We were beaten, we were tear-gassed. I thought I was going to die on this bridge. But somehow and some way, God almighty helped me here. We cannot give up now. We cannot give in. We must keep the faith, keep our eyes on the prize.
At Shabbat services tonight. under armed guard., the kids sang L’dor Vador (From Generation to Generation): “We are gifts and we are blessings, we are history in song/ We are hope and we are healing, we are learning to be strong”
I am so sorry about the world we’re leaving them.
Hundreds of migrant children are being woken in the middle of the night and taken to unregulated tent camps where there is no schooling and only limited access to legal aid. https://t.co/WDbHSwCu3M
The NYT op-ed has the entire administration tripping all over each other protesting abt cowardice and shame. What about this? Is this shameful cruelty on anyone's radar?
"Smith responded to a group dinner invitation whose host said his home would be “judenfrei,” a German word used by the Nazis ... to describe territory that had been “cleansed” of Jews"
Smith replied: “They don’t call it Freitag for nothing.” https://t.co/rItXRHAAA4
"Records linking children to their parents have disappeared, and in some cases have been destroyed, according to two officials of the Department of Homeland Security" https://t.co/flgXm5PL8N
At the ICE facility I visited, I met a woman from Mexico who has lived here for 18 years. She called 911 after her husband brutally beat her. They turned her over to immigration authorities. She now fears deportation. She has 3 kids.
There should be no agency with this mission.
The administration’s current family separation policy is an affront to the decency of the American people, and contrary to principles and values upon which our nation was founded. The administration has the power to rescind this policy. It should do so now.
It is now the official policy of the US government - a nation of immigrants - to separate children from their families. That is an absolute disgrace. #FamiliesBelongTogether.
Breaking: the U.S. Senate just voted 52-47 vote on the bill to restore #NetNeutrality and to protect a fair and open internet. Amazing victory for consumers, small businesses and rural communities. Final vote at 3. Watch on CSpan!