1. United States
2. Fla.
3. Letter

I am writing to you as your constituent, and as a mother. When I heard the children at Dilley crying and screaming to be let free, it shakes me to my core. When I read letters from kids who say they feel “sadness and depression” and beg to go back to school, I think about my own children. I imagine them locked away, scared, sick, confused—without me. No parent should ever have to imagine that. And no child should ever have to live it. As a mom, I cannot accept the normalization of children’s detention camps in our country. We should never accept children held behind fences in unsanitary conditions, denied proper medical care, separated from stability and safety. This is not who we are supposed to be—regardless of party. Child detention is not required by law, and there are community-based alternatives that protect both due process and children’s well-being. We do not have to traumatize families. This issue breaks party lines. Protecting children is not a Republican or Democratic value—it is a human one. I am urging you to act immediately: Shut down Dilley. Close the camps. Bring our kids home.