February 2019
When caravans of migrants began traveling north from Central America last fall to escape violence and poverty and seek refuge in the U.S., the AFSC community responded with generosity and compassion.
And as the Trump administration persists in pursuing policies fueled by hate, AFSC supporters continue to show the world what love can do – by supporting those who have risked everything for a chance at safety and peace and by raising the moral imperative for more humane immigration policy in the U.S.
- Read more about Update: Emergency response for the migrant caravan
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We must demand community oversight for every federal, state, and county facility in the U.S.
Recent headlines over the plight of people imprisoned in the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn begs for a deeper look into the conditions of confinement in the U.S. prisons, jails, and juvenile and immigrant detention facilities. Although the electricity and heat are back on at the Brooklyn federal facility, the continuing and staggering neglect that led to this humanitarian crises continues – and will continue.