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Official Statement from Mormon Women for Ethical Government on the Separation of Children from Their Families at the Border
May 31, 2018 Under the direction of the White House, the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security are engaged in the unconscionable practice of separating children from their parents at the border in a horrific and misguided effort to discourage immigration. Many of these families are refugees who are fleeing unspeakable horrors in their home countries and are seeking asylum in the United States. As members of Mormon Women for Ethical Government we join with other individuals and groups from all across the political spectrum to unequivocally denounce this practice as cruel, inhumane, and entirely indefensible. Our democracy is founded on principles of honor, justice, and an absolute respect for…
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Families Can Be Together Forever; Families Should Be Together Now
May 15, 2018 Today is International Day of Families, and here at Mormon Women for Ethical Government we believe families can be together forever. We also believe families should be together NOW. For this reason, we are choosing to stand in solidarity with mothers, fathers, and children who are at risk of forced separation from cruel and unjust measures currently being pursued by Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at our borders. Join us as we plead with her to put an end to family separations. #KeepFamiliesTogether #EndFamilySeparation #mormonweg Send your letter or email to: The Honorable Kirstjen M. Nielsen Secretary of Homeland Security Washington, D.C. 20528 DHSSecretary@hq.dhs.gov Learn more: https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900017735/op-ed-breaking-up-families-is-antithetical-to-us-ideals.html
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Mother’s Day Call to Action: Immigration
May 11, 2018 Please join us in sending Mother’s Day cards to DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen pleading with her (in true MWEG fashion consistent with our Principles of Peacemaking) to stop unnecessarily separating mothers and children at the border. Our op-ed in the Deseret News last week explained how the Department of Health and Human Services recently confirmed that, since October 2017, it has taken custody of more than 700 children at the U.S. border, including more than 100 children under the age of 4. (https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900017735/op-ed-breaking-up-families-is-antithetical-to-us-ideals.html) DHS claims to be merely doing its duty to protect children, but such motives are called into question by the fact that many of…
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An Open Letter to Mitt Romney
March 28, 2018 Dear Mitt Romney, We represent the Mormon Women for Ethical Government, a large and growing nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to the ideals of decency, honor, accountability, transparency and justice in governing. A large percentage of our members live in Utah and would be your constituents if you were elected to replace Orrin Hatch in the United States Senate. Many of our members have supported you in the past and believe you to be a man of high moral integrity, wise judgment and firm principles. That is why we were so disheartened to read about your remarks on Monday to a gathering of Utah County Republican women in…
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Official Statement from Mormon Women for Ethical Government with Regard to Continuing Negotiations on Protections for DREAMers
Feb. 15, 2018 As members of both houses of Congress continue to debate and negotiate a resolution for DREAMers this week, we call upon them to work toward ethical solutions that focus on the interests and needs of the American people rather than the tempting pull of partisan politics. The White House has consistently made its anti-immigrant agenda clear, and it continues to derail any bipartisan solutions that do not further that agenda. The result, so far, is a series of proposals that are beneath us and do not honor our country’s values or history. Fortunately, our American political system is one of checks and balances. It is time for…
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Fifteen Declarations on Ethical Immigration Policy
Mormon Women for Ethical Government is a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring women of faith to be ambassadors of peace who transcend partisanship and courageously advocate for ethical government. We are greatly disheartened by the current immigration situation in the United States. Immigration is a complex topic with many potential points of philosophical and practical debate. A balanced and civil approach to reform is desperately needed. These 15 declarations describe our vision of ethical immigration policy. They are in harmony with the Principles of Ethical Government (PEG), the foundation for our policy decisions: Immigration policy must respect political norms and procedures, uphold the human and civil rights of all people,…
