~ A message from our colleagues at the Coalition on Human Needs ~

We need your help by November 6th!

Click here to find out how to oppose Trump’s harsh new border rule

Months ago, the Trump Administration started separating kids from their parents at the border. Thanks to action by millions like you, this terrible practice was stopped.

Now under a new proposal by the Trump Administration, immigrant families seeking refuge in our country could be held indefinitely at the border for years.

This new proposed rule would make it harder to reunite children with family members, and therefore keep children in custody longer – a new way to revive the abhorrent separation of children from their families. And it would end protections initially agreed upon in a court settlement in 1996 called the Flores settlement.

We need your voice. The proposed rule is up for comment until November 6th. The Coalition on Human Needs has put together a guide with background information, template comments, and a link for posting comments online. It’s available here.

Once you’ve left a comment, please share this email as widely as you can.

A united voice for immigrant families has worked before. And it can work again.

The Departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) are obliged by law to take public comments into account. A large number of comments indicate widespread concern.

If you represent an organization with related expertise, or are a professional such as a physician or nurse, educator, social worker, etc., or can describe the impact you would expect family detention might have on your community, your background is important. And comments are not just reviewed by the Trump Administration. They are also read by judges who will have to decide whether the Administration is exceeding its authority. Recently, a judge ruling against the Trump Administration’s approval of Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky cited public comments as contributing to his decision.

Read more about immigration issues at CHN’s immigration page here.