Nationwide Protest Against Trump’s Family-Separation Policy Planned for June 30
On June 30, cities across the country will host protests against the Trump administration’s cruel family-separation policy, MSNBC host Chris Hayes and Representative Pramila Jayapal announced on Monday’s All in With Chris Hayes.
Within the last six weeks, nearly 2,000 immigrant children have been ripped away from their parents while attempting to cross the border under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy. While the parents face criminal charges and are held in federal custody awaiting trial, the children are placed in cages inside of detention centers, where many struggle to deal with extreme trauma.
To fight back, a number of organizations including the National Domestic Workers Alliance, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the ACLU, the Women’s March, and MoveOn, among others — have organized a nationwide protest on Saturday, June 30. The main demonstration is scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.
The protest also has a Facebook event, which encourages those who can’t make it to the D.C. event to visit the website for Families Belong Together, which will list the other protests occurring around the country on June 30.
“We are ready to have a mass mobilization,” Jayapal tweeted. “This has to be taken right to the White House and to Donald Trump’s doorstep.”
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