Important. With Judge Gee’s ruling tonight the Trump administration now has to decide if it will release currently-detained migrant kids and their parents together — or again attempt family separations. As of June 8 the number is 124 kids. Trump has until July 17. https://twitter.com/leedsgarcia/status/1276707231371681792
They just tried this in May. https://twitter.com/jacobsoboroff/status/1262026923435110401?s=21 https://twitter.com/jacobsoboroff/status/1262026923435110401
Warnings are pouring in from immigration attorneys and activists that family separations could start again following the Friday night court ruling. https://twitter.com/lindayrivas/status/1276718731679449089?s=21 https://twitter.com/lindayrivas/status/1276718731679449089
“It’s time to get loud and demand ICE not separate these families.” https://twitter.com/l_toczylowski/status/1276713924562317314?s=21 https://twitter.com/l_toczylowski/status/1276713924562317314
. @supportKIND warns Trump: it’s “unacceptable to attempt to rip children from their families by offering parents the impossible choice of remaining in detention with their children or allowing the government to separate them from their child without assurance of reunification.”
. @charanya_k of @amnestyusa calls on Trump to release these families *together* and not separate parents and children. https://twitter.com/charanya_k/status/1276676545747259395?s=21 https://twitter.com/charanya_k/status/1276676545747259395
From @taylorklevy, who fought family separations long before they were in the spotlight:

“The children ordered released are currently detained *with their parents.* Many are breastfeeding... We must demand the families be released TOGETHER.” https://twitter.com/taylorklevy/status/1276893248997462016?s=21 https://twitter.com/taylorklevy/status/1276893248997462016
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