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In July, immigrant youth and families will make the journey from Newark, N.J. to Washington, D.C., to tell Congress how immigration enforcement policies tear apart their families. 
 
Detention and deportation have a particularly traumatic impact on the children whose parents and caregivers are taken from their community. Between 2010 and 2012, over 200,000 parents of U.S.-citizen children were deported, leaving tens of thousands of children without at least one of their parents.

That’s why AFSC and immigrant allies in Newark are partnering to ask members of Congress to hear directly from immigrant families about the human impacts of detention and deportation.  

Ask your members of Congress to be there to learn the consequences of immigration enforcement policies

[From an immigration march & press conference we had earlier this year in NJ. More about the Newark Immigrants Rights Program at http://afsc.org/office/newark-nj]

From a vigil in Denver before a deportation hearing of a community member. http://afsc.org/office/denver-co

Speaking out for humane immigration reform is one of the many ways we can speak out against private profit governing public policy. You can learn more on Oct 30 at our online discussion on border militarization. For more details and to RSVP visit http://afsc.org/hangout

Learn more about how private companies are profiting off of and shaping immigration policy & how to take action at our online discussion “Boots on the Border” Oct 30. Details at http://www.afsc.org/hangout