Let me know if anyone wants to join us in carpool to the vigil tonight.
We will try to leave Falls Church about 7:00 or so.
Hi Tim-
Protest vigil is scheduled for July 10th. Could you please help spread the word?
Thanks,
Rhonda
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MEDIA ADVISORY
Virginia Group to Call for Immigrant Family Reunification at Vigil Outside
Child Detention Facility
(Prince William County, VA, 7/8/18) – On Tuesday, July 10, the Alliance for
Family Reunification (AFR) of Prince William County will hold a candlelight
vigil outside a Virginia facility housing immigrant children who were separated
from their families by Trump administration policy.
WHAT: Alliance for Family Reunification - Prince William County - Candlelight
Vigil for Family Reunification
WHERE: Outside Youth For Tomorrow, 11835 Hazel Circle Dr., Bristow, VA 20136
WHEN: Tuesday, July 10, 8-9 p.m.
CONTACT: R. Reese, 571-247-1868,
media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Nathan
Mowery, Nathan@xxxxxxxxxx
At the vigil outside the Youth For Tomorrow facility in Bristow, Va., the
alliance will demand that the Trump administration take immediate and
transparent steps to reunify the children with members of their biological
family.
Some reports indicate that the Trump administration does not intend to reunite
all the families and might place some children in foster homes. The New York
Times reported that officials at U.S. Customs and Border Protection deleted
records that would have connected parents with their children.
Gov. Inslee: Trump admin won’t reunite all migrant families, will place some
kids in foster care
https://thinkprogress.org/gov-inslee-trump-admin-wont-reunite-all-migrant-families-will-place-some-kids-in-foster-care-8f8f870f69f5/
The mess of migrant family reunifications (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-mess-of-migrant-family-reunifications/2018/07/07/a66227fa-8146-11e8-b658-4f4d2a1aeef1_story.html
A judge has imposed a July 10 deadline for the reunification of parents with
their children under 5 and July 26 for all other separated families.
Judge denies Trump request for more time to reunite children separated from
parents at border
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-border-family-separation-20180706-story.html
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar said last week that the
Trump administration “doesn’t know exactly how many of the children in its care
were separated from parents under the policy” and that HHS is planning DNA
tests to “confirm parent-child relationships for nearly 3,000 children.”
SEE: Justice Department Asks for More Time to Reunite Migrant Families
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/family-separation-justice-department-trump-doj-asks-for-more-time-to-reunite-migrant-families.html
The Alliance for Family Reunification of Prince William County is a
non-partisan coalition of concerned individuals and organizations seeking the
immediate and transparent reunification of families separated at the border by
the Trump administration.
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