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More than thirty thousand people gathered in Washington, including singer Alicia Keys, actress America Ferrera and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Thousands of protesters take to the streets after a rally at the White House to tell President Donald Trump and his government that he will not be able to do anything about it. (19659006) Thousands of people gathered in front of the White House this Saturday to request the meeting of separated immigrant families on the border of United States with Mexico . Donald Trump d Many children were separated from their parents while they were trying to illegally enter the country since April of this year.
According to the "zero tolerance" organizers, the event had more than thirty thousand people in central Washington – among them the singer Alicia Keys the actress America Ferrera and the playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda . Similar protests took place at the same time in 750 other cities in the United States.
"Our democracy is at stake. Our humanity is at stake. We are here to save the soul of our nation," said Alicia Keys in a speech. "With America, who is a descendant Honduran immigrants, the singer read true stories of a mother who was separated from her son and a grandfather who asked to welcome and take care of his own little daughter rejected by the authorities American
This fight does not belong to a group of people, to a color, to a genre.It belongs to us all, "said Ferrera, known for his role in the series Ugly Betty Under the motto "Families belong together," protesters called for the reunification of more than 2,300 children separated from their families since April following the "zero tolerance" policy, by which the United States is prosecuting criminally. people who cross irregular surely the southern border
The demonstrators also called for the end of "detention camps" of immigrants, where Trump wants to keep illegal immigrants under the & # 39;. age for long periods. On the platform planned for the protest, Lin-Manuel Miranda sang a song from his hit Broadway Hamilton and asked attendees not to give up "until those parents return to sing lullabies for their children "
Mexico
Activists and civil society organizations also demonstrated Saturday in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on the border with the American city of El Paso. Half a dozen protesters marched through the city center and then headed for one of the international bridges, where the vehicles were suspended during the demonstration.
The posters also read slogans against the border wall. , insists on the construction and against the militarization of the border. From May to mid-June, 2,300 children were separated from their parents, detained at the border crossing. A week ago, under heavy pressure, Trump decided to end the separations of migrant families whose children were scattered in shelters across the country.
External Pressure
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) information on families of immigrants who were separated at the southern border of the country, said Saturday the Attorney for Human Rights the man from Guatemala (PDH). In a statement, the institution said that this request is a response to the joint request of national human rights institutions in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
According to the PDH, the request for information was made on June 22 to the US government. on the location and treatment offered to children and adolescents separated from their families. According to the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry, at least 465 Guatemalan minors have been separated from their parents since May.
The IACHR also requested information on the reunification processes that the United States will implement. During his visit to the country last Thursday (28th), Vice President Mike Pence demanded that the Guatemalan government, as well as those of El Salvador and Honduras, stop the migration to their country.
the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted a resolution proposed by Mexico condemning the practice of separating immigrant families from the United States and calling for measures to reunify them "from as possible "
(with EFE and AFP)
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