WE ARE NEIGHBORS
of faith and conviction
CALLING FOR AN END
to family detention
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On April 23rd, 2026, the El Gamal family was released from Dilley Detention Center.
However, the Executive Branch is actively working to override the rulings of the federal courts and deport the family. The family’s team of lawyers is working tirelessly on their behalf, and The Neighbors of Faith and Conviction continue to advocate for the family’s civil rights and due process.
Please join us in prayer and keep an eye out for updates and events.
WE ARE NEIGHBORS
in Colorado Springs who refuse to accept silence as a response to injustice. Instead, we choose to speak up and act.
Our faith in Jesus Christ compels us to care for the vulnerable and the foreigner—and to advocate for them when they are mistreated or harmed. The current practice of family detention in the United States is unnecessary, cruel, and un-American. A nation that values family, freedom, limited government, and human dignity should never accept the routine incarceration of children.
We are committed to nonviolence in both action and speech. We will speak truth, insist on accountability, and treat every person with dignity. We stand with immigrant families—our neighbors who contribute to our communities and are overwhelmingly not violent criminals, but parents and children seeking safety while attempting to follow the legal process.
We believe too much of the public narrative surrounding immigration has been shaped by fear rather than facts. Family detention does not solve our immigration challenges; it deepens trauma, destabilizes families, and erodes trust across entire communities.
For these reasons, we are calling on our government to end family detention.
LET’S WORK TOGETHER FOR CHANGE
Here’s how to get involved:
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Advocate
If you live in Colorado Springs in U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank’s district, please fill out our form to add your name to the constituents calling for the release of Hayam El Gamal and her five children after nine months at the Dilley Detention Center in Texas, and for an end to family detention. Read our letter to Rep. Crank and complete the form below.
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