Thousands of people marched at locations across the country and one 12-year-old old who took the stage in Washington D.C. showed more passion and determination than you could even imagine from someone so young. Her name was Leah, her last name was understandably not shared because she doesn’t want to get her mother on the radar of ICE. Here’s part of what the Miami girl said:
“I live with the constant fear of losing my mom to deportation. My mom is strong, beautiful and brave. She is also a person who taught me how to speak up when I see things that are unfair. ICE wants to take my mom away from me. I don’t like to live with this fear.”
Watch her full speech above.
The march Leah took part in was just a sliver of those happening Saturday. NBC News reports:
“Hundreds of marches took place across the United States on Saturday as thousands of people demanded the Trump administration reunite families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The protests, marching under the banner “Families Belong Together,” are hoping to push the Trump administration to reunite thousands of immigrant children separated from their families after crossing into the United States.”
Here are some of the other highlights (and one lowlight from the President) on this day of protest.
President Trump, tweeting from his golf club in Bedminster, NJ, Saturday while thousands of protestors march against family separation, doubled down on his demand that immigrants who unlawfully cross the border into the U.S. be turned away "IMMEDIATELY" https://t.co/EXb4pAXK9I
— Axios (@axios) June 30, 2018
While @Lin_Manuel sings beautifully, as always, kids at the border should be able to hear their parents and families sing to them directly, every day and not while in a cage. That shouldn’t be a controversial position. #FamiliesBelongTogether https://t.co/SHXz6N2D7t
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) June 30, 2018
We know we are better than this! #FamiliesBelongTogether pic.twitter.com/JzHJ8SwMV5
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 30, 2018
Chrissy Teigen at the Families Belong Together March: "I'm incredibly proud to be a daughter of an immigrant." https://t.co/Q0HTxGqLaQ pic.twitter.com/2oS1JhDcYj
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 30, 2018
How many people turned out in scorching heat for the #FamiliesBelongTogether march in DC? A TON OF PEOPLE pic.twitter.com/m50a48GUj2
— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) June 30, 2018
“Honestly, I am blown away. I have literally never seen Americans show up for immigrants like this,” said Jess Morales Rocketto, political director at the National Domestic Workers Alliance. https://t.co/XS8xwP3vri via @nbcnews
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) June 30, 2018
We are protesting in over 600 cities today demanding:
✔️ No more family separations
✔️ ALL kids reunited within 30 days of the court’s order
✔️ Kids under 5 reunited within 14 days of the court’s order
✔️ No indefinite jailing of kids and families#FamiliesBelongTogether pic.twitter.com/yllKYxDrvg— ACLU (@ACLU) June 30, 2018
#FamiliesBelongTogether: At the doors to the Department of Justice. Sessions my man, you’ve got mail. pic.twitter.com/GuGs1LX9OJ
— Alejandro Alvarez 🫡 (@aletweetsnews) June 30, 2018
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