Tweeting on health care policy, immigration, advocacy in TX, and other topics of interest. Lucky in love. Opinions are my own.
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Cheasty A retweeted
Policies are necessary but they must be humane. Proud to co-author with @CheastyAnderson, a terrific writer. Thanks also to Tatiana Londoño and Jamie Turcios-Villalta.
JUST RELEASED: @CDFTexas's @CheastyAnderson and @TexasSteveHicks's Dean Luis Zayas have co-authored a powerful report on the mental health impacts of family detention and the community alternatives that should replace the inhumane policy. Learn more: cdftexas.org/policy/media/20…
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In a policy brief released this week, @CDFTexas's @CheastyAnderson and @TexasSteveHicks's Dr. Luis H. Zayas highlight the long-lasting harm inflicted on children and families through the abusive, traumatic, and dehumanizing practice of family detention: cdftexas.org/protecting-immi…
Cheasty A retweeted
Whoa. This is a first to my knowledge—the property owners of detention center (who lease it to a private prison company) suing to terminate the lease.
Big developments for ICE detention in NJ going on right now. Feels like a dam has finally burst.
Breaking: Yet another ICE detention facility may close in NJ. Today the owners of the former warehouse where @CoreCivic operates ICE's Elizabeth Detention Center sued CoreCivic to get out of the lease, alleging CoreCivic endangered detainees' lives by violating Covid rules. 1/
Lifting up this great op-ed by Dr. Luis Zayas on our responsibilities to children arriving at our border. statesman.com/story/opinion/… via @statesman
Cheasty A retweeted
This is a great article showing that while the state of Texas is apparently abandoning any role in the safe processing of asylum seekers, local communities are stepping up.
Per @RepEscobar: "Plans are in place for each migrant to be tested and quarantined if they test positive."
El Paso is ready to #WelcomeWithDignity
Grateful to Annunciation House, @HopeBorder and County of El Paso for leading us in welcoming and preparedness. Thank you for helping restore the right to seek asylum in the US. elpasomatters.org/2021/03/08…
Cheasty A retweeted
There are literally no caravans. The last one to leave Honduras in early January was broken up in Guatemala 2,000 miles from the US border and before Biden even took office. Since then, there haven't been any.
But of course facts aren't the point. Xenophobic fearmongering is.
Cheasty A retweeted
🚨BREAKING: Today, the Biden administration agreed to end all SCOTUS appeals of the previous administration’s #PublicCharge ‘wealth test’, which targeted low-income immigrants and their families. This paves the way for ending this dangerous & racist rule.
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Cheasty A retweeted
LIGHTS ON TEXAS, is tomorrow, y'all! So many amazing people have stepped up to support @FeedingTexas, including @joifortexas @wendydavis @BetoORourke @JulieOliverTX & musicians @_jakeetheridge @tiarragirls and @NancyWilson!! Stay tuned for a full slate.
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Millions of people cross borders into our country daily with no #COVID19 screening requirement. But asylum seekers? Rejected under Trump-era CDC policy Title 42. Migrants expelled daily under guise of health safety. This racist manipulation of fear must be rescinded! #EndTitle42
YES!
New this AM — The US government is set to start allowing some asylum-seekers who were required to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era border program to enter the US so they can complete their immigration proceedings on American soil.
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This is just such a dumb and hurtful policy. Newsflash - people are crossing in and out across the border ALL DAY EVERY DAY, but asylum seekers get Title 42'd. I expected better.
Cheasty A retweeted
If we go back to the Obama years, the number of families arriving at the border is completely precedented.
In other words, there is not a strong signal of a 2019 level spike in the arrivals of families and children.
What is there a spike of? Single adults, thanks to Title 42.
Looking for a way to help? Spanish speakers, read below.
Volunteer Opportunity: #YoungCenterHarlingen is recruiting a new cohort of Child Advocates. Learn more about what independent Child Advocates do at theyoungcenter.org/volunteer. To apply, please email [email protected]. Please RT and spread the word. Thank you!
ALT Call for Volunteers Rio Grande Valley Virtual Child Advocate Training February 20 & 21 Application Deadline: February 12 Apply to volunteer as a Child Advocate for immigrant children facing deportation. Advocates meet with a child in government custody once a week, learn their story, and advocate for their best interests alongside Young Center attorneys and social workers. Volunteers must attend a two-day training, be at least 21 years old, pass a health and background check, and speak Spanish. To apply, email [email protected].
People are cheering the "end" of MPP, but please understand that we only stopped *adding* new people to the program. Thousands are still stuck, and this is what's happening to them.
"I don't remember how many times nor how many of them raped me."
"I was kidnapped by the police."
"They cut off my pinky finger."
"The police handed us over to the [Jalisco cartel]"
Some of the horrible violence against migrants in Mexico reported by @ManuVPC @albertopradilla
This is satisfying.
CoreCivic and GEO’s stock prices are dropping precipitously in the wake of Biden’s announcement $CXW $GEO #bizhumanrights
