Join us for a Walk for the Children/Caminata por la Niñez in El Paso TX to call attention to immigrant children confined in US custody who have exercised their right to migrate and seek asylum. We will walk from the Paso del Norte Bridge to Fort Bliss, the largest military base in the country, which is now serving as one of 9 unlicensed facilities opened by the current administration.

RSVP: Walk for the Children/Caminata por la Niñez

The Walk for the Children is on Children's Day (El Día Del Niño); April 30 also marks the 100th day of the Biden Administration. While some steps are being taken to create a more humane immigration system, current policies have led to numbers as high as 16,000 children in ORR (Office of Refugee Resettlement) settings and 5,000 in CBP (Customs and Border Protection) custody. ORR shelters are far better than CBP facilities, but they still follow a carceral model that confines children, keeping them from family members, who are ready in most cases to immediately provide homes for them.

WE DEMAND the BIDEN Administration: 1. End Title 42 expulsions and admit migrant families on a priority basis. 2. Stop separating children from their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and siblings. 3. Allow parents and other close relatives already in the U.S. to come to the border to pick up their children. 4. Release children QUICKLY to their family in the U.S.

JOIN Witness at the Border and our partners--including Border Network for Human Rights, Coalition to End Child Detention-El Paso, and Hope Border Institute--on April 30 in El Paso. All CDC guidelines for COVID-19 will apply. Face masks are required and social distancing will be encouraged.

Image: "Chinche al Agua" by Victor Mask Casas