CBarberMDJan 27

It’s unconscionable that 5-yo Liam Conejo Ramos — taken from his family as he returned from preschool — has now been held for 5 DAYS in a Texas ICE detention center while his father pursues an active asylum case.

Detainees inside Dilley call the facility “a horrible, horrible place” with putrid water and meals with dirt and bugs, and say guards treat families like criminals. Can't imagine the trauma Liam's already experienced. This must stop. #FreeLiam #HumanRights #EndFamilyDetention

Carolyn Barber, MDJan 27

It’s unconscionable that 5-yo Liam Conejo Ramos — taken from his family as he returned from preschool — has now been held for 5 DAYS in a Texas ICE detention center while his father pursues an active asylum case.

Detainees inside Dilley call the facility “a horrible, horrible place” with putrid water and meals with dirt and bugs, and say guards treat families like criminals. Can't imagine the trauma Liam's already experienced. This must stop. #FreeLiam #HumanRights #EndFamilyDetention #press

Show threadGabe OrtízMar 7, 2023
America’s Voice executive director Vanessa Cardenas: “President Biden should have a long talk with 2020 presidential candidate Biden about this. What was wrong and ineffective to candidate Biden then should be just as wrong and ineffective from his seat in the Oval Office.” #EndFamilyDetention
Show threadGabe OrtízMar 7, 2023
“In his presidential platform, candidate Biden also stated: ‘It is a moral failing and a national shame … when children are locked away in overcrowded detention centers and the government seeks to keep them there indefinitely.’” #EndFamilyDetention
Gabe OrtízMar 7, 2023

The Biden admin is reportedly considering reinstating family detention. America’s Voice reminds that as a candidate, Biden called for children to be released with their parents. “Families belong together,” he tweeted in 2020. 👇🏽 #EndFamilyDetention

https://americasvoice.org/press_releases/president-biden-should-have-a-long-talk-with-2020-presidential-candidate-biden-about-this-vanessa-cardenas-reacts-to-proposed-reinstitution-of-family-detention/

“President Biden Should Have a Long Talk with 2020 Presidential Candidate Biden About This” - Vanessa Cárdenas Reacts to Proposed Reinstitution of Family Detention - America's Voice

Washington, DC – The reported news that the Biden Administration is considering reinstating family detention is a disturbing development that threatens to again take the administration in the wrong direction on immigration policy. According to Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice:  “No way, no how should the Biden administration be considering restarting family detention… Continue »

America's Voice
Show threadGabe OrtízMar 7, 2023
“Although no final decision has been made, the move would be a stark reversal for President Biden, who came into office promising to adopt a more compassionate approach to the border after his predecessor, former President Donald J. Trump, introduced a series of harsh immigration policies.” #EndFamilyDetention
Show threadGabe OrtízMar 7, 2023
The Biden administration had “largely ended the practice of family detention, instead releasing families into the United States temporarily and using ankle bracelets, traceable cellphones or other methods to keep track of them.” #EndFamilyDetention
Gabe OrtízMar 7, 2023

The Biden administration to consider reinstating detention of migrant families.

The abhorrent practice of migrant family detention “has long been controversial, in part because of years of scientific consensus that detaining minors, even with their parents, can cause developmental damage.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/06/us/politics/biden-immigration-family-detention.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #EndFamilyDetention

U.S. Is Said to Consider Reinstating Detention of Migrant Families

President Biden has turned to increasingly restrictive measures as his administration prepares for the end of Title 42, which has allowed border authorities to swiftly expel migrants.

The New York Times
Caitlin WaddickJul 5, 2019
#EndFamilyDetention. Happy "No 4th of July".
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#closethecamps #closethecampsnow #familiesbelongtogether #whatweallowwillcontinue #ImmigrantRights #ctzn #ctznwell #loveisjustice
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