To truly comprehend just how extraordinarily epic last night’s arrival of the #LAX9 parents was, you need to know what had to happen before this moment could even be dreamed into existence. This was a culmination of grit, hope, love, conviction and faith 2 yrs in the making.
It took a class action lawsuit filed by @aclu to expose the depth of #TrumpAdministration’s lies as it tried to cover up the true cruelty of “zero tolerance,” and a federal court order that found our client’s deportations unlawful to ensure their return. sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/st…
It took crucial funding from @togetherrising that allowed us to work alongside @justiceinmotion as they activated their defender network in Central America to locate these deported parents, most of them indigenous, some of them identifiable only by photo.
