#DONTLOOKAWAY
MISSION STATEMENT
Remove from office those who separate families, kidnap babies, imprison children in cages, and deny due process of law to asylum seekers.
Don’t Look Away Pact is a non-partisan effort to remove from office elected officials who condone or encourage the separation of families and the detention of refugee children. We pledge to restore our country’s morals and our officials’ respect for our laws.
Statement on Biden Families Reunification Task Force
We have not forgotten. The Don't Look Away Pact praises the Biden Administration for its establishment of the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families. The Pact partners, small donors from across the United States, dedicated themselves to the election of politicians who would end refugee family separation and would reunite separated children with their families. The elections of President Biden and Vice President Harris and the creation of this task force are the first steps in fulfilling the Pact's promise.
Approximately 550 refugee children remain without their families, years after the former presidential administration stole them from their caretakers. These children suffer daily in government-run shelters and in the care of strangers. They cannot wait for a slow, bureaucratic reunification process to come to fruition.
The Pact calls on the Biden Administration to:
Move rapidly to reunite families.
Include in the Task Force community advocates, including Pact partners, who have spent years addressing refugee children's issues.
Create spaces for engagement with currently and formerly separated children and families, so their needs are understood.
Use the power of Silicon Valley and the Office of Science and Technology Policy to create computerized databases and systems to find separated family members.
The Pact has not forgotten the separated children, in whose names we advocate for justice. We stand ready to assist the Reunification Task Force.
Commit to Vote against family separation and child detention on Election Day 2020
The United States is on the precipice. The 2020 election will determine the fate of our democracy, rule of law and the moral course of our nation. We need YOUR help to hold the Trump Administration accountable for its actions at the ballot box.
That’s why we are asking all of you to make a commitment to leverage your vote to end the Trump Administration’s morally and legally abhorrent policies of family separation and child detention.
Sign up and we will provide you with updates on our campaign, relevant developments, and voting resources including alerts for key deadlines you need to vote in your state!
Make a pact: vote to end
family separation.
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ADVISORS
AMY MALDONADO @AmyMaldonadoLaw
Amy Maldonado is an attorney in Michigan who advocates on behalf of detained immigrant children and families in family detention. She is of counsel to ALDEA - The People’s Justice Center. Amy is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, and the Hispanic National Bar Association.
NANCY LEON @nancyle31387316
Nancy is an attorney and managing partner licensed in Mexico and New York. Her work includes pro-bono representation of children separated from their families at the US border.
CLAIBORNE YARBROUGH @ClaiborneY
Claiborne is a political organizer and social justice activist. Since 2017 she has provided support to recently released asylum seekers being transported from detention to sponsors as well as serving on the Boards of multiple non-profit organizations.
TOBY GIALLUCA @tobygialluca
Toby is an attorney and Voter Protection Team coordinator in Florida. She is dedicated to advocating for children and families at the US border through her work as a member of the Flores monitor team as well as through various non-profit organizations.
CHUCK ROCHA @chuckrocha
Chuck Rocha is a political consultant, Latino vote expert and founder of Solidarity Strategies and Nuestro PAC. He was a senior advisor for both of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns. His book “Tio Bernie” details his historic outreach to Latino voters as part of the Bernie 2020 campaign.
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