Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Tuesday 5/29 Call to Action

Tuesday
1. Immigrant Children
It has been difficult to escape the news of missing immigrant children swirling around media this weekend. This is a shameful time in America. There is more than one story happening here and it’s important to understand the difference between the two.
Federal Agencies Lost Track of Nearly 1,500 Migrant Children Placed With Sponsors
A top official with the Department of Health and Human Services told members of Congress on Thursday that the agency had lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children it placed with sponsors in the United States, raising concerns they could end up in the hands of human traffickers or be used as laborers by people posing as relatives. The children were taken into government care after they showed up alone at the Southwest border. Most of the children are from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, and were fleeing drug cartels, gang violence and domestic abuse, government data shows.
Some argue that we should not be bringing attention to these missing migrant children. Unaccompanied minors are often paired up with relatives living in the United States. The migrant children may be avoiding members of DHHS because their sponsors are undocumented and fear deportation.
Parents and Children are being separated at the border.
Reports have revealed that a new directive from the Trump administration is systematically removing children, as young as 12 months of age, from their parents at America’s borders. Not all of these families are caught entering illegally. Some families are following the proper guidelines to enter the U. S. seeking asylum. The children are taken away and are given little to no contact with their parents for months. (!!) I cannot even imagine the turmoil of losing a child.
https://www.nytimes.com/…/immigrant-children-separation-ice…
This is a true outrage and we should be making tons of noise about it.
Watch this clip: Chris Hayes on 'despicable' new Trump policy https://www.msnbc.com/…/trump-administration-separating-par… via @msnbc
There are TONS of resources to help you take action. Check them out here:
Senator Tina Smith has proposed a new bill, The HELP Separated Children Act, that will safeguard innocent children traveling through America’s borders: https://twitter.com/SenTinaSmith/status/1000083394087276545
This week, call your members of Congress, and use social media to shed light on this unacceptable behavior. Donate to programs that fight for these families. Volunteer your time and money to quality candidates who will make America a place worth fighting for.
2. We’re right around the corner from another set of special elections – and we’ve got the chance to help roll back some of the damage Scott Walker has done to Wisconsin from home. On June 12, the two seats Walker tried to avoid calling special elections for are up.
http://host.madison.com/…/article_fbfc02a2-ef80-597a-acfa-5…
Flippable is organizing virtual phonebanks to help elect Caleb Frostman to the state senate and Ann Groves Lloyd to the assembly. Let’s join in! We can sign up here: https://events.mobilizeamerica.io/flippable/event/1481/
3. Blue Wave
Want to know the best way to get out the vote? It’s canvassing. Nothing beats face to face interaction with voters. Put on your walking shoes and join a local campaign in some lively door knocking. If we all do a little we can make a big difference. What we do in the next 5 months will affect our lives for years to come.
https://politicalcharge.org/…/what-is-the-1-most-effective…/
Want to volunteer for a campaign?
https://en.wikipedia.org/…/Minnesota_House_of_Representativ…
Here are the candidates in congressional district 2
Angie Craig: https://cd2action.com/congress/
State Congress for CD2: https://cd2action.com/minnesota-house/
Dean Phillips: https://www.facebook.com/deanphillipsforcongress/
State Congress for CD3: https://www.dfl3cd.org/candidates/
Sites to Check:
If Trump fires Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, please be ready to take to the streets in protest.
https://act.moveon.org/…/mueller-firing-rapid-respo…/search/
CD2Action https://cd2action.com/, @CD2action
League of Women Voters MN https://lwvmn.org/
Klobuchar-202-224-3244
Smith (202) 224-5641
House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
MN Legislators: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/legislators
Resistbot: https://resistbot.io/
Governor Dayton- https://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/
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