Transforming Borders: America, we are better than this 👇
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. -MLK Jr. We can and will turn this ship around!
We welcome refugees, not because they are American... but because we are American. - Quote by Krish O'Mara Vignarajah
America, we are better than this 👇
Did you know two more were found dead in the Rio Grande as a result of the brutal razor wire?1
“A child from Honduras was one of two people found dead on or near the buoy barrier Texas installed in the Rio Grande to deter migrants, Mexican officials said Thursday, a growing toll that critics blamed on Gov. Greg Abbott’s ‘barbaric’ border security tactics. ‘No good person would do this,’ Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his daily news conference. ‘This is inhumane, and no person should be treated like this.’
The inhumanity at our borders must end.
“As if recent revelations about pushing migrant children back into the Rio Grande and denying water to mothers wasn’t enough, we now are learning that Gov. Greg Abbott is reinstituting family separations and forcing us to revisit one of the darkest chapters of recent American history. - America’s Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas
Additionally, we as a nation are still deporting veterans of the US Military2 and our promise to dreamers3 is on shaky ground.
Now is the time to demand our elected officials act; we cannot afford to wait any longer. People Power United members believe in the possibility of change and work to make it happen. Here are two (2) people-powered actions we can take to make our community safer:
Click here to tell Congress: We Need Immigration Reform Now
Call your member of Congress (202) 224-3121 and tell them, "Urgent Action is needed to remove the miles of razor wire on our border; it is unacceptable and inhumane. We must also pass immigration reform and keep our promise to dreamers."
Sidenote
One of my favorite quotes is by Martin Luther King Jr. "We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now." Here is a photo of myself fighting for justice a few years ago. This photo was taken at an immigration facility in Florida that was not providing healthcare to folks sick with COVID-19. We can not stop fighting for folks in our community.
Thanks for taking action!
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/03/two-dead-in-rio-grande-where-texas-installed-razor-wire-and-buoys/70522492007/
https://www.borderreport.com/news/military/400-deported-veterans-want-to-come-back-to-u-s/
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/daca-turns-11-white-house-calls-immigration-reform/story?id=100084798
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