We must address the underlying issues that would cause children & families to flee 2,000 miles to come here.

But our immediate priority must be ensuring that they are treated with kindness once they are in our care.

Here are some ways to help the most vulnerable & desperate:
Annunciation House is a volunteer organization that offers hospitality to migrants, immigrants, and refugees in the border region of El Paso. Donate here: annunciationhouse.org/financial-dona…
Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services is a legal service provider for free & low-cost immigration services in West Texas & New Mexico. DMRS provides legal services for unaccompanied minors on the border. Please donate: dmrs-ep.org/donate/
La Posada Providencia provides food, basic needs, and shelter to immigrants and asylum seekers in the lower Rio Grande Valley. To help the shelter in the RGV, please donate:  lppshelter.org/ways-to-give/d…
Angry Tias and Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley provides basic needs for the health and safety of asylum seekers and migrants across the RGV. To help, please donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/atargv
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center provides legal services to El Paso's most vulnerable immigrants. To support their important work, donate here: las-americas.org/en/other-suppo…
Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative provides free and low-cost legal services to immigrant families. To help support their work and build capacity for organizations in the Houston area, please donate here: houstonimmigration.org
Kids in Need of Defense advocates for the rights of unaccompanied migrants & refugee children. KIND provides attorneys to represent children in immigration court at no cost & helps reunite families. Please donate here: supportkind.org
RAICES Texas, Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services provides legal and social services for families and children including pro bono representation, case management, and resettlement assistance. To support donate here: raicestexas.org/ways-to-give/d…
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, Humanitarian Respite Center provides shelter and basic needs for refugees. Find ways to help here with humanitarian needs and to make a donation. You can select the contribution to go to the center: catholiccharitiesrgv.org/Donations.aspx
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas provides legal services in various immigration proceedings, social services, and human rights education in North Texas. Support HRI's mission to donate:hrionline.org/give-lively/
You may know of other organizations helping asylum seekers, children and families who have fled the most dangerous counties in the world, now strangers in a strange land. Please feel free to add them here and THANK YOU to all who are trying to help those in need at this moment.

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17 Mar
To address the underlying causes for the current level of immigration & asylum requests at our border AND ensure that we have a fair, predictable and lawful system to process immigration applications and maintain the integrity of our border with Mexico, we must

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Rewrite our immigration laws to reflect the priority of family reunification, the contributions of millions of hardworking Americans who lack documentation and status in this country, & our desire to ensure a safe, legal path to come to this country;

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We must also prioritize Mexico & Central America in our foreign policy. This region that we are connected to physically, culturally & through our families is always an afterthought at best in our foreign policy, a priority only when there is perceived crisis.

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You might have missed that it is harder to vote in Texas than any other state.

It’s not about total votes cast (btw we’re still 46th), it’s about which voters are targeted for discrimination.

Young people, poor people, people of color.

texastribune.org/2020/10/19/tex…
It may have escaped your attention, but a three-judge federal panel described TX Congressional districts as a “racial gerrymander.”

Meaning: Black & Latino Texans were drawn out of districts to diminish the impact of their vote.

Makes you think you didn’t want them to vote!
And here’s something those of us who live in Texas know: while Abbott can’t keep the lights on or the water running, he’s damn effective at keeping people from voting (one ballot drop off location per county in the midst of a pandemic! Voters at TSU waited up to 6 hours to vote.)
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This voting rights bill is critical for America’s democracy, but nowhere will it do more good than Texas. Through racial gerrymander, voter ID and hundreds of polling place closures we’ve become the most voter suppressed state in the country. 1/5 nytimes.com/2021/03/03/us/…
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It picks up where the 1965 Voting Rights Act left off, eliminating gerrymandering, reducing the influence of dark money, mandating automatic voter registration & early voting, restoring voting rights to returning citizens and making it harder to delete voters from the rolls. 3/5
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VETERANS RESOURCES

Texas veterans and VSOs, please add to this list with resources and requests.

VA Veterans Disaster Response 24/7 hotline: 1-800-507-4571

VA Disaster Assistance Information: va.gov/ve/docs/brochu…

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Homeless Veterans
1-877-4AID-VET (1-877-424-3838)

TEXAS VA Medical Directory
va.gov/directory/guid…

United Way HOUSTON:
Text MISSION to 898211
Email: veterans@unitedwayhouston.org
Website: unitedwayhouston.org/work/mission-u…

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Texas Veterans Network
Phone number after hours 888-737-3112
Assistance questionnaire: combinedarmssites.secure.force.com/QuickConnect/

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ROWLETT/ROCKWELL/GARLAND RESOURCES:

Drinking Water Station at Rowlett Community Centre 5300 Main Street, Rowlett, TX 75088

Water Station Operating Hours
2/20 Saturday, 10am-5pm
2/21 Sunday, Noon-5pm

Food Assistance:
Life Message (972) 4759-800
lifemessage.org/helpful-resour…

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Good Samaritans of Garland
214 N. 12th St. 972-276-2263
goodsamofgarland.org

Friendship House in Garland
620 W. Avenue B, 972-272-1010
fbcgarland.org/fbg/friendship…

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ROCKWALL

For help:
Rockwall County Emergency Management 972-204-7080,   emergencymanagement@rockwallcountytexas.com. rockwallcountytexas.com/944/Recovery

Helping Hands - Emergency food and financial assistance, rockwallhelpinghands.com/assistance-ref…

972-771-4357
assistance@rockwallhelpinghands.com

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19 Feb
Been tweeting RESOURCES threads for different Texas cities w/ links for those who need assistance or want to donate. They’ve been made better by folks adding their own resources in the threads. (Austin, SA, Houston, DFW, RGV, etc)

What other TX cities would you like us to list?
These are great suggestions, we are on it! And keep em coming.
OK, just posted San Angelo, College Station/Bryan, Temple, Corpus Christi, Abilene, Ballinger, Brownwood, Coleman and Eastland. More on the way!
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