Christian Women Join ACLU to Rally for Immigrant Children, Call on Trump Administration to End Zero Tolerance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 28, 2018
MEDIA CONTACT
Michelle Nealy, mnealy@faithinpubliclife.org, (202) 735-7123
Mackenzie Harris, mharris@faithinpubliclife.org, (610) 283-8879
Christian Women Join ACLU to Rally for Immigrant Children, Call on Trump Administration to End Zero Tolerance
Women of faith will cry out to demand that families are kept together
Brownsville, TX — On Thursday, June 28 at 11 a.m. CDT, a delegation of 11 Christian women will join members of the ACLU, families, advocates, and allies to Rally for Immigrant Children and to confront the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy. The rally will take place in Linear Park, located across the street from the Brownsville Federal Court, where immigrants are being prosecuted en masse for crossing the border into the United States.
Participants in the 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’s Port Isabel mega-jail; and children caged by Border Patrol in “freezers.” Local residents and community members with firsthand experience of family separation and detention will share their stories.
WHAT:
In conjunction with the ACLU, a delegation of Christian women will rally for immigrant children at Linear Park in Brownsville, TX.
WHEN:
Thursday, June 28, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. CDT
WHERE:
Linear Park
1501 E. 7th Street
Brownsville, TX
WHO:
Rev. Jennifer Butler, CEO of Faith in Public Life (Washington, D.C.)
Rev. Maria Swearingen, Senior Co-Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church (Washington, D.C.)
Dr. Iva E. Carruthers, General Secretary, Samuel deWitt Proctor Conference (Chicago, IL)
Beth Green, Mormon Women for Ethical Government (Houston, TX)
Naimeh Salem,Shareholder of Gonzalez Olivieri LLC Immigration Law Firm (Houston, TX)
Suzii Paynter, Executive Coordinator, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, Senior Pastor, Riverside Church (New York)
Rev. Frannie Kieschnick, Episcopalian Priest, ret.
American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas
National Domestic Workers Alliance
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