Richard Morales directs the immigration campaign at “Faith in Action” – a non-partisan, non-profit organization active in 21 states.
Volunteers took part in this Capitol Hill demonstration and in a clergy-led action at the southern border.
“We are seeing that voters are outraged by what’s happening. Through the election we’re planning to talk to one million voters,” Morales says.
In a recent CBS News poll, more democrats than republicans said the treatment of families at the border will be a factor in their vote.
“I don’t think you leave a land unless that land is more dangerous than that desert, and you don’t put your kid on a raft in the ocean unless you have to,” says liberal voter Sydney Lee Reyes.
But President Trump is focused on border security. “If we took zero tolerance away, you would be overrun.”
And his supporters want immigration policy enforced.
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