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Stop Separation of Family Seeking Safety

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On March 17, US immigration authorities detained Alberto, the father of a Venezuelan family of 4, separating him from his wife and two children. Despite the family having pending asylum applications, he was charged with “illegal” entry to the United States, more than two years after the family’s arrival at the southern US border. A federal judge ordered him released from jail on March 20, but he was detained by immigration authorities on March 27 after complying with a letter he received to report to the immigration office.

Join us to call for Todd Lyons, Acting Director Immigration and Customs Enforcement to immediately release Alberto and cease the cruel practice of family separation - send your email on behalf of Alberto using our email-writing tool.

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ICE Director Todd Lyons

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Dear Mr. Lyons,

I urge you to immediately release Alberto (A# 246148371) back to his wife and two children. On March 27, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Chantilly, VA, USA, unlawfully detained and separated him from his family, despite having a pending asylum claim.

This is one of the first times that the United States has used 8 U.S.C. 1325, the provision of immigration law that was the basis for the Trump administration’s family separation policy in its first term, to target a family that has been in the United States for years, rather than recent arrivals at the US-Mexico border. Family separation was illegal then, and it is still illegal now.

This is a blatant and outrageous subversion of the law being used to target immigrants and separate families that have already built lives in the United States. Everyone has the right to seek asylum.

I urge you to immediately change course and release Alberto back to his family, and end the practice of family separation, family detention, mass detention, and deportations.

Thank you,

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