IMPORTANT PSA! Advocacy groups are asking people NOT to protest outside of children’s shelters in NYC. It is terrifying the kids when the police show up and legal visits have had to be cancelled because the shelters shut down to outside visits. Also, PLEASE DO NOT call the ORR (Office of Refugee Resettlement) hotline to complain!! This line needs to be kept open for parents to try to find their kids. The ICE Detention Reporting and Information Line (DRIL line) is being gummed up with complaint calls from the public. Press were reporting last weekend that hold times were upwards of 30 minutes. This is way longer than a parent in ICE custody is likely able to hold the line. It’s GREAT that people are expressing their outrage, but we need to make sure that both the DRIL and ORR hotlines are as accessible as possible to parents, attorneys, and ORR case workers who are trying to do family tracing. DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS (persons not looking for separated family members) to: DHS main number: 202-282-8000 DHS Public Comment line: 202-282-8495 HHS main number: 1-877-696-6775 HHS Office of the Secretary: 202-690-7000 MESSAGE: We have zero tolerance for your policy of separating and detaining families! PLEASE SHARE this widely.