Families Belong Together Coalition Announces List of Demands for June 30 Day of Action
Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996
Washington, DC — Event organizers today announced a list of core demands that will be at the forefront of the over 650 protests now scheduled in every state in the nation for Saturday, June 30th.
At a time when there is still widespread confusion about national policy and thousands of immigrant children remain separated from their parents, groups ranging from National Domestic Workers Alliance to the Youth Caucus for America to the Presbyterian Church to the ACLU and MoveOn are choosing to focus together on three key demands for the Trump administration.
Yesterday's ruling in a federal court in California provides real hope for children and families who have been torn apart by the Trump Administration but it does not solve this crisis. The Administration has fought tooth and nail in court to prevent children and families from being reunited and may appeal or decline to obey the ruling. And it does not address the family detention crisis. Reports indicate the government doesn't even know where all the previously separated children are. Americans will take to the streets this Saturday to ensure that families are reunited immediately and that these inhumane policies end now.
Additionally, yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Muslim Ban demonstrates the need for continued vigilance. In that case, the Supreme Court endorsed another component of the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant, anti-family agenda.
"Yesterday’s shameful ruling from the Supreme Court on the Muslim Travel Ban, coming on the heels of congressional inaction in the face of family separation, has underlined one simple fact: We cannot rely on those in government to stop the Trump administration’s attacks on communities of color and minority groups across the country. In order to move past this dark chapter in our nation’s history, all of us have to show true solidarity, make our voices heard on the streets, and demand change," said Jessica Morales-Rocketto, Families Belong Together and National Domestic Workers Alliance.
Families Belong Together Demands
Reunite families now: Permanently end family separation and immediately reunify those that have been separated. ICE must release parents immediately so that ORR can reunify them with their children.
End family detention: Children and families deserve due process, not indefinite imprisonment. Children do not belong in baby cages and internment-like camps. Family incarceration is not the solution to family separation.
End ‘Zero Humanity:' Reverse the Trump administration’s policy that created this crisis and chaos to begin with. Parents should not be criminally prosecuted for doing what all parents do, which is bring their children to safety. This horrible nightmare for families will only end when Trump permanently stops his 100% prosecution policy.
The anchor event is in Washington, D.C. across from the White House on Saturday, June 30th, at 11 am. Press logistics and credential info will be circulated to media Thursday morning.
WHEN: Saturday, June 30, 11 am ET
WHERE: Lafayette Square, Washington, DC
WHAT: The anchor rally for the national Families Belong Together day of action, which will bring protesters to Lafayette Square, just across from the White House, to demand that Trump and his administration reunite and stop detaining families.
MORE INFO: www.familiesbelongtogether.org
TO FIND ANY OF THE OVER 650 EVENTS BEING ORGANIZED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OR SIGN UP TO HOST A NEW JUNE 30 EVENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY HERE:
FamiliesBelongTogether.org
Participating organizations in the rapidly growing coalition involved in this event include:
#VOTEPROCHOICE
270 Strategies
ACLU
Action Together Massachusetts
Action Together Network
Advancement Project
American Federation of Teachers
Al Otro Lado
Alliance for Justice
Alliance for Youth Action
American Constitution Society
American Ethical Union
American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA)
Amnesty International USA
Anti-Defamation League
Arab American Institute
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
ASISTA
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) at the Urban Justice Center
Asylum Seeker Assistance Project
Avaaz
Bend the Arc
Beyond the Bomb
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
Center for Victims of Torture
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc.
Chicago Women Take Action
Children's Defense Fund-Texas
Church World Service
Coalition on Human Needs
Congregational UCC Greensboro
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)
Constitutional Accountability Center
Council on American-Islamic Relations
CREDO
Daily Kos
DC Immigration Hub
DC Teens Action
Dulles Justice Coalition
End Rape on Campus
Equal Voice Action
Every Voice
Families Belong Together
Families USA
Feminist Majority Foundation
FIRM
Foreign Policy for America
Friends of the Earth
Gamaliel
Global Fund for Children
GreenLatinos
Greenpeace
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network
Health Care Voter
Hispanic Federation
Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights First
IfNotNow
Immigration Hub
Indivisible
Japanese American Citizens League
Jewish Voice for Peace
JStreet
JWI
Latin America Working Group
Latino Victory Foundation
Lawyers for Good Government
Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights
Leadership Conference of Women Religious
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
LGBTQ Task Force
Little Lobbyists
MarchOn
MomsRising
MoveOn
Muslim Advocates
NARAL
National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF)
National Iranian American Council
National Justice for Our Neighbors
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National Network to End Domestic Violence
National Nurses United
National Organization of Concerned Black Men
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Women’s Law Center
NCJW
National Domestic Workers Alliance
National Education Association
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Network of Spiritual Progressives
NextGen America
One Billion Rising
Organizing for Action
Oxfam America
Pantsuit Nation
ParentsTogether
People For the American Way
People's Action
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Positive Women's Network-USA
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Priorities USA
Public Citizen
Race Forward
Rainforest Action Network
Really American
Resistance Labs
SALDEF
Sanctuary for Families
SEIU
SIECUS
Sierra Club
Sister District Action Network
Sojourners
South Asian Americans Leading Together
Southern Poverty Law Center
Stand Up America
SumOfUs
Tax March
The Leadership Conference
The Workmen’s Circle
Together We Will Contra Costa
Truman National Security Project
UltraViolet
UnidosUS
Unitarian Universalist Association
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ)
United State of Women
United We Dream
Voto Latino
Win Without War
Women's March
Women's Refugee Commission
Youth Caucus of America
YWCA USA