Add your name for Paola & her 1-year-old son.

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COVID-19: Add your name
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Paola’s.

TAKE ACTION
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We need your immediate action, John.

Too many children and their parents — who came to the U.S. seeking safety from
violence and persecution — were instead thrown behind bars in ICE detention.
Now, in the midst of a global pandemic, they are exposed to a deadly virus and
an increased risk of COVID-19 infection — while in crowded conditions with
inadequate hygiene and negligent medical care.

Paola* and her one-year-old son, Jose*, are the faces of ICE’s cruelty and
disregard for the health and wellbeing of children and parents during this
pandemic.

They fled horrific abuse at the hands of Paola’s kidnapper and domestic abuser
in Guatemala. While detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Donna
tent facility in Texas, they slept on the floor with a mat and aluminum blanket
— with air conditioning blasting in the tent.

Jose — a baby who has respiratory issues — quickly became very ill and tested
positive for the flu. After he developed breathing problems in medical isolation
in another CBP facility, he was sent to the hospital for five days and put on a
machine to help him breathe. Now detained by ICE in the Dilley facility, Jose has deteriorated again —
suffering a cough and restricted breathing.

URGENT: Add your name to tell ICE to free families — including Paola’s — in ICE
detention and protect them during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Detained families face grave risks — including illness and even death — if
exposed to COVID-19 in immigration detention facilities. Amnesty International
teams have received credible and very disturbing accounts from people detained
in dangerous conditions in ICE immigration detention facilities.

Paola and Jose — and other families in detention — must be immediately released! They have communities waiting to welcome them, and there is no reason not to
release children — as young as one — with their parents... especially during a
pandemic.

This is an outrage. Please add your name to help advocate for families like
Paola’s. Take immediate action right now.
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TAKE ACTION
[[link removed]]Thank you for your swift action today, and be well.

Andrea Kost

Director of Online Engagement
Amnesty International USA

P.S. The photo above is not a photo of the people whose stories are told in this
email.

* Pseudonyms

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