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Phase 1 border processing leaves out thousands of ppl w/ closed MPP cases, on the illegal metering list, & ppl who arrived in TJ w/in the last yr unable to access the system. ImmDef joined #CAWelcomingTaskForce partners to give legal & humanitarian support. #WelcomeWithDignity 🧵 
ImmDef Paralegal Andres Peña after speaking w/asylum seekers in TJ: "There is much confusion & misinformation going around, giving false hope to so many. These new policies also create division among migrant groups, because not everyone is being allowed to enter the US." Cont.
"..This just shows how broken and unjust our immigration system is. We need immediate action from the new administration and we need to restore asylum now." - ImmDef Paralegal Andres Peña. #WelcomewithDignity #DefendAsylum #EndTitle42
Today, we joined @ImmDef, @HaitianBridge, @EspacioMigrante, @AFSCSanDiego, @PuebloSF & @AlOtroLado_Org in Tijuana to provide urgently needed information to hundreds of people still in dangerous conditions waiting for their day of #WelcomeWithDignity to seek asylum in the US.
The organizations in California on the US side of the border are fully prepared to safely #WelcomeWithDignity those who seek protection in the US from harm in their home countries and in Mexico.
While we are overjoyed for the 25 people whose families will sleep safely in the US tonight after being removed from MPP, there is an urgent need for clear information and solutions for those still in danger in Mexico. We will keep fighting by their side to #DefendAsylum.
To meaningfully address systemic racism in America - as the #Biden admin has pledged - immigration must be included. A dedicated Task Force and resources are needed. Call on @POTUS to establish a Task Force on Black immigrants now: p2a.co/K7K44Jr #Act4BlackImms
On the last day of Black Immigrant Advocacy Week of Action, we call on the #Biden administration to immediately end the detention & deportation of Black immigrants! @POTUS has promised to address systemic racism in the U.S. - immigration MUST be included. #Act4BlackImms
From the moment someone is inhumanely put in immigration detention, their health, both mental and physical, begins to deteriorate. #Act4BlackImms
Seeking asylum is an internationally-recognized human right, yet far too many Black asylum seekers are denied due process, locked in detention, and eventually deported. @DHS_Secretary must address racism in the asylum system and transform it towards justice! #Act4BlackImms
After years of heightened discrimination in the asylum and refugee systems, @DHS_Secretary must restore justice and root out white supremacy so that Black immigrants fleeing harm may find peace. @DHSgov #Act4BlackImms #DefendAsylum #RefugeesWelcome #ImmigrationIsABlackIssue
Deborah Jane, a Ugandan mother of four children who survived an acid attack, reminds us “America closing its doors on the most vulnerable refugees would be like pushing them to die.” #BlackHistoryMonth #Act4BlackImms
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