Human Rights Activist Ai-jen Poo On Trump's Inhumane Family Separation Policy

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Channel: The Damage Report · 2018 · News & Politics

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"Sunday afternoon, steps from the Ursula Border Patrol Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, activist Jess Morales Rocketto shouted to the crowd, “I want to make sure the children can hear us.”

In unison, the crowd followed Rocketto’s lead, chanting, “Niños, no estan solos” and “you are not alone.”

As families around the country celebrated Father’s Day, immigration activists in Texas on Sunday held a march and vigil to draw attention to recent separations of immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.

In McAllen, organizers estimated about 200 people attended a vigil to raise awareness about the Trump administration’s recent policy to separate families, one that has gained bipartisan condemnation."

Read more here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/mexico-border-activists-immigrant-children-separation

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