David,
This isn’t a fundraising email, and we’re
not writing to you about tonight’s FEC deadline either. But it’s one of the
most important emails you’ll receive today.
At the Clint Border Facility in Clint, TX —
just outside of El Paso — more than 100 children are being detained in
conditions so unsafe and inhumane that it’s being called “a public health
crisis.” Children caring for other children, sleeping on concrete floors, and
lacking the most basic care and supplies like toothbrushes, soap, or beds. This
is happening, right now, in our nation’s name and under
our government’s watch.
Conventional wisdom tells us that today we
should be hosting big fundraising events and making phone calls to donors. But
this is a human rights crisis that demands immediate action. These children
deserve respect, dignity, and humane living conditions. Moving them out of
these facilities quickly, providing them adequate shelter and support, and
uniting them with family members should be this administration’s immediate
priority.
That’s why Beto just held a rally outside
of the facility with political leaders and activists from all over the country
to demand that this mistreatment of children — as well as the separating of
families and indefinite detainment of immigrants — immediately end.
We’re asking you to make a donation — not
to our campaign, but to the Diocesan Migrant & Refugee
Services of El Paso. They’re an incredible organization that
provides legal services for adults and unaccompanied immigrant children in the
local immigration detention centers and shelters. 100% of
your contribution will go to them. You can chip in here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/diocesan-migrant-refugee-services
Last year, on Father’s Day, Beto led a
march to raise awareness about the mistreatment and detention of children at
the Tornillo facility in El Paso, where thousands of migrants were being
detained. He continued to return to the camp until all of the children were
successfully released and the facility was shut down.
This
crisis in Clint, TX demands our attention now.
And as the current administration launches cruel attack after cruel attack upon
immigrants, asylum seekers, and children, we must continue to fight.
Thank you,
Team Beto
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