In WWII I fought the NAZIs because of their disregard for human life. Now the US is doing something totally against the values that have made us outstanding in the world. This must stop.

It is immoral, inhumane, and illegal to rip children from their parents. President Trump has the power to stop this atrocity by simply making one phone call. Make the call!

Separating kids from parents when they are asking for asylum in the US is inhumane. On top of this, the enforcers do not currently have any methodical database to track these parents and their kids. And these parents will not have the means or the ability to find their kids in a foreign land. This is why we are asking Doctors Without Borders to intervene with psychological counseling and try to keep one database so that they could be reunited once this nightmare is over. The drug cartels are taking these innocent parents and kids as ransom at the Mexican side of our border. Hence the reason we are asking the Red Cross to intervene to try and keep these people safe on the Mexican side so that their applications can be processed in a safe, nonthreatening environment. All this inhumanity can be terminated by ONE person. And that is the US Attorney General - Jeff Sessions. And we are asking him to do that ASAP. Here is an explanatory video: https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/rep-o-rourke-family-separation-inumane-un-american-1257041987911 Please share and sign this petition, Thank you

As both an American Citizen and mother of two, I am appalled that migrant families who are seeking asylum in the United States from the atrocities being committed within their own countries are having their children separated from them. These children are being placed into detention centers with no parental contact and their parents have no knowledge of where their children are being held, the conditions they are being held in or whether or not their children are alive and well. ICE officials and the Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen refuses to disclose this information to members of the U.S. Congress and Senate. The United States Government, under the Trump Administration, is in breach of US Citizenship and Immigration Service Policy which states: "To obtain asylum through the affirmative asylum process you must be physically present in the United States. You may apply for asylum status regardless of how you arrived in the United States or your current immigration status." https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/asylum/obtaining-asylum-united-states I implore the UN Security Council to investigate this cruel policy and demand the status of and conditions where these children are being held. Children should not be used as pawns against a Xenophobic immigration policy.

The number of children being separated from their parents at the border as a result of Trump’s anti-immigration policies has grown so large that the Trump Administration wants to create “tent cities” along the Texas border to hold them. These are children who came to the U.S. border with their parents seeking protection from violent conditions back home. Not only has the Trump Administration separated them from their parents, the Administration wants to start holding them in places that have been referred to as “prison camps” and “concentration camps”. This is inhumane and should not be tolerated. Children belong on playgrounds with family members who love them. Both parents and children who seek asylum in the U.S. deserve to be safe and free. Sign the petition and tell Alex Azar, the Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that no child should be held in a prison camp.

Innocent children are being terrorized - under the false claim that by entering this country they and their parents create a security threat to the U.S. These horrors are being perpetrated by our government in the name of all Americans. Until we force our government to stop this brutal and truly heinous practice, we are guilty enablers.

**UPDATE** Thursday, June 14th Nelson received a 6 month stay of deportation this afternoon. This good news means that we can continue to fight to keep Nelson home! The bad news is the transplant surgeons will not give Nelson his new kidney unless he can guarantee to be home for one year of post operative care. The fight to keep Nelson home so he can get his life saving surgery (and live his life with his wife and children) continues! #KeepFamiliesTogether! The brief history: Nelson has lived in the Stamford, Connecticut for 30 years and is married to a U.S. citizen. He is a dad and a homeowner. Nelson’s wife Patricia successfully petitioned for him to stay in the US, but an ICE judge ignored the USCIS recommendation to approve his green card and wants him deported.    In what seems like a never-ending downpour of anti-immigrant, anti-family sentiments and actions at the hands our government, this is yet another show of the inhumanity and callousness of ICE.   Nelson’s deportation order is a de facto death sentence. If he returns to Honduras, he will die. He gets dialysis in his home town 3 to 4 times a week- and this is what is keeping him alive until his transplant.   Join us in speaking up for Nelson.  Please sign this petition and share it with 3 friends. Thank you. Charla Nich, Gini King, Vanesa Suarez, Terra Martin-Volpe CT Shoreline Indivisible, Unidad Latina en Accion, Action Together CT

Tearing children away from their families does not deter immigration or migration, it only creates trauma in multiple generations of human families. Stop this horrific practice immediately. For information on the Keeping Families Together Act, click here: https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?id=4C678FA3-F7A5-42FF-B8B5-D7ED4DD1F3CB

Earlier this month, two hundred federal immigration enforcement agents descended upon Corso’s Flower and Garden Centers in Sandusky and Castalia, Ohio, with machine guns and K-9 dogs as helicopters circled overhead. They were there to arrest and deport Ohioans who work hard and love their families, accusing them of immigration violations. All told, 114 Corso’s workers were arrested by ICE during the aggressive, SWAT-style operation. Just a week later, they struck AGAIN, this time at a meatpacking plant in Massillon, Ohio, where another 100 agents arrested more than 100 workers. Kirstjen Nielsen is the head of the Department of Homeland Security, and is responsible for running Donald Trump’s turbo-charged deportation machine. Rebecca Adducci is the Field Office Director for Detroit ICE, with control over operations in Michigan and Ohio. Not only is she responsible for utilizing an outrageous show of government force in order to arrest and deport humble workers, but she has presided over the systematic separation of Ohio and Michigan families ever since the Trump Administration took office. Raids like the one in Sandusky, Castalia, and Massillon are destroying Ohio and Michigan families, and those of us who disagree with what’s happening need to stand up and say it! Sign this petition to tell DHS Chief Kirstjen Nielsen and ICE Field Director Rebecca Adducci to rein in their excessive use of force and deportation practices that destroy families.

Last week I introduced legislation to prohibit the Trump Administration from indiscriminately separating immigrant kids from their parents. I believe Congress has a moral obligation to stand up and stop the federal government from ripping children from the arms of their parents. We should be in the business of keeping families together, not tearing them apart. Many of these families are fleeing violence and instability in search of security and safety here in the United States. It’s wrong to traumatize these kids further. Congress must take action right now.

Like so many other people, I am horrified by the administration's policy of separating refugee children from their parents at the border. Senator Jeff Merkley recently visited a detention center where these children are warehoused and exposed the horrific conditions in which they are held. These children are housed in large cages with other children of all ages crying and mourning the forced separation from their parents. Ivanka Trump is in a unique position as the daughter of the President and a member of his administration. She has a very close relationship with her father and may be the only person who could convince him to change his position on this unconscionable policy. She is a self-identified feminist and mother. This is an attempt to appeal to her humanity and heart. If she spoke to her father, he just might change his mind. To see an example of a letter I sent to Ivanka, click here - https://tinyurl.com/y7q43fcg. Please tweet Ivanka @IvankaTrump with the hashtag #IvankaReuniteRefugeeChildren along with your own message, a picture of you with your children, or another image that could awaken her compassion. This is about appealing to her heart, not shaming or attacking her. Shaming and attacking her will not create the change we want. Many of us have much deeper criticisms of the policies of the Trump administration and are in the streets challenging them. The goal of this petition is much more narrow. This particular outrage is one that violates all universal norms of humanity. Thus, we are attempting to reach the hearts of as many people as possible, including those who might disagree with us on other issues. So please share this not only with those who already oppose Trump or this policy, but also with members of your family, colleagues, co-workers, and others who normally would not publicly oppose Trump but who might be moved on this particular issue to sign this petition. Cat Zavis, Executive Director, Network of Spiritual Progressives seeking a new bottom line of love, compassion, generosity and social, economic, and environmental justice. www.spiritualprogressives.org

Earlier this month, at the direction of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who serves under Trump, it became official US policy to routinely and intentionally separate children from their parents at our southern border. [1] Hundreds of children have been ripped from their families: 658 kids in the first 13 days of the program alone. [2] And last week the ACLU released a report with horrifying details about the rampant abuse of children in custody at detention centers in our nation. [3] The situation is critical. On May 23, Claudia Gonzalez, a young woman from Guatemala was murdered by a CBP officer at the US - Mexico border. [4] There are hundreds of stories like this, and thousands more of children and families torn apart by Trump’s deportation force. Trump's facts are wrong, his name-calling is wrong, his policies are wrong, his callously hurting children is wrong... and we can't let his destructive actions become the final say that our possible future great grandchildren will read in their history books. The unhinged and false narrative of Donald Trump is harming our children, hurting our nation, and damaging our economy: FACT: There is no flood of immigrants coming north as Trump has said. In fact, there has been net negative migration at our southern border for years, in that more people are (and have been) going south across the border than have been coming north. [5] FACT: There is no tide of murderers coming into the U.S. as Trump has said. In fact, research show that recent immigrants are significantly less likely to commit crimes than anyone else. [6] FACT: There is not a drain on our economy from immigrants as Trump has said. In fact, immigrants are a key economic engine in our nation, working in every field and paying taxes. Immigrants or the children of immigrants started 40 percent of our Fortune 500 companies, as well as many small and medium-sized businesses, employing many people and fueling our economy and lifting our communities and families. [7] And, as Money CNN reported: “The truth is that undocumented immigrants contribute more in payroll taxes than they will ever consume in public benefits.” [8] FACT: It’s not a crime to apply for asylum. In fact, it’s a right protected by our national and international laws. Even the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, part of the Department of Homeland Security, found that 88 percent of the mothers and children entering at our southern border had credible fear, including escaping extreme sexual and gender-based violence, that meets the threshold for qualifying for asylum, which is a protected international human right. [9] Yet most are being stopped from being able to exercise their legal right. Jeff Sessions must lift his policy of separating children from their families and prosecuting migrants crossing the U.S. - Mexico border, many of whom are seeking asylum! It's time to speak out, to stand for children, to spread the word around to your friends about what's happening so they can stand up, too, and to make your voice heard. Sign on now! [1] “Jeff Sessions wants illegal immigrants to know they’ll be separated from their kids,” Vice News, May 7, 2018. [2] “658 children separated from parents at the border over 13 days,” WBTW News13, May 29, 2018. [3] “ACLU Report: Detained Immigrant Children Subjected To Widespread Abuse By Officials,” NPR, May 23, 2018. [4] “She came to the US for a better life. Moments after arrival, she was killed,” CNN, May 29, 2018. [5] “Yes, we are experiencing a net outflow of illegal, undocumented workers from America back to Mexico,” Politifact, April 26, 2017. [6] “Contrary to Trump’s Claims, Immigrants Are Less Likely to Commit Crimes,” The New York Times, January 26, 2017. [7] “40 Percent of Fortune 500 Companies Founded by Immigrants or Their Children,” Forbes, June 19, 2011. [8] “5 immigration myths debunked,” CNN Money, November 20, 2014. [9] “Trump administration drafts plan to raise asylum bar, speed deportations,” Reuters, February 18, 2017.