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.
Maybe ICE will send your child to live with a friend or relative. Maybe ICE will put your child up for adoption.
Maybe you'll see your child again. Maybe not.
What would you do?
Maybe you'll see your child again. Maybe not.
What would you do?
ICE is ripping families apart right now in Pennsylvania, and @GovernorTomWolf needs to make it stop.
ICE is ripping families apart right now in Texas, and @GovAbbott needs to make it stop.
What is ICE doing in your state? Nothing good, I promise you.
ICE is ripping families apart right now in Texas, and @GovAbbott needs to make it stop.
What is ICE doing in your state? Nothing good, I promise you.
Today, a huge coalition of human rights groups & immigration advocates are launching a new campaign. We're calling on the Governors of this country to use their powers and their voices to free people from ICE detention, #RightsNow, before more people die.
rightsnow.amnestyusa.org/free-people-fr…
rightsnow.amnestyusa.org/free-people-fr…
Last week, Carlos became the first person to die in ICE detention from COVID. He lived in the U.S. for 40 years; he fled here at age 18 after his brother was murdered in a civil war that the U.S. helped start.
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/m…
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/m…
There are thousands of people like Carlos in ICE detention right now, praying they don't get sick. Praying they don't die an excruciating, preventable, lonely death.
Don't let this happen in your state. Tell your Governor to make it stop.
Please.
rightsnow.amnestyusa.org/free-people-fr…
Don't let this happen in your state. Tell your Governor to make it stop.
Please.
rightsnow.amnestyusa.org/free-people-fr…
And if you want to go beyond signing petitions, we’re supporting immigrant-led groups across the country organizing to free people from ICE detention.
Take the pledge to be part of this fight: neveragainaction.com/pledge
Take the pledge to be part of this fight: neveragainaction.com/pledge
Here is a guide to the dozens of groups we’ve done COVID-safe actions with during the pandemic: see if there’s one in your state to get involved with!
How do ICE agents justify taking children from their parents?
The same way German police justified doing it to our ancestors, and Americans & Australians justified abducting indigenous children.
Some enjoy the cruelty, others are just following orders.
The same way German police justified doing it to our ancestors, and Americans & Australians justified abducting indigenous children.
Some enjoy the cruelty, others are just following orders.
