We celebrate the homecoming of Vithea Yung, who endured decades of trauma due to war, resettlement & poverty. Finally, Vithea's family can start healing. @GavinNewsom, prioritize healing for others like Vithea by passing the #VISIONAct! #HomeNotHeartbreak
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We celebrate the successful #StopICETransfer of Vithea Yung, a disabled Cambodian refugee! @GavinNewsom, you must continue protecting people like Vithea by passing the #VISIONAct to stop ALL ICE transfers! We need #HealthNotPunishment!
WOWOWOW, check out this stunning new zine from our comrades at @aaaj_alc about the #VISIONAct! We're so proud to fight alongside @iceoutofca to #StopICEtransfers in California. (Can you spot us in the tidal wave of supporters? 🔎
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.@BenAllenCA, thank you for showing up EARLY to address this public health crisis 👏🏽 As MLK said, the time is always right to do what is right. Now it's time to finally close the loophole in our sanctuary state policy by voting AYE on #VISIONAct #AB937!
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.@Portantino, thank you for promoting reasonable public health measures 👏🏽 You know who CAN'T stay home? And who feels very stressed, anxious, & depressed? Immigrants who CDCR transferred to ICE. Vote AYE on #VISIONact #AB937 to protect community health!
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.@SenSusanRubio, we see you 👏🏽 Jails, prisons, & ICE detention are characteristically unsanitary & crowded — they inhumanely create infectious disease outbreaks, incl COVID-19. Vote AYE on #VISIONAct #AB937 to help #PublicHealth workers like us do our job!
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.@SenSusanEggman, we LOVE multi-sector approaches to improving public health 👏🏽 Know what sector srsly harms health? Incarceration & ICE detention. Voting AYE on #VISIONAct #AB937 to #StopICEtransfers would help end the public health crisis of xenophobia!
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As a California-based #PublicHealth organization committed to advancing racial justice, we strongly support the #VISIONact #AB937 to #StopICEtransfers! We know our California State Senators care about #HealthEquity too. Let's take a look, shall we? 🧵
Why does it matter?
Passing the #VISIONAct #AB937 to finally #StopICEtransfers in CA would mean reuniting families and improving individual, family, & community health.
Immigrant justice is key to advancing #HealthNotPunishment 💙 Read more:
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Live in WeHo, LA's west side, & Manhattan Beach area? 🙋♀️
Let's make sure @BenAllenCA knows his constituents, including #PublicHealth workers like us, want him to vote AYE on the #VISIONAct #AB937 to #StopICEtransfers & advance #HealthNotPunishment!
Call/tweet info ⬇️
Live in the Pasadena, La Cañada, Burbank area? 🙋♂️
Let's make sure @Portantino knows his constituents, including #PublicHealth workers like us, appreciate his Approps vote & want him to vote AYE on #VISIONAct #AB937 to #StopICEtransfers on the Senate Floor!
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Live in the San Joaquin Valley & southern Sac area? 🙋
Let's make sure @SenSusanEggman knows her constituents, including #PublicHealth workers like us, want her to vote AYE on the #VISIONAct #AB937 to #StopICEtransfers & advance #HealthNotPunishment!
Call/tweet info ⬇️
Live in the San Gabriel Valley or Pasadena area? 🙋♀️
Let's make sure @SenSusanRubio knows her constituents, including #PublicHealth workers like us, want her to vote AYE on the #VISIONAct #AB937 to #StopICEtransfers & advance #HealthNotPunishment!
Call/tweet info ⬇️
IT'S GO TIME, California #PublicHealth fam! The #VISIONAct #AB937 is likely being heard on the Senate Floor today.
Are you in SoCal or Central Valley? We need YOU to contact your state Senator to help #StopICEtransfers & advance #HealthNotPunishment!
All the info you need 🧵⬇️
THANK YOU to @Portantino for passing #VISIONAct #AB937 w/o amendments, @AsmCarrillo for championing the bill, visionary cosponsors pushing to #StopICEtransfers for good, & #PublicHealth workers who've stood in solidarity! CA is now one step closer to the just future we deserve 🌟
Senator @Portantino, there should be no exclusions to human dignity, equal justice, and reunification of immigrant families and loved ones. Pass the #VISIONAct #AB937 so that ALL immigrant families and communities can remain whole. #StopICEtransfers
Immigrant justice IS public health. California must #StopICEtransfers once & for all by passing the #VISIONAct!
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One study found that when jails transfer people to immigration detention, the number of immigrants reporting fair or poor health increased by 11%. Senator @Portantino, vote for health on Monday: pass the #VISIONAct #AB937!
Read our research:
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Our research shows that direct transfers harm health, intensify existing trauma, & separate families. Sen. @Portantino, please pass the #VISIONAct #AB937 so that ALL immigrant families and communities can remain healthy & whole. #StopICEtransfers
You can find a toolkit with sample tweets, Senators' contact information, and call scripts at the link below. Call on your Senators to vote "YES" to pass the #VISIONAct!
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Join us today in supporting the #VISIONAct to end all direct transfers from California prisons & jails to ICE detention. CA can stop the cycle of trauma caused by transfers & promote the health & wellness of all our state’s communities. Call your Senators today! #StopICEtransfers
We are calling on CA legislators, including @drarambulaAD31, to pass the #VISIONAct in order to protect public health, keep families and communities together, & end the cycle of trauma for refugees & immigrants. A vote for the #VISIONAct is a vote for health.
#COVID19 has made it more clear than ever that we’re only as healthy as the most vulnerable members of our communities, including ppl in jails, prisons, & immigration detention. The #VISIONAct (AB 937 - @AsmCarrillo) will keep our communities safe and healthy. #StopICEtransfers
Prisons, jails, & ICE detention centers are notoriously toxic. Voluntarily transferring ppl from jail/prison to ICE worsens their health by lengthening their time behind bars. We need the #VISIONact to #StopICEtransfers! Read our research:
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Thank you Asm Approps Chair @LorenaSGonzalez & Cmte for passing the #VISIONAct, which keeps immigrant & refugee families whole by ending double punishment through ICE detention & deportation. Let’s welcome Kao Saelee home by passing the bill to #StopICETransfers once & for all!
CALIFORNIA: join us tomorrow for virtual "power hours" to urge our elected officials to #StopICEtransfers & to support the VISION Act (#AB937, @wendycarrillo)
RSVP:Can't make it? Send a quick email with this #VISIONact tool:
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Incarcerated firefighters like Kao Saelee served on the frontlines of CA's worst fires. On the day Kao was supposed to return home, CDCR transferred Kao to ICE. @BMaienschein, support firefighters like Kao with the #VISIONAct #AB937 & reunite families! #StopICEtransfers
ICE transfers subject immigrants/refugees to double punishment thru ICE detention/deportation, & our own research shows that harms health:@BuffyWicks, @AsmBillQuirk, @BauerKahan: pass the #VISIONAct thru Asm Public Safety Cmte to keep families together!
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.@JonesSawyerAD59, passing the #VISIONAct (@RobBontaCA) will honor the 1000s of health workers who have urged #HealthNotPunishment & the release of incarcerated ppl, incl ppl in immigration detention.
No one should be funneled to ICE, esp during a pandemic.
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