Tsuru for Solidarity - #Defund the Hate

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Tsuru for Solidarity - Defund the Hate

Our friends at Detention Watch Network have launched the #FreeThemAll campaign to release immigrants in detention so that the migrant jails don't become epicenters of coronavirus. Over 3,000 doctors and nearly 800 advocates have been sounding the alarm for weeks that people in immigration detention are sitting ducks in a system that's already notorious for medical neglect, but ICE has ignored them. Along with numerous immigrants' organizations around the country, Tsuru for Solidarity has joined DWN in calling for ICE to prioritize public health by shutting down detention sites and suspending ICE arrests.

When Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II, among the many challenges was the increased risk of disease and infection exacerbated by inadequate medical care, unsanitary conditions, and close confinement. Imprisoning people in these conditions was inhumane then and is inhumane now. ICE's pattern of medical neglect and lack of medical care in immigrant detention centers, already shows the agency is not capable of caring for the people in its custody, and it is only getting worse due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As Japanese Americans, we are calling on members of Congress to prioritize programs and people most impacted by COVID-19 and the healthcare professionals who are responding to the crisis. Members of Congress have the opportunity to play a significant role in how the country responds to COVID-19. Since Congress has oversight and budgetary power over federal agencies they have the authority to expose ICE’s inadequacies and abuse and to pressure the agency from the top down. We must not provide new funding to ICE, an agency that has proven time and time again to be incapable of meeting the health needs of people in its custody. Congress must direct ICE to let people go. Each day immigrants remain detained poses new threats to their health and safety. Join us in asking to #DefundHate and release immigrants being held in detention.

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Tsuru for Solidarity - Defund the Hate

All members of the House

Subject: Protect the Health of Immigrants!

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Hi, I am a constituent of yours and a member of the Japanese American community. The history of Japanese American incarceration made clear that detention puts people inside at serious risk for the spread of disease and infection --- which is further exacerbated by inadequate medical care, unsanitary conditions, and close physical proximity to others. Imprisoning individuals in such conditions were inhumane then, and it is inhumane now. <br><br>Given ICE’s pattern of medical neglect and lack of care at immigrant detention centers, immigrants in detention face increasingly grave threats to their safety and well-being due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<br><br>I’m joining with my fellow Japanese Americans, and with immigrant communities, to urge you to fight for the well-being of all people in my district. Any emergency funding you consider to address the COVID-19 pandemic should prioritize the people most impacted by the virus and the healthcare professionals responding to the crisis - not ICE, whose proven time and again to be incapable of meeting the health needs of people in its custody. In the face of this severe public health crisis, Congress must use the opportunity presented by these stimulus packages to instead direct ICE to let people go. Every day that immigrants remain detained poses a serious threat to their safety. I strongly urge you to fight for the health and freedom of all immigrants by Defunding Hate and calling for their release from detention.

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All senate members

Subject: Protect the Health of Immigrants!

Message:

Hi, I am a constituent of yours and a member of the Japanese American community. The history of Japanese American incarceration made clear that detention puts people inside at serious risk for the spread of disease and infection --- which is further exacerbated by inadequate medical care, unsanitary conditions, and close physical proximity to others. Imprisoning individuals in such conditions were inhumane then, and it is inhumane now.

Given ICE’s pattern of medical neglect and lack of care at immigrant detention centers, immigrants in detention face increasingly grave threats to their safety and well-being due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

I’m joining with my fellow Japanese Americans, and with immigrant communities, to urge you to fight for the well-being of all people in my district. Any emergency funding you consider to address the COVID-19 pandemic should prioritize the people most impacted by the virus and the healthcare professionals responding to the crisis - not ICE, whose proven time and again to be incapable of meeting the health needs of people in its custody. In the face of this severe public health crisis, Congress must use the opportunity presented by these stimulus packages to instead direct ICE to let people go. Every day that immigrants remain detained poses a serious threat to their safety. I strongly urge you to fight for the health and freedom of all immigrants by Defunding Hate and calling for their release from detention.

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