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@katiecouric : This week in Mississippi, ICE arrested nearly 700 undocumented immigrants in the largest mass raid of ICE in American history. They raided chicken and poultry plants where men and women were working. It also happened to be the first day of school, and many of the people arrested were parents. Their children got out of school and had nowhere to go and no one to pick them up. “Our brothers and sisters, our fellow citizens - 6 years old, 5 years old, 7 years old, 11 years old - they left to go to school yesterday, excited about education, and terror hit them while they were gone,” said the Rev. James Evans, a cofounder of the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance. This is horrifying and we cannot look away. We must acknowledge that this system is broken and needs fixing. This is 11 year old Magdalena Gomez Gregorio. Listen to what she is saying. We cannot ignore this. Some resources and ways to help: 📍Call Congress, your mayor, and local representatives - tell them you want upcoming ICE raids to be called off and detention conditions improved. Raices has provided a template and an online form that you can email to your congressional representatives. 📍The National Immigration Law Center has suggested reporting raids to local hotlines like United We Dream’s MigraWatch. 📍Donate to humanitarian efforts - United We Dream - American Civil Liberties Union - Mijente - American Immigration Council - Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project - Diocesean Migrant & Refugee Services - Families Belong Together - ProBAR - The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights - Americans for Immigrant Justice - Immigrant Justice corps - KIND (Kids In Need of Defense) which provides legal representation to migrant children and lobbies to ensure their rights are protected - New Sanctuary Coalition - Las Americas in El Paso - Raices - Denver Immigrant Legal Services Fund - Pueblo Sin Fronteras: this group provides humanitarian aid & shelter to migrants on their way to the US - The Florence Project: Ari