Choice.
Today is different. I'm crying, and as a human being I need everyone to know what ICE started doing yesterday, so we can stop them.
ICE calls it 'binary choice'. Really, it's Sophie's Choice.
There are still families in ICE camps. Mostly mothers locked up with their children.
It's crowded. It's dirty. It's dangerous.
These mothers are terrified they and their children are going to get sick and die.
ICE could just set them free. Here's what they're doing instead.
It's crowded. It's dirty. It's dangerous.
These mothers are terrified they and their children are going to get sick and die.
ICE could just set them free. Here's what they're doing instead.
ICE is giving mothers this 'binary choice':
Option 1: You and your child stay locked in ICE detention indefinitely. Hope & pray that you both survive COVID.
Option 2: Save your child's life by giving them up. You stay locked up, but ICE send your kid to live with someone else.
Option 1: You and your child stay locked in ICE detention indefinitely. Hope & pray that you both survive COVID.
Option 2: Save your child's life by giving them up. You stay locked up, but ICE send your kid to live with someone else.
NOW: The Trump administration's asylum ban was never about public health #RightsNow
Responding to reports that the Trump admin may indefinitely expand restrictions on the right to seek asylum and humanitarian protections at the border, @charanya_k said:
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Responding to reports that the Trump admin may indefinitely expand restrictions on the right to seek asylum and humanitarian protections at the border, @charanya_k said:
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“This ban was never about the pandemic, and it was never about public health. As today’s news makes clear, the Trump administration is weaponizing COVID-19 to achieve the policy objective it’s sought from day one: shutting the border to people seeking safety.
“Every person has the right to seek safety, especially during a pandemic. Attempts by this administration to dismantle that basic right won’t fix the administration’s failures in responding to the pandemic early and efficiently.
#RightsNow is about making sure the response and recovery to COVID-19 is focused on human rights. What does that look like? 🧵A thread…
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We have to address the racism and inequality made worse by COVID-19.
This pandemic affects us all, but some more than others. #RightsNow
This pandemic affects us all, but some more than others. #RightsNow
We have to ensure health care for all.
We must seize this moment to ensure universal health care. #RightsNow
We must seize this moment to ensure universal health care. #RightsNow
