Proyecto Dilley provides pro bono legal services to asylum-seeking families detained in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.
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A law professor at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, called the new 72-hour policy a “positive” sign, but cautioned that any detentions of children raised concerns because of research showing that children in such conditions suffered long-term damage.
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Some exciting news: our five longest-detained families are finally home with their sponsors!! They were released last Sunday and spent last week stranded in San Antonio waiting for their trips to be rescheduled. Huge thanks to the Interfaith Welcome Coalition for housing them!
This journey has not been easy. It took a huge community to keep these families in the US and to get them released. On the outside, they had an amazing team including @GT_Law @aldea_pjc @HaitianBridge @fams2gether, @amnestyusa, and everyone who called, wrote, and protested.
We finally secured safety for 23- but 6 families were already deported without ever having access to a lawful asylum screening, unprejudiced by unlawful Trump-era policies. These families have been sent back to danger and and anxious to return to safety. We need a #RightOfReturn.
This is such incredible news! We've finally secured #SafetyForThe28.
Our partners at @aldea_pjc & @ProyectoDilley have fought so hard for this moment, and we couldn't be happier for them and these asylum-seeking families.
Say it with us: Families belong together and free.
This family was separated by zero tolerance. In October, they were separated again, leaving 9 year old Fernando alone without mom or dad.
Ubaldo, his dad, is detained in Texas at risk of deportation. ICE is refusing to release him from detention, even though he is low priority.
For nearly 17 months, the Trump administration tried to deport the mother and daughter from El Salvador. The Biden administration may finish the job.
“It’s not been easy.”
It’s unlikely to get easier anytime soon.
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"Que ya me saquen de aquí": el clamor de una niña de 9 años recluida por ICE desde hace más de 500 días
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Read in English:
The migrant girl, 9 years old, detained by the US for 531 days and counting
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"Luisa is tired of her situation. "I have spent two Christmases here," she says. "I miss cooking food. I would like to cook my own food.""
Thank you @bbcmundo for highlighting the suffering of the longest-detained child currently in ICE family detention.
"Este tipo de políticas crea más caos y más dolor." - @SarahPierceEsq
Read the Spanish report below-- translation to come.
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Urge @alimayorkas @DirectorICEgov and @POTUS to #DefendFamilies, stop the deportation of families who have been lawfully been denied access to asylum and detained for a year and a half, and then RELEASE THEM! #FreeTheFamilies
Here is an action by @amnesty.
Everyone has a second to help a family. Take a moment and participate!
#DefendFamilies
act.amnestyusa.org/page/7534…
Thank you @bbcmundo for highlighting the suffering of the longest-detained child currently in ICE family detention.
"Este tipo de políticas crea más caos y más dolor." - @SarahPierceEsq
Read the Spanish report below-- translation to come.
bbc.com/mundo/noticias-inter…
Organizations and faith communities: Sign onto this letter and urge DHS not to deport our Dilley families!
🚨 Two urgent sign-on letters for organizations and faith communities.
First, urge @DHSgov to halt tomorrow's scheduled #deportation of families at Dilley. Letter closes today at 12:30 pm ET!
• View the letter: bit.ly/3tmyuPY
• Sign on here: forms.gle/7fSuhTc44G13Xeok8
When @JoeBiden tweeted this on June 27, 2020, the last 5 families in Dilley had been detained for an average of 299 days. Now, they have been detained for an average of 518 days.
Every single day these children remain detained exacerbates the lifelong trauma they face. A thread:
Children should be released from ICE detention with their parents immediately. This is pretty simple, and I can't believe I have to say it: Families belong together. nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/im…
"Research by the Australian Human Rights Commission found that children in detention facilities suffer from mental disorders and the level of mental health problems increases with time in detention."
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Children should be released from ICE detention with their parents immediately. This is pretty simple, and I can't believe I have to say it: Families belong together. nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/im…
It's well past time to #EndFamilyDetention. Too many children and families have been suffering too long. @POTUS needs to free our five families detained over 500 days immediately, and start working to shut down all family detention centers within 100 days. #FreeThemAll
Since @JoeBiden's inauguration, two children have celebrated their second birthdays in a row in ICE detention. They have both been detained with their mothers for over 500 days. How immediate is "immediately," @POTUS? #FreeThemAll
Children should be released from ICE detention with their parents immediately. This is pretty simple, and I can't believe I have to say it: Families belong together. nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/im…
. @JoeBiden we agree! Children should be released from ICE detention with their parents immediately!
Children should be released from ICE detention with their parents immediately. This is pretty simple, and I can't believe I have to say it: Families belong together. nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/im…
"ICE, Shah added, should also review the cases of the more than 14,000 immigrants it is currently detaining, including 200 migrant parents and children being held in family detention facilities."
#FreeTheFamilies
via @camiloreports
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The 5 children detained in Dilley since 2019 have been here for an average of 508 days. They are still waiting to find out if @JoeBiden's administration will finally release them to pursue their asylum claims in freedom.
They have spoken repeatedly about their hopes of release:
One 15 year old co-wrote this letter about their process and time in detention:
"In our experience, the government has not only subjected us to unfair and illegal processes, but it has also tortured us by keeping us detained for so long."
bit.ly/395cO30
L and her friends are safe from deportation for a little while longer! Tonight we celebrate; tomorrow, we fight to get them out of detention!
"As part of this renewed leadership, the Biden administration must free people from immigration detention, release all families together, and end family detention."
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