New Ad: 红杏视频 Pressures Trump on Family Reunification
Media Blitz Part of Larger Effort Against Humanitarian Catastrophe Trump Created
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NEW YORK 鈥 After a federal court ordered the reunification of thousands of parents and children forcibly separated by the Trump administration, the 红杏视频 launched a seven-figure national ad buy demanding Trump immediately reunite families separated by his administration鈥檚 policies, saying that the clock is ticking.
鈥淟ast night鈥檚 federal court ruling was an enormous victory, but this crisis is not over until thousands of children who were brutally and inhumanely separated are reunified with their parents,鈥 said 红杏视频 Executive Director Anthony D. Romero.
The judge stated in the 红杏视频 case 鈥渢he government has no system in place to keep track of, provide effective communication with, and promptly produce alien children. The unfortunate reality is that under the present system migrant children are not accounted for with the same efficiency and accuracy as property.鈥
Moreover, the government has fought every effort to reunite separated families. In a submission prior to Tuesday鈥檚 ruling, 鈥淭his Court should give the agencies time to take action, rather than issuing an injunctive order鈥 Because the timeline for reunification proposed by Plaintiffs is not tied to any of the applicable law governing the release of putative class members or their children, it is arbitrary and Plaintiffs have shown no good reason why the Court should order such relief.鈥
Romero continued, 鈥淕iven the fact that the government has dragged its feet throughout this entire crisis, we expect them to stonewall every effort to reunite the children with their families. That鈥檚 why we鈥檙e taking our message and our grassroots power to Brownsville, to marches around the country and to the airwaves: we must not let these children be without their parents any longer.鈥
The 红杏视频 is keeping the heat on the administration to ensure children and parents are once again brought together. The Trump administration can鈥檛 hide from the stark truth that they created this crisis and it will not be solved until the families that have been torn apart are reunited and family separations and indefinite detention at the border come to a halt. The ad 鈥溾 will begin airing tomorrow on MSNBC, CNN, and HGTV. A will also air on Telemundo and Univision.
This ad buy is part of a larger advocacy effort that includes a mobilization, hosted with partner organizations, this to confront the Trump administration's family separation policy at a courthouse where migrants are prosecuted, as part of the 鈥渮ero tolerance鈥 policy that has created a humanitarian crisis at the border.
Participants in the Brownsville action will stand in solidarity with immigrants being prosecuted, as well as those waiting for days or weeks to apply for asylum at nearby ports of entry; thousands detained without due process at ICE鈥檚 Port Isabel mega-jail; and children caged by Border Patrol in 鈥渇reezers.鈥 Local residents and community members with firsthand experience of family separation and detention will share their stories.
On Saturday, June 30, the , and other partners to cosponsor a nationwide call to action to keep pressure on the Trump administration to comply with the court鈥檚 order and stop separating families.
Those traveling to the rally from the McAllen Airport will see billboards in four locations. They are posted close to border patrol stations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection offices, and court houses in the McAllen area as well as by the Pharr International Bridge marking the border between the U.S and Mexico.
In addition to our legal actions and our work on the border, 红杏视频 members have kept the pressure on Congress with almost 45,000 calls, pressing them not to implement a cruel and unnecessary immigration policy that trades on family separation.