Caravan for the Children

The Caravan for the Children Campaign is a national effort to demand the release, reunification and healing of migrant children still being held in ICE custody across the country. Organizers seek to hold all elected officials accountable to the Biden Immigration Plan.

We seek to organize, fund and implement a campaign spearheaded by a coalition of well-established San Francisco Bay Area artists, advocates and community-based organizations that are volunteering time, resources and talents to this effort. The campaign’s anchor organizations include CARECEN SF, Chicana/Latina Foundation, Galería de la Raza and Instituto Familiar de la Raza.

The goals for the Caravan for the Children campaign are:

1. Increase awareness of the impact of current immigration policies and their traumatic impacts on migrant children and their parents
2. Engage the community to endorse, support and get involved with our campaign
3. Call on local officials to pressure legislators to prioritize freeing the children
4. Activate immigration networks, advocates and allies to support the campaign
5. Caravan to the San Diego-Tijuana border and to Washington, DC within the first 100 days to demand that elected leaders #UncageReUnifyHeal

Help us release, reunify and heal the migrant children! Make a donation today!

We ask other organizations and individuals to join us in demanding justice for the children by sharing our digital campaign and joining our calls to action!

Help us release, reunify and heal the migrant children! Make a donation today!

Caravan for the Children campaign denounces the recent reopening of detention facilities and urges you to join us in contacting members of the Family Reunification Task Force appointed by President Biden and elected representatives to prioritize and expedite the process to #UncageReunifyHeal the children in ICE detention. Detention centers by any other name are still detention centers!

What to say (feel free to personalize):

Hi I’m (NAME) from (CITY) and I strongly encourage (NAME OF REP) to support the campaign to #UncageReunifyHeal the children separated from family and still being held by ICE within the 1st 100 days of the Biden Administration.

Find your representative

We have created a Media Toolkit for you to access our suggested messaging for social media, graphics, hashtags and talking points. Please feel free to use these tools to create awareness of this issue and to urge your local representatives to put pressure on the Federal Government to free the children!

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  Father shares family reunification story as lawyers search for parents of more than 500 children

  CBS NewsMarch 2, 2021

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  Lawyers make progress in locating parents of children split from families at the border, latest court filing says

  CNN PoliticsFebruary 24, 2021

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  First migrant facility for children opens under Biden

  The Washington PostFebruary 22, 2021

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  US Treatment of Migrant Children Falls Under UN Definition of ‘Torture,’ Doctors Say

  KQEDOctober 27, 2020

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  We Went to a US Border Detention Center for Children. What We Saw was Awful

  Human Rights WatchJune 24, 2019

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  Family Separations at the Border Constitute Torture, New Report Claims

  The InterceptFebruary 25, 2020