Open Your Hearts To The Children Vigil at EDC (10-12-14) : Kimberly Roja...

Kimberly Rojas performs a marinera dance on Evans St. after the rally - due to unforeseen circumstances, she was unable to make it back on time to perform for the assembly, so we took it upon ourselves to record a dance so that everyone could see what we would otherwise have missed.



https://www.youtube.com/user/kimroja



"Open Your Hearts To The Children" Children's Vigil To Support Human Rights - First Friends of NJ & NY's 16th Annual Vigil at The ‪#‎ElizabethDetentionCenter‬ (625 Evans St., Elizabeth, NJ, 07201 - off Dowd Ave.)



https://www.facebook.com/events/1505707183004888



The Annual Vigil is in recognition of the ‪#‎dignity‬ of each person, but especially the ‪#‎unaccompaniedmigrantchildren‬, as we stand in solidarity with our ‪#‎immigrant‬ sisters and brothers as a powerful collective voice seeking justice for those languishing in detention.



The number of unaccompanied migrant children has surged this year. Many of these children are fleeing from ‪#‎organizedcrime‬ and ‪#‎gangviolence‬, ‪#‎insecurity‬ and ‪#‎poverty‬ in their home countries. We want to ensure that the rights of children are protected, in accordance with U.S. obligations under ‪#‎internationallaw‬.



Every day, more and more children are seeking refuge in the ‪#‎UnitedStates‬. Desperate parents are sending their children to make the journey to the ‪#‎border‬ alone, and once they get here they are not wanted. The journey for anyone, let alone a child, can be extremely traumatic and the U.S. ‪#‎government‬ compounds the suffering of these children by placing them in detention under ‪#‎inhumane‬ conditions.



These children need protection, not detention!!!



First Friends is accepting ‪#‎donations‬ of toiletries, gift cards, and materials for our Stamp Out Despair Campaign



For More information or to co-sponsor contact: First Friends at 908-965-0455 / interns@firstfriendsnjny.org



‪#‎immigration‬ ‪#‎immigrationdetention‬ ‪#‎immigrationlaw‬ ‪#‎immigrationcourts‬ ‪#‎law‬ ‪#‎courts‬ ‪#‎prisons‬ ‪#‎jails‬ ‪#‎privateprisons‬ ‪#‎UACs‬ ‪#‎SIJs‬ ‪#‎UnaccompaniedImmigrantChildren‬ ‪#‎UnaccompaniedMinors‬



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