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This is why I have qualms about #KeepFamiliesTogether (in indefinite, inhumane conditions) as a slogan: it should be #ReleaseFamiliesTogether with support/social services into the community. Being clear about demands is important.
We know that cash bail or intrusive monitoring aren't needed to get people to turn up for court dates (Brooklyn Bail Fund has great stats on % of people who turn up -- the best intervention is literally giving clients a prepaid cellphone and a court date reminder).
There is a wider call for abolition of detention that needs to happen. It isn't just the immigration system that separates children from parents; the carceral domestic criminal justice system also forces guilty plea bargains from parents trying to avoid having kids taken.
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