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If you're in Michigan, here is an article about where some of the children are ending up here. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/06/19/immigrant-children-michigan-foster-care/711174002/

I'm not familiar with Samaritas, but Bethany has some info on their site about how to help: https://www.bethany.org/campaigns/refugee#?step=1

@NorthStar: I know. It's sick and sad and incredibly upsetting.

Self-care is important too - you can't help others unless you take care of yourself first.

@gotkimchi: This is real life...

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I saw a news article today the sec. Nielsen said separations will continue?? I have to look into it more but I already called my senators today to demand her resignation. We cannot accept liars

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: thats awesome.

@lioneyes: This - the LIES and the voracity with which they all LIE over and over again is the total mind-f*ck. I don't believe a single word that comes out of this administration.

Some I know through my activism circles posted this link:
https://www.theyoungcenter.org/volunteer-at-the-young-center/
They are looking for child advocates for unaccompanied immigrant children in Chicago, Houston, San Antonio, Harlingen, Phoenix, LA, NY and DC.

ETA: I may not be using the word voracity correctly, but I can't think of a better word - it's like they are hungry for the lies!

@lioneyes: I worry about this too and I also wonder what they’re lying about just to hide something worse! Like they’re just trying to distract us from what they’re really trying to hide

Hey, just want to thank the bees for talking about this tragedy. Since the '16 election and all the tragic shootings before and since, it seems like the multi-page tense topics on HB have been fewer (or is just me not always being around HB?). Anyway, back when we were debating candidates there were some tense days. Now it's like we are so way past that point.

Earlier this week, I spent an entire day (i.e. 10 hours) driving in the car for work, hearing the news stories from all over the radio dial. Not being able to google and read for myself, I found it impossible to figure out what the hell the story was: littles were being separated from parents, and-wait! it's always been happening, and Trump blames Congress, and Congress tells Trump to end it and there isn't enough room for immigrants and no plan for reuniting families and holy shit, everyday people are justifying this because immigrants are criminals. WTF. I'm not blaming media - no way. I'm just incensed at how twisted the story is.

Someone at work who is high up created a new completely onerous and asinine procedure this week. He is one of those power-trip people who does an incredibly effective job at minimizing other people's situations. He said something like, "there is nothing new in the [completely new] process than what we should already be doing." I thought I was original, calling it Trump logic, but I quickly found a parody Trump Logic twitter feed. Not surprisingly, the last post on it was 18 months ago when this all stopped being funny.

For those in the nyc area, councilman mark Levine has been organizing donations for the children brought here. I think they’re maxed out on physical stuff but need volunteers to sort and deliver goods still

There are marches and rlies to end family separation/end family detention this Saturday. Is everyone attending their local march?

I'm heading to the Brooklyn Bridge March-- we need big numbers. It shows we mean business and we are a movement with voting numbers.

@Anagram: we’ll be in Brooklyn too! I think we’re skipping the march part and showing up straight at Cadman plaza— we’re bringing the girls and the thought of being potentially stuck on the bridge for a real long time is making me anxious...

How/ are you all talking to your kids about this? I tried to explain to my 4yo tonight and she was so upset and scared

@nana87: we went today, but we didn't make it over the bridge! We were in Foley Square for almost 3 hours, and since it was so hot and I had my 2.5 year old with me, we waited until the entire crowd was crossing over the bridge (it took forrrever) and then went home. It was a major bottleneck since the pedestrian portion of the bridge is so narrow right now. It was silk a great rally in the NYC side. How was the Brooklyn side?

HHS is reporting there are around 3,000 children still in custody, separated from their families. And as many as 100 under the age of 5.

@Mama Bird: To comply with a federal judge's orders, the under 5s must be reunited by Tuesday and the rest have to be reunited by July 26th. We'll see if that happens... they are having to resort to DNA tests for at least some of the kids and parents to figure out who belongs to who...

@snowjewelz: That is HORRIFIC! I hope that's not true...

@snowjewelz: Nope, it's true...

http://thehill.com/latino/395752-lawsuit-trump-dhs-returned-lice-ridden-migrant-child-after-85-days

It's not proven that he wasn't bathed, but that's what the mother believes based on his condition...

The casual cruelty of this is so appalling. I want to see everybody involved in this tried for war crimes.

ETA: https://www.revealnews.org/article/defense-contractor-detained-migrant-kids-in-vacant-phoenix-office-building/?utm_source=Reveal&utm_medium=social_media&utm_campaign=twitter

Oh my God.

@gotkimchi: Yes, and apparently today they argued that they shouldn’t have to reunite the families if the parents (at least 19 with kids under 5) gave already been deported.

@erinbaderin: @gotkimchi: oh? I would love to see the judges that approved deporting them and didn't bother to let them get their kids first, booted off the bench. Like, with actual boots.