Thread by @StandUpAmerica

It’s June 2018 and the United States is taking children away from their families at the southern border.

Border patrol agents are telling parents that they are taking their kids away for a bath. When the parents follow up, they’re told “you won’t be seeing your child again.”

There are reports that border patrol agents are telling parents that their children will be “put up for adoption.”

Parents are being denied access to a lawyer.

Medical needs for separated kids are going unmet.

These are immigrants seeking asylum, and we’re taking away their children and locking them in cages.

This should send a shiver down anyone’s spine. Treating human beings like this is immoral and unjustified. It goes against the fundamental values that our country is built on.

These are the kinds of human rights abuses that America used to condemn.

And now today (OF ALL DAYS!), the Trump administration announced that we are LEAVING the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Here’s the truth: No law requires families to be separated at the border. This “zero-tolerance” policy is Trump’s own deplorable choice.

He’s ripping children away from parents who are fleeing violence. He’s treating kids like criminals and political pawns. It has to stop.

.@SenateDems introduced the Keep Families Together Act, which would prevent @DHSgov from separating families at the border.

Text TOGETHER to 21333 and urge your senators to support it and demand an immediate vote. #KeepFamiliesTogether