Ed Markowitz
@edmarkowitz.bsky.social
Disillusioned in America but haven’t given up yet! Served our country and learned a trade while doing so. Win/win. Fell in love with a Mexican national with no papers, and ALL bets are off.
Forced abroad. Exiled.
To keep my family united.
NOT great!!
Forced abroad. Exiled.
To keep my family united.
NOT great!!
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If I can’t live in my own country, with my spouse and without torment, then I do not live in a free country.
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If I can’t live in my own country, with my spouse and without torment, then I do not live in a free country.
Trading one trauma for another...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
If I can’t live in my own country, with my spouse and without torment, then I do not live in a free country.
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Solid story of the forced break-up of an American family. In 1970s, we started to hear about "broken families." We were told it was bad for kids not to have a Dad at home. The culprit then was divorce and feminism.
In 2020s, the U.S. govt intentionally breaks families.
5 minutes worth watching.
In 2020s, the U.S. govt intentionally breaks families.
5 minutes worth watching.
ABC News featured Jenni Rivera’s story of losing her and her kids losing their husband and father to self deportation today. Please watch this video and sit with the agonizing reality that our members at American Families United face right now.
abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...
abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...
October 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Solid story of the forced break-up of an American family. In 1970s, we started to hear about "broken families." We were told it was bad for kids not to have a Dad at home. The culprit then was divorce and feminism.
In 2020s, the U.S. govt intentionally breaks families.
5 minutes worth watching.
In 2020s, the U.S. govt intentionally breaks families.
5 minutes worth watching.
The same year that this man was placed in detention for 2 years, (2013), is the year that the American Families United Act was first introduced. This legislation will provide relief for this American family and it’s imperative it get passed.
NOW!!
#hr2366
NOW!!
#hr2366
Douglas Menjivar spoke out against abuse in ICE detention - and they deported him. This story hits home for me bc Douglas is married to US citizen & AFU member Monica Logan, who was forced to navigate cancer treatments alone. Now they are both exiled in Spain.
www.texasobserver.org/trump-ice-ar...
www.texasobserver.org/trump-ice-ar...
Trump's ICE Arrested a Whistleblower Who Exposed Sexual Assault in Detention. Now, He’s Left the Country.
Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.
www.texasobserver.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The same year that this man was placed in detention for 2 years, (2013), is the year that the American Families United Act was first introduced. This legislation will provide relief for this American family and it’s imperative it get passed.
NOW!!
#hr2366
NOW!!
#hr2366
Honoring family values requires honoring the American family.
This is horrendous and it has GOT to change!!
This is horrendous and it has GOT to change!!
ABC News featured Jenni Rivera’s story of losing her and her kids losing their husband and father to self deportation today. Please watch this video and sit with the agonizing reality that our members at American Families United face right now.
abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...
abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/vid...
October 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Honoring family values requires honoring the American family.
This is horrendous and it has GOT to change!!
This is horrendous and it has GOT to change!!
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These immigration raids are separating families, not actually keeping people safe. Read Rep. Tom Suozzi's important article in the New York Times for an important perspective on what's happening with immigration enforcement right now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
Opinion | We Should Be Cracking Down on the Cartels, Not Chicago
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October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
These immigration raids are separating families, not actually keeping people safe. Read Rep. Tom Suozzi's important article in the New York Times for an important perspective on what's happening with immigration enforcement right now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
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This is what our families at American Families United are going through. Listen to Julie’s story here with @austinkocher.com.
Live Discussion: US Citizens Separated from Spouses w/ Julie Moreno
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Live Discussion: US Citizens Separated from Spouses w/ Julie Moreno
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Live Discussion: US Citizens Separated from Spouses w/ Julie Moreno
On Substack Live yesterday, I spoke with Julie Moreno, a U.S. citizen from New Jersey who made the gut-wrenching decision to help her husband of nine years self-deport to Mexico.
austinkocher.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is what our families at American Families United are going through. Listen to Julie’s story here with @austinkocher.com.
Live Discussion: US Citizens Separated from Spouses w/ Julie Moreno
austinkocher.substack.com/p/live-discu...
Live Discussion: US Citizens Separated from Spouses w/ Julie Moreno
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There’s nothing that benefits the country, AT ALL, by separating Americans’ families that are not doing anything wrong! How is it that an immigrant spouse of a U.S. citizen is unable to have a path to remaining in the country, to take care of their family? It’s WRONG for the country and our values!
Live Discussion: US Citizens Separated from Spouses w/ Julie Moreno.
I spoke with Julie Moreno yesterday, a U.S. citizen from New Jersey who made the gut-wrenching decision to help her husband of nine years self-deport to Mexico.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/live-discu...
I spoke with Julie Moreno yesterday, a U.S. citizen from New Jersey who made the gut-wrenching decision to help her husband of nine years self-deport to Mexico.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/live-discu...
October 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
There’s nothing that benefits the country, AT ALL, by separating Americans’ families that are not doing anything wrong! How is it that an immigrant spouse of a U.S. citizen is unable to have a path to remaining in the country, to take care of their family? It’s WRONG for the country and our values!
If Fox News would attend, they could ask questions and get REAL answers about how “Immigration is hurting Americans”…
It cuts to the core, for some American citizens. Right to the core of our values.
FAMILY values!
Have a listen
You may be shocked!
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It cuts to the core, for some American citizens. Right to the core of our values.
FAMILY values!
Have a listen
You may be shocked!
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Live Discussion: US Citizens Separated from Spouses w/ Julie Moreno
Starting Oct 17 at 3:00 PM EDT
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October 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
If Fox News would attend, they could ask questions and get REAL answers about how “Immigration is hurting Americans”…
It cuts to the core, for some American citizens. Right to the core of our values.
FAMILY values!
Have a listen
You may be shocked!
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
It cuts to the core, for some American citizens. Right to the core of our values.
FAMILY values!
Have a listen
You may be shocked!
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
How many chairs will be empty at tables this coming season? Can you imagine an abuelo who will spend Thanksgiving on a cement floor? To “pay his dues” to a country that he’s helped feed for a generation?
In many cases there are U.S. citizens’ spouses who are “the prey”…
Who are WE?? 🪞
In many cases there are U.S. citizens’ spouses who are “the prey”…
Who are WE?? 🪞
“Before this administration, our greatest fear was deportation and separation. But last year, based on what we were told, it became clear that detention would be the real, most serious, and most terrifying problem,”
AFU member Julie Moreno speaks out about her story:
US citizen Julie Moreno supported her Mexican husband, Nefatlí Juárez, in self-deporting for fear of being detained by ICE: ‘We were completely cornered’
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US citizen Julie Moreno supported her Mexican husband, Nefatlí Juárez, in self-deporting for fear of being detained by ICE: ‘We were completely cornered’
english.elpais.com/usa/2025-10-...
October 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
How many chairs will be empty at tables this coming season? Can you imagine an abuelo who will spend Thanksgiving on a cement floor? To “pay his dues” to a country that he’s helped feed for a generation?
In many cases there are U.S. citizens’ spouses who are “the prey”…
Who are WE?? 🪞
In many cases there are U.S. citizens’ spouses who are “the prey”…
Who are WE?? 🪞
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Mike Johnson Says ICE Hasn’t “Crossed the Line.” The Country Disagrees. migrantinsider.com/p/mike-johns...
Mike Johnson Says ICE Hasn’t “Crossed the Line.” The Country Disagrees.
From Chicago to Los Angeles, ICE raids are breaking windows, families, and trust — but not, apparently, the Speaker’s conscience.
migrantinsider.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Mike Johnson Says ICE Hasn’t “Crossed the Line.” The Country Disagrees. migrantinsider.com/p/mike-johns...
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ICYMI: Jenni, one of AFU's beloved members, was forced to say goodbye to her best friend and husband of 17 years yesterday. This is NOT okay. The family courageously chose to share their story publicly, so please do YOUR part to share this with people in your lives. 🧵 below
ANOTHER FAMILY SEPARATED BY OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
Immigration Laws Drive North Carolina Father Out of Country, Separating Him from U.S. Citizen Wife and Two Daughters
Immigration Laws Drive North Carolina Father Out of Country, Separating Him from U.S. Citizen Wife and Two Daughters
October 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
ICYMI: Jenni, one of AFU's beloved members, was forced to say goodbye to her best friend and husband of 17 years yesterday. This is NOT okay. The family courageously chose to share their story publicly, so please do YOUR part to share this with people in your lives. 🧵 below
These are the cracks in the “ICE” that americanfamiliesunited.org is ready to widen, to let common sense solutions into the discussion chamber!!
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
These are the cracks in the “ICE” that americanfamiliesunited.org is ready to widen, to let common sense solutions into the discussion chamber!!
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Congress’s inaction and this administration’s cruelty separated this family today. Great job America. 🇺🇸
Jenni, Mackenzie, Fidel, and Isabella this afternoon on the way to the Raleigh-Durham airport.
October 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Congress’s inaction and this administration’s cruelty separated this family today. Great job America. 🇺🇸
We cannot leave ANY American family behind.
🙏🏼Peace🙏🏼Courage🙏🏼Strength🙏🏼
Senseless harm being done to our country’s families by forcing this!!
🙏🏼Peace🙏🏼Courage🙏🏼Strength🙏🏼
Senseless harm being done to our country’s families by forcing this!!
Jenni, Mackenzie, Fidel, and Isabella this afternoon on the way to the Raleigh-Durham airport.
October 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We cannot leave ANY American family behind.
🙏🏼Peace🙏🏼Courage🙏🏼Strength🙏🏼
Senseless harm being done to our country’s families by forcing this!!
🙏🏼Peace🙏🏼Courage🙏🏼Strength🙏🏼
Senseless harm being done to our country’s families by forcing this!!
America must look in the mirror and know who is not coming to the family Thanksgiving table this season.
We’ve GOT to do better than this.
It’s an atrocity!!
We’ve GOT to do better than this.
It’s an atrocity!!
ANOTHER FAMILY SEPARATED BY OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
Immigration Laws Drive North Carolina Father Out of Country, Separating Him from U.S. Citizen Wife and Two Daughters
Immigration Laws Drive North Carolina Father Out of Country, Separating Him from U.S. Citizen Wife and Two Daughters
October 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
America must look in the mirror and know who is not coming to the family Thanksgiving table this season.
We’ve GOT to do better than this.
It’s an atrocity!!
We’ve GOT to do better than this.
It’s an atrocity!!
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I’m tired of the President & VP referring to everything they don’t like as “radical left.” There’s no radical left w/ any power in the US, liberals & conservatives both made sure of that. People are holding the admin accountable to facts, but that’s not radical or left. That’s called “reality.”
October 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I’m tired of the President & VP referring to everything they don’t like as “radical left.” There’s no radical left w/ any power in the US, liberals & conservatives both made sure of that. People are holding the admin accountable to facts, but that’s not radical or left. That’s called “reality.”
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I agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene, mass deportation is bad for our economy, bad for families, and bad for our country.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "We have to do something about labor, and that needs to be a smarter plan than just rounding up every single person and deporting them."
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene, mass deportation is bad for our economy, bad for families, and bad for our country.
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Looks like this one’s making the rounds again.
October 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Looks like this one’s making the rounds again.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
U.S Citizen Julie Moreno Returned to the United States Today, Preparing for Years of Separation from Her Husband Now in Mexico
Full press release below.
U.S Citizen Julie Moreno Returned to the United States Today, Preparing for Years of Separation from Her Husband Now in Mexico
Full press release below.
October 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
U.S Citizen Julie Moreno Returned to the United States Today, Preparing for Years of Separation from Her Husband Now in Mexico
Full press release below.
U.S Citizen Julie Moreno Returned to the United States Today, Preparing for Years of Separation from Her Husband Now in Mexico
Full press release below.
Reposted by Ed Markowitz
I've never seen anything like this in the history of American Families United. 💔
Please read this heartbreaking story of one of our deeply loved members and leaders, Julie Moreno, who just landed back in New Jersey this afternoon from a trip to Mexico.
Here's her story... 🧵 (Then please amplify.)
Please read this heartbreaking story of one of our deeply loved members and leaders, Julie Moreno, who just landed back in New Jersey this afternoon from a trip to Mexico.
Here's her story... 🧵 (Then please amplify.)
October 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I've never seen anything like this in the history of American Families United. 💔
Please read this heartbreaking story of one of our deeply loved members and leaders, Julie Moreno, who just landed back in New Jersey this afternoon from a trip to Mexico.
Here's her story... 🧵 (Then please amplify.)
Please read this heartbreaking story of one of our deeply loved members and leaders, Julie Moreno, who just landed back in New Jersey this afternoon from a trip to Mexico.
Here's her story... 🧵 (Then please amplify.)
Tell me again why we don’t want loving and devoted families producing American greatness?
What’s the deal?
Forcing the absolute BEST American values abroad, to conserve…WHAT? Exactly??!
Can’t help but feel déjà vu.
Our family experienced similar circumstances over our entire 23 yr marriage.
WHEN?
What’s the deal?
Forcing the absolute BEST American values abroad, to conserve…WHAT? Exactly??!
Can’t help but feel déjà vu.
Our family experienced similar circumstances over our entire 23 yr marriage.
WHEN?
Julie Moreno returned from Mexico today after spending the past week helping her husband, Nef, relocate to Mexico rather than live in constant fear of arrest, prolonged detention, and forced deportation.
October 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Tell me again why we don’t want loving and devoted families producing American greatness?
What’s the deal?
Forcing the absolute BEST American values abroad, to conserve…WHAT? Exactly??!
Can’t help but feel déjà vu.
Our family experienced similar circumstances over our entire 23 yr marriage.
WHEN?
What’s the deal?
Forcing the absolute BEST American values abroad, to conserve…WHAT? Exactly??!
Can’t help but feel déjà vu.
Our family experienced similar circumstances over our entire 23 yr marriage.
WHEN?
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Julie Moreno returned from Mexico today after spending the past week helping her husband, Nef, relocate to Mexico rather than live in constant fear of arrest, prolonged detention, and forced deportation.
October 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Julie Moreno returned from Mexico today after spending the past week helping her husband, Nef, relocate to Mexico rather than live in constant fear of arrest, prolonged detention, and forced deportation.
Traumatic arrest and detention would be shocking, to say the least.
The slow-walk torture on families has been ongoing, for decades, for mixed-status families.
There are hundreds of thousands of US citizen kids abroad.
Having been ripped from their American roots.
Our son is one of them.
The slow-walk torture on families has been ongoing, for decades, for mixed-status families.
There are hundreds of thousands of US citizen kids abroad.
Having been ripped from their American roots.
Our son is one of them.
Each arrest, which may or may not lead to a deportation, will also disrupt the lives of the person, family, and friends. With millions of people in mixed-status families, there will be likely US citizens and green-card holders who see a family member picked up; which can have long-term impacts.
U.S. Citizen Children Impacted by Immigration Enforcement
Deportations of parents and family members have serious consequences that affect children and extend to communities and the country as a whole.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Traumatic arrest and detention would be shocking, to say the least.
The slow-walk torture on families has been ongoing, for decades, for mixed-status families.
There are hundreds of thousands of US citizen kids abroad.
Having been ripped from their American roots.
Our son is one of them.
The slow-walk torture on families has been ongoing, for decades, for mixed-status families.
There are hundreds of thousands of US citizen kids abroad.
Having been ripped from their American roots.
Our son is one of them.
“…go down this hallway!…”
“Umm…nope! Ima go up these stairs…!” 🤨
“Umm…nope! Ima go up these stairs…!” 🤨
At its core, civil disobedience was never intended to be radical — it was always designed, in times such as these, to expose the radical violence of civil obedience and to light the way to collective refusal to participate in that violence.
October 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“…go down this hallway!…”
“Umm…nope! Ima go up these stairs…!” 🤨
“Umm…nope! Ima go up these stairs…!” 🤨
When I think of ‘family values’, it’s not in my mind to think of a child brought into this world is ‘deserving’ of pain and misery at the hands of mine, nor ANY government!!
RESEARCH: Family separation, including the separation of children from parents in mixed-status families, is associated with higher rates of depression, anxiety, behavioral & emotional issues, sleep disturbances, & stress/distress in children.
updates.apaservices.org/mental-healt...
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Mental Health and Immigration FAQ
This FAQ focuses on the mental health impacts of detentions, deportations, and family separations in immigrant communities.
updates.apaservices.org
October 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
When I think of ‘family values’, it’s not in my mind to think of a child brought into this world is ‘deserving’ of pain and misery at the hands of mine, nor ANY government!!