On Monday, The New York Times editorial board forcefully condemned Trump’s “divisive, incoherent, and barbaric” immigration policies that have created “a crisis of American values, a crisis of America’s premier tradition as a welcoming and humane haven.” They point out that

. . . Mr. Trump has only made agreeing on an approach to immigration in the United States far more difficult. He has done so by systematically creating a false narrative of immigrants as job-stealing criminals, by insisting that there is a crisis of illegal immigration where there is none and, most maliciously, by dreaming up schemes to torment these people in the perverse notion that this would deter others from trying to reach the United States. The most appalling of these has been the separation of children from their parents and detaining them in conditions no child anywhere should suffer, and certainly not children in the care of the American government. “There’s No Excuse for Mistreating Children at the Border. Here’s What To Do About It.”

Their detailed list of suggestions for how we can help includes calling our representatives, donating to humanitarian efforts, sharing a “know your rights” page and video for encounters with ICE, and participating in various local actions.

The editorial board also featured a planned nationwide vigil, Lights for Liberty, that has now generated substantial interest worldwide as well. Here’s the plan:

On Friday July 12th, 2019, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps, will bring thousands of Americans to detention camps across the country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees.

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