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#Throwback to @childrightsprof & @juliemlinton's interview on @cnn with @donlemoncnn last month, where the conditions & impacts of migrant child detention were discussed. (thread)
Children being "put on buses in the middle of the night and being driven across state lines, to locations that were hours and hours away from where their parents were, having siblings dropped off at other locations...being just terrified"
"this administration is breaking the black letter law. The TVPRA clearly requires that children be placed in the least restrictive environment possible, in the child's best interest, and there is no question that [these facilities] are not in the children's best interest..."
Check out this press conference in TX and #calltoaction
We need to call on elected officials and demand that the government sanctioned abuse and neglect of migrant children is ended.
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We need to call on elected officials and demand that the government sanctioned abuse and neglect of migrant children is ended.
#amplifythechildren
facebook.com/projectamplify…
@childrightsprof reads a heartbreaking testimony of children who are kept in a crowded room, with exposed toilets & no privacy, where they don't get access to showers, where they sleep on cement floors, & only leave the room 2 times in the duration of their detention.
@childrightsprof There is no question that this is abuse and severe neglect.
We all have an obligation to pressure lawmakers to
➡️ investigated the abuse and neglect
➡️ take these children into protective custody
➡️ provided safe homes -children don't belong in jail like facilities
We all have an obligation to pressure lawmakers to
➡️ investigated the abuse and neglect
➡️ take these children into protective custody
➡️ provided safe homes -children don't belong in jail like facilities
(1/4) Preparation for the expert accounts in DC Medical Experts in DC to brief Congress on 9/11 and 9/12 on the harm to children from government mistreatment.
Dr. Warren Binford, Willamette University --- Photo by Project Amplify
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Dr. Warren Binford, Willamette University --- Photo by Project Amplify
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(2/4) Preparation for the expert accounts in DC Medical Experts in DC to brief Congress on 9/11 and 9/12 on the harm to children from government mistreatment.
Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Harvard ---Photo by Project Amplify
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Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Harvard ---Photo by Project Amplify
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(3/4) Preparation for the expert accounts in DC Medical Experts in DC to brief Congress on 9/11 and 9/12 on the harm to children from government mistreatment.
Dr. Ryan Matlow, Stanford--- Photo by Project Amplify
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Dr. Ryan Matlow, Stanford--- Photo by Project Amplify
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So what's with the depressing pictures?
Welcome, yeah, it's a thing. I'm painting a new quote from a person detained at the border each day until this nightmare ends. Come join me. What can you do if you agree this sucks? (From easiest to hardest):
Welcome, yeah, it's a thing. I'm painting a new quote from a person detained at the border each day until this nightmare ends. Come join me. What can you do if you agree this sucks? (From easiest to hardest):
1. Follow me and share them. None of this matters if it doesn't help people get informed and stay focused. The more places this shows up on the internet the better. They're counting on us losing focus. Don't lose focus.
2. Call the white house, your reps, write to them, drive them crazy so it's clear that we have not forgotten, and they won't be excused for their inaction. People are literally dying because this administration refuses to accept legal asylum seekers and release them to family
Perhaps less short than I intended. In my defense, a lot of it really was waiting for paint to dry. My last few days have been quotes about deliberate cruelty from adults. Today's follows the same theme, but the narrator is 7. Before we go on, think of a 7 year old you know.
Got one? Take a few deep breaths, because you're about to be mad as hell. This one takes a few tweets to get even the shortened relevant quote. It's shortened for 7 year old narrating lack of brevity and word economy :)
Day 18: “Yesterday after lunch the nurse brought a lice comb and hairbrush. A while later the guard came back and asked for (them)”
“We did not know where they were. We looked at each other to see who had the combs”
“We did not know where they were. We looked at each other to see who had the combs”
