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HLADEMS STATEMENT on SEPARATING IMMIGRANT CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS 
We are heartbroken and angered by the Trump Administration’s cruel practice of separating immigrant children from their parents at the border.  This treatment is a direct result of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to prosecute all adults who arrive at the border for illegal entry, even when they are seeking asylum. We learned of a father who committed suicide following the seizure of his children. Just today the American public heard the story of a mother whose infant daughter was taken from her as she was breastfeeding.  And we all had a chance to see pictures of an overcrowded detention facility for boys in an abandoned WalMart building in Brownsville, Texas, where children sleep five to a room and have nearly no contact with their parents or the outside world. This treatment is inhumane and violates our values as Americans. 

The Heart of L.A. Democratic Club applauds Senator Dianne Feinstein for her leadership in introducing the Keep Families Together Act, legislation which is aimed at keeping immigrant families together by preventing the Department of Homeland Security from taking children from their parents at the border.  You can read more about the Act here.  We encourage you to contact your members of Congress (find them here) and encourage them to support this bill. 

Additionally, here are some things you can do to help now:
  • Join the Los Angeles Families Belong Together March today, Thursday June 14, at 5pm at MacArthur Park, or find another one near you.  
  • Can’t join in person?  Participate in the virtual event!     
  • Donate to organizations doing the work, such as the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) (http://www.chirla.org/), Public Counsel (http://www.publiccounsel.org/), and Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) (https://supportkind.org/)


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      • Homelessness Resources
    • STATEMENTS >
      • Heart of LA Democratic Club’s Statement on Audio Recordings of LA City Councilmembers’ Conversation
      • STATEMENT ON OVERTURNING OF ROE V WADE
      • Robb Elementary
      • STATEMENT ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
      • TEXAS
      • Supreme Court, Abortion Rights, and Mississippi
      • Oxford High School
      • Resolution in support of female and BIPOC firefighters in LAFD
      • Supreme Court, Abortion Rights, and Texas
      • Derek Chauvin Conviction
      • Heart of LA Democratic Club Statement Denouncing Violence and Hate Crimes Against the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community
      • Remove Donald Trump NOW
      • Honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
      • Statement Denouncing Hate Speech Against Women and Call for Action
      • Statement in support of the African American Community
      • International Workers Day 2020
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      • STATEMENT ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
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