On Saturday, people around the United States came together and raised their voices in support of keeping families together. Thank you to those who joined RaisingVoicesUSA members at rallies across Long Island, and to everyone who spoke up in support of humane, compassionate immigration policy at rallies across the country.
On Saturday, people around the United States came together and raised their voices in support of keeping families together. Thank you to those who joined RaisingVoicesUSA members at rallies across Long Island, and to everyone who spoke up in support of humane, compassionate immigration policy.
The president and top administration officials say U.S. laws or court rulings are forcing them to separate families that are caught trying to cross the southern border.
These claims are false. Immigrant families are being separated primarily because the Trump administration in April began to prosecute as many border-crossing offenses as possible. This “zero-tolerance policy” applies to all adults, regardless of whether they cross alone or with their children.
Administration officials have pointed to “the law” as the reason why undocumented children are being separated from their parents. But there’s no such law. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)
