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Those who march Saturday asked the government to quickly reunite families who were already divided
A Brazilian mother separated from her 10-year-old son approached the microphone at the Boston rally there is more of a month
"We came to the United States to ask for help, and we never imagined that it could happen, so I pray everyone, s & # 39; please release those children, give me my son, "she says with an interpreter weeping."
In Washington DC, about 30,000 protesters gathered in Lafayette Park in front of the House. Blanche, in what was supposed to be the biggest event of the day, stretching for hours under a scorching sun At one point, the firefighters fogged the crowd to help people cool off. [19659002] Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the musical "Hamilton", sang a b Lullaby dedicated to parents unable to sing to their children. Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys read a letter written by a woman whose child had been kidnapped at the border
"It's troubling: families are separated, children are caged, "says Emilia Ramos, a housekeeper in the neighborhood. fight tears at the rally. "Seeing everyone together for this cause, it's moving."
Around her, thousands of restless signs: "I'm mad," read some, in reference to a jacket that the first lady Melania Trump wore to visit migrant children. The back of his jacket says, "I'm mad, is not it?" and it became a rallying cry for protesters on Saturday.
"I'm worried about it, is not it?" read Joan Culwell's t-shirt while she was attending a rally in Denver
"We do not care!" The protesters shouted in front of the Dallas City Hall. Organizer Michelle Wentz says the opposition to the "barbaric and inhumane" policy of the Trump administration seemed to transcend political lines.
"This is the problem that affects most people," said Robin Jackson, 51, of Los Angeles. who protested with thousands of flags, placards, and babies.
Singer John Legend serenaded the crowd and Democratic politicians who clashed with Trump had strong words for the president, including US representative Maxine Waters who called for his dismissal. The president took to Twitter amid protests, first to show his support for immigration and customs enforcement as some Democrats have called for major changes at the agency. Tweeting Saturday from New Jersey, Trump urged ICE agents to "not worry or lose his mind" and wrote that "radicals left Dems want you to go out afterwards."
He tweeted later that he never had Republicans voted for immigration review measures that failed last week, contradicting an article three days ago in which he urged the members of the GOP Congress to adopt
The 90-degree heat, some carrying their children on their shoulders, chanting "Shame!
"It is important for this administration to know that these policies that tear apart families – who treat people as human beings, as if they were vermin – are not the way of God, they are not not the law of love, "said Reverend Julie Hoplamazian, an Episcopal priest walking to Brooklyn.
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