El Paso State Senator Jose Rodriguez,
U.S. Reps. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Lucille Roybal-Allard of California,
are working together to have the Tent City shut down.
Links:
elpasotimes.com/story/news/loc…
texasmonthly.com/article/more-m…
2/10
⚠️ They need to raise $250k by Dec 31st, donations are tax deductible
Project Corazon: lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/project-corazo…
3/10
The authorities are rushing 1000s of kids through hearings, denying due process. RAICES volunteers are trying to keep pace.
▶️ RAICES info, including how to support them: raicestexas.org
@RAICESTEXAS
4/10
RAICES volunteers are trying to help these kids, but the bigger need is for “Trump administration to end its practices at Tornillo and for the Immigration Court in El Paso to provide adequate time for attorney’s to represent these children.”
raicestexas.org/2018/11/29/shi…
5/10
⚽️ Specifically, we can donate soccer balls:
Anyone around the world can donate thru Amazon
Must order by Dec 13, to make it by Christmas
Donate here: amazon.com/registry/giftl…
Sound trivial? It's not 👇
6/10
"…These donations are a way of letting these kids know they haven't been forgotten this holiday season”:
ktsm.com/news/local/el-…
7/10
facebook.com/groups/3399572…
8/10
▶️ hopeborder.org
Indivisible El Paso @IndElPaso
▶️ indivisible-elpaso.org/index.html
Volunteer: indivisible-elpaso.org/contact-us-or-…
The Radical Social Worker
▶️ facebook.com/equitylibertya…
Voces Sin Fronteras
▶️ facebook.com/vocessinfronte…
9/10
Shut Tornillo Down Coalition
▶️ facebook.com/groups/2641040…
Form to submit protest to MOCs
▶️docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Like I said, there's probably much more out there, and I have more info about the objections since the Tent City was set up, mid-2018.
10/10
📢 Rally on Sat Dec 15, 9:30 am MST
facebook.com/events/1886544…
with Indivisible El Paso, Families Belong Together, Voces Sin Fronteras, The Radical Social Worker
Location
Tornillo-Guadalupe Toll Plaza, M.F. Aguilera Rd, Tornillo, TX 79853
👇
📢 Event on Sun Dec 23, 10 am to 8 pm CST
“A Gift They Can’t Block - Caroling at Tornillo”
with the Resistance Choir of South Central Texas
facebook.com/pg/ResistanceC…
Location
Tornillo-Guadalupe Toll Plaza, M.F. Aguilera Rd, Tornillo, TX 79853
👇
📢 Dec 23 to Jan 1 - Occupy - #ChristmasInTornillo
with Indivisible El Paso, Hope Border Institute, Resistance Choir of South Central Texas, The Radical Social Worker
Location
Tornillo-Guadalupe Toll Plaza, M.F. Aguilera Rd, Tornillo, TX 79853
Details in pic