Help Free
Kids & Families
Hold Faith Vigils
Before & On Friday, July 17th
Take Action NOW!!
1) Go
HERE
to encourage ICE to release the children AND parents together!
2) See
HERE
to download prayers, images, and templates to hold a public or
family vigil on or before next Friday to lift up your support for children and
parents currently detained!
On June 26, federal U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee
ruled that all children detained
for more than 20 days at ICE Family Residential Centers be released no later than July 17, 2020, due to COVID-19; saying the centers "are 'on fire' and there is no more time for half measures."
260 children and parents
are currently detained in the three family detention centers in Dilley and Karnes City, Texas, and in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Judge Gee oversees compliance with the
Flores Settlement
, and has authority over detained children, but not their families.
Meanwhile, a separate court case (called
O.M.G. v. Wolf
) continues through D.C. courts; and is expected to announce a decision soon which could affect whether ICE must release the parents, too.
Unless there is an O.M.G. v. Wolf decision to push ICE to release the parents, ICE may do any of these by next Friday:
- Release children together with their parents
- Force parents to “choose” to remain detained while their children
are released to a sponsor; or
- Force parents to waive their children’s Flores rights and remain
detained together
Take Action NOW!!
1) Go
HERE
to encourage ICE to release the children AND parents together!
2) See
HERE
to download prayers, images, and templates to hold a public or
family vigil on or before next Friday to lift up your support for children and
parents currently detained!
