Pediatrician Dr. Lara Jones discusses advocating to free children from ICE detention facilities. Follow her @AskLaDoctora.

Kids in ICE Detention

• The 19th: These pediatrician moms have a shared message: Release all children in immigration detention
• Letter to DHS
• The Marshall Project April 2026: Data on child detention
• Families describe conditions at Dilley
• More on Drs. Jones, Patel and Cozzo
• Core Civic: the private prison company raking in cash running ICE detention facilities
• Find out if your representatives have taken cash from the companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts
• Check out our previous episodes (E20 & E25)

Get kids out of ICE detention

• Call your representatives (202)-224-3121. Public pressure really works and has led to recent releases of children and congressional hearings on this issue! 
• Text “GO ESH” TO 50409 to send your congress members a letter telling them to end child detention
• Sign Ms Rachel's petition
• Find pre-written advocacy letters by the team on Chili to help organize collective action on child detention
• Donate to commissary funds for families in Dilley (Each Step Home)
• Talk to one person you know about this. Remain curious and center the children.
• Are you a local organizer? Bring your ideas to us let us know how we can support you locally in the community

💊Take Two and Call Me in the Morning💊

• Dr. Jones goes on a walk with her toddler
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