While attending a protest in Tornillo, Texas — a city along the U.S.-Mexico border — a group of celebrities came together to voice their outrage over the thousands of migrant children who have beenseparated from their parentsafter crossing the Southern U.S. border illegally.“We came to Tornillo, Texas, to show our solidarity with the families who have been separated, the children who are alone and the parents who are grieving and the undocumented Americans who are losing more than I can fathom,”Lena Dunhamwrote alongside a group shot of many famous faces, includingAmber Heard,Bella Thorne,Mira SorvinoandSia.In the group photo, many of the celebrities are carrying signs protesting the crisis. “This is about humanity,” read one of the signs, while another proclaimed “no one is illegal.”“Thank you, Tornillo, for showing us a warm border welcome and reminding us that together we rise,” Dunham added.Sharing his own photo from the protest, actor Joshua Jackson wrote, “This was 10:00 am in Tornillo, Texas. We were standing outside thedetention facilitywhere hundreds of children are being held in tents. It was already near 100 F out there.”“These are not summer camps. These are not acceptable conditions for children. This is a humanitarian crisis of our own making,” he continued, adding the hashtags “ #stopseparatingfamilies#endfamilydetention.”Imploring her fans to donate toVoto Latino, a civic organization that helped facilitate the peaceful protest, Sia also announced that she would bematching all donationsup to $100,000.Westworldactress Evan Rachel Wood also participated in a separate event, the Break Bread Not Families rally, which was held in McAllen, Texas, in front of a detention center.Elaine AradillasRELATED VIDEO: President Trump Says He’ll Sign Executive Order Reversing His Child Separation PolicySince May, Trump’s “zero tolerance policy” has resulted in 2,342 children being removed from their parents who crossed the Southern border and face prosecution for illegal entry.Amid a massive backlash, Trump signed anexecutive orderreversing the position on Wednesday.On Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security said the U.S. government had reunited 522 migrant children who were separated from adults, saying in astatementoutlining the reunification process that the government “knows the location of all children in its custody and is working to reunite them with their families.”While waiting for the parents to complete their deportation hearings, children will continue to be held in custody. The families will then either be reunited before getting deported, or after the parent is released from detention and applies to be the child’s sponsor.While Trump’s executive order said the government would maintain a “zero tolerance” policy for illegal entry into the country, a senior U.S. official toldThe Washington Poston Thursday thatBorder Patrol agentshave been told to stop referring parents with children for prosecution.
While attending a protest in Tornillo, Texas — a city along the U.S.-Mexico border — a group of celebrities came together to voice their outrage over the thousands of migrant children who have beenseparated from their parentsafter crossing the Southern U.S. border illegally.
“We came to Tornillo, Texas, to show our solidarity with the families who have been separated, the children who are alone and the parents who are grieving and the undocumented Americans who are losing more than I can fathom,”Lena Dunhamwrote alongside a group shot of many famous faces, includingAmber Heard,Bella Thorne,Mira SorvinoandSia.
In the group photo, many of the celebrities are carrying signs protesting the crisis. “This is about humanity,” read one of the signs, while another proclaimed “no one is illegal.”
“Thank you, Tornillo, for showing us a warm border welcome and reminding us that together we rise,” Dunham added.
Sharing his own photo from the protest, actor Joshua Jackson wrote, “This was 10:00 am in Tornillo, Texas. We were standing outside thedetention facilitywhere hundreds of children are being held in tents. It was already near 100 F out there.”
“These are not summer camps. These are not acceptable conditions for children. This is a humanitarian crisis of our own making,” he continued, adding the hashtags “ #stopseparatingfamilies#endfamilydetention.”
Imploring her fans to donate toVoto Latino, a civic organization that helped facilitate the peaceful protest, Sia also announced that she would bematching all donationsup to $100,000.
Westworldactress Evan Rachel Wood also participated in a separate event, the Break Bread Not Families rally, which was held in McAllen, Texas, in front of a detention center.
Elaine Aradillas
RELATED VIDEO: President Trump Says He’ll Sign Executive Order Reversing His Child Separation Policy
Since May, Trump’s “zero tolerance policy” has resulted in 2,342 children being removed from their parents who crossed the Southern border and face prosecution for illegal entry.
Amid a massive backlash, Trump signed anexecutive orderreversing the position on Wednesday.
On Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security said the U.S. government had reunited 522 migrant children who were separated from adults, saying in astatementoutlining the reunification process that the government “knows the location of all children in its custody and is working to reunite them with their families.”
While waiting for the parents to complete their deportation hearings, children will continue to be held in custody. The families will then either be reunited before getting deported, or after the parent is released from detention and applies to be the child’s sponsor.
While Trump’s executive order said the government would maintain a “zero tolerance” policy for illegal entry into the country, a senior U.S. official toldThe Washington Poston Thursday thatBorder Patrol agentshave been told to stop referring parents with children for prosecution.
source: people.com
