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We're here in Montgomery, Alabama rallying to say that #FamiliesBelongTogther & to call to #EndFamilyDetention
At the bus stop where Rosa Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Alabamians protest an injustice of our time - the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy separating families all across America. #EndFamilyDetention #FamiliesBelongTogether
Separating families is wrong and today in Alabama, #TheMarchContinues for immigration reform. #EndFamilyDetention
"Family separation is just one tool in President Trump's xenophobic toolbox. Ending refugees' temporary protected status, implementing the #MuslimBan, ending #DACA, targeting & detaining immigrant activists who speak out; zero tolerance policy is just the latest." -@ACLUAlabama
"#FamilySeparation has a long history in this country. The fountain behind me used to be an auction separating black families. We ended the institution of slavery not through the courts but through protest by the people. We can do that again." -SPLC's Sam Brooke
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Last year, we won a temporary stay of deportation for journalist Manuel Duran, who was arrested in Memphis in April, then detained & threatened with deportation.

This year, we'll keep fighting for immigrants in the Deep South. #SPLCWinterReadingList bit.ly/2Bb112a
Like so many others who have been deported or are detained & awaiting deportation, Manuel Duran would be in grave danger if her were deported from the US. splcenter.org/news/2018/12/1…
Law students volunteered with us to help defend our clients. "Immigration prisons exact an enormous emotional toll, & they make it nearly impossible for prisoners to find legal representation for their asylum cases," one wrote. splcenter.org/attention-on-d…
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"Let me be clear: walls work and we have them we are stopping illegals from getting into our country.” — DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

Let’s be clear: walls don’t work and no human is illegal.
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA): How many children 17 years old or younger have died in DHS, ICE or CBP custody since you took office?

DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen: I will get back you.

That number should be 0.
"I'm not a liar. We've never had a policy of family separation." — DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen

We represent parents who have been separated from their children. Secretary Nielsen's claims do not reflect the facts that we are seeing on the ground. bit.ly/2Ltf7iV
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Peter Brown is a US citizen who was mistakenly detained by ICE after local sheriffs arrested him. We're suing. npr.org/2018/12/18/677…
In January, 17 Florida counties signed Basic Ordering Agreements, which compensate local sheriffs for their collaboration with ICE. Our lawsuit is the first to challenge a Florida sheriff for unlawfully detaining people at ICE’s request as part of a BOA. splcenter.org/news/2018/12/0…
Peter Brown was released from detention but as a result of the ordeal he lost his job and was unemployed. He also lives with the fear that he’ll be sent away from his family and friends. splcenter.org/seeking-justic…
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Here are a few more pics of @RebLizzi and I leading Shabbat services at the #FamiliesBelongTogther Chicago March that various people got. And the very good @SenatorDurbin made it to services too (kind of by accident, but hey, I'll take it).
Was honored to be tapped as part of the clergy team marching at the front of the #FamiliesBelongTogther march--you can see my short, sweaty profile behind the marshal with the orange stripes. There are probably better pics out there somewhere, I dunno.
And I *think* it'll work for you to see part of my sermon? Maybe? Or maybe it's friends-locked? Not sure. I'll tweet it out tomorrow (too tired now) if I remember. Or if you remind me.
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Easily 10,000 here already in NYC, and the crowd is growing in every direction! #FamiliesBelongTogether #EndFamilyDetention
Press now reporting 30,000+!
NYC #FamiliesBelongTogether is lit!
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Letters by immigrant parents telling a judge in their own words what it’s like being separated from their kids.

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#EndFamilyDetention and #KeepFamliesTogether
“Not knowing anything about my daughter is torture. I am not able to sleep. I desperately want to be with her.” - APF from Honduras who is being held in TX and was separated from his 12 year old daughter

#FamiliesBelongTogether

Full letter here: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4551…
“I wake up from my sleep crying because I remember he was taken from me.” - EF from Guatemala, who is being held in TX and believes her son is in NY.
#FamilesBelongTogether
#EndFamilyDetention

Translated declaration here:
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4551…
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