{"id":9467,"date":"2019-07-01T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T07:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=9467"},"modified":"2020-02-13T22:15:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T06:15:50","slug":"how-to-help-immigrants-on-the-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=9467","title":{"rendered":"How to Help Immigrants on the Southern Border"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unless you live in your own little bubble, you’ve heard about the concentration camp situation at the southern border of the USA. I’m sure there are people who would say that I’m being a drama queen… and those people need to read this<\/a>. The actions taking place in denying these kids basic hygiene, clothes, and their families is unconscionable. If you want to pull a FOX News and say that “these aren’t our kids”, I pray God has mercy on your soul because you are in violation of Matthew 25:34-45<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please share this liberally. All I ask is that you credit me with a link as “Jen of Meditatio” as I don’t use my last name online.<\/p>\n

Anyway, before I start listing groups off, I want to remind people that I will gladly kill you off creatively in my Camp NaNoWriMo piece this month in exchange for a donation to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES)<\/a>. Details are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The first thing I recommend is begging your Congresscritters to hold hearings on the atrocities going on down there. If you don’t know your Congressional representative, click here<\/a>. Once you know your Congresscritters, go to their websites to find out their addresses.<\/p>\n

House member: http:\/\/[lastname].house.gov<\/strong>
\nSenator: http:\/\/[lastname].senate.gov<\/strong><\/p>\n

While you’re at it, I’m sure Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell would *LOVE* postcards from your area. Here are their addresses:<\/p>\n

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
\n1236 Longworth H.O.B.
\nWashington, DC 20515<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Honorable Mitch McConnell
\n317 Russell Senate Office Building
\nWashington, DC 20510<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be nice. Take them to task, but do so respectfully.<\/p>\n

My thanks to my friends Sarah, Elizabeth, Marie, Laura, Stacy, and Kelli Grace+ for their help in rounding up resources. I also used links to resources mentioned in this post<\/a> by Mary of Steel Magnificat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Individual Organizations<\/strong>
\nPreemptive Love<\/a>
\nNew Wave Feminists<\/a>
\nTogether Rising<\/a>
\nImmigrant Families Together<\/a>
\nLawyers for Good Government<\/a>
\nProject Corazon Travel Fund<\/a>
\nGroups Paying Immigrants’ Bail<\/a>
\nKids in Need of Defense (KIND)<\/a>
\nWomen\u2019s Refugee Commission<\/a>
\nACLU Immigrants\u2019 Rights Project<\/a>
\nAl Otro Lado<\/a>
\nThe Florence Project<\/a>
\nJustice in Motion<\/a>
\nInnovation Law Lab<\/a>
\nUnited We Dream<\/a>
\nAmerican Immigration Council<\/a>
\nNational Immigration Law Center<\/a>
\nHuman Rights First<\/a>
\nNational Immigrant Justice Center<\/a>
\nNational Bail Fund Network<\/a><\/p>\n

Faith-Based Statements and Efforts<\/strong>
\nUSCCB Justice for Immigrants campaign<\/a>
\nCatholic Legal Immigration Network<\/a>
\nEpiscopal Church’s page on Migration, Refugees, and Immigration<\/a>
\nEcumenical Statement on Children in Detention Centers<\/a>
\nLutheran Immigration and Refugee Service<\/a>
\nInterfaith Refugee and Immigration Service<\/a>
\nSacred Resistance: Our Commitment to Sanctuary<\/a> <\/p>\n

From Those on the Ground<\/strong>
\nBishop Michael Hunn of the Dicocese of the Rio Grande<\/a>: here<\/a> and here<\/a>
\nBishop Jim Gonia of Rocky Mountain Synod: here<\/a><\/p>\n

Protests<\/strong>
\nClose The Camps Now<\/a> (July 2)
\nLights for Liberty<\/a> (July 12)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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