During OZY Fest, a two-day event in Central Park this weekend, Hillary Clinton sat down for an interview with nonprofit leader Laurene Powell Jobs and shared that she plans to help reunite immigrant families by providing transportation options. “I’m going to be tweeting about this in the days to come, but if any of you…
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Tens of thousands gathered across the U.S. for Families Belong Together marches on Saturday, which took place in over 700 locations, including Boston, Los Angeles, New York, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. According to CNN, protesters organized around three main tenets: that families separated at the U.S. border be reunited immediately, that the government end…
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More than 600 Families Belong Together rallies are taking place across the country on Saturday as thousands of people protest against the Trump administration’s controversial immigration policies—and Chrissy Teigen went to speak at one with baby Luna. Several celebrities, including Selena Gomez, Ava DuVernay, and Alyssa Milano also took to Twitter ahead of the demonstrations…
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For the past week, much of the public has been decrying the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy, which treats would-be adult migrants at the border as criminal offenders, resulting in the separation of the children accompanying them. Although the White House has stepped back from separating children from parents and, on Saturday, announced protocol for reuniting…
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On Saturday evening, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services made a joint statement outlining a plan to reunite 2,000-plus migrant kids with their families after being separated at the border. Before now, the White House reportedly had no formal plan or protocol in place to reunite the families.…
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If you—like many people across the United States including all five living First Ladies—find yourself outraged by what is happening to children and families in our country’s border towns, you are probably looking for ways to help. But first, you’ll want to know why this is happening in the first place. In April, the Trump…
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