families walk together across the United States on Saturday and speak out about the "zero tolerance" immigration policy of the Trump administration
John Legend spoke to the crowd at the Los Angeles rally
"I know that the opening of Twitter right now seems to me to be a horror show. So much news is shocking and maddening and depressing, "he said," I think some of us have a strong temptation to disengage, but we can not. We can not do that. I can not do that. I have to do something. "
He then performed his new song" Preach ", whose message perfectly matched the situation.
" Every day I wake up / Everything is broken / Turn off my phone just to get out of bed ", a- he sings. "Heaven knows I'm not defenseless / But what can I do? … I can not preach, baby, preaching "
" Orange is the new black "Diane Guerrero holds back her tears during the rally in Washington DC, speaking of her family separation and l & # 39; 39, lasting impact that she had on her
"I am here today as a woman who, as a child, was separated from her family.I am here today to be painfully honest about the damage these government policies are doing to human beings, to children, "she says." Even 17 years later, I still remember what I felt when I shouted for my parents, they could not answer. "
She continued," I have to believe that this is an opportunity to rise above the tyranny, the Ignorance, malfeasance and believing in change, it's a chance for us to unite. "
Alicia Keys and America Ferrera set the stage together to give emotional speeches that touched the reasons why they collapsed.
Keys took the microphone first, posing as "a mother".
"My seven-year-old son is here with me today, he calls Egypt, and I could not even imagine not being able to find him," he says. she, "I could not even imagine being separated from him or frightened by the way he is treated, so that's all our fight, because if"
Ferrera's speech was passionate and touched the motherhood, its Honduran roots and its duty to "defend justice"
"I am here not only as a brand new mother, as the child proud of Honduran immigrants and not just as an American who considers his have to be here to defend justice. I am here as a human being with a beating heart, who can feel pain, who understands compassion and who can easily imagine what he must feel to fight the way families struggle right now, "she said, which I would hope if my family was torn apart, if my brother was arbitrarily criminalized, if it was my sister who was banned, that someone would stand up for me and my family. "
" It's as simple as that. This fight does not belong to a group of people, a color of people, a race of people, a genre – it belongs to us all. What makes humans remarkable is our ability to imagine. We have an imagination, let's use it. "
The stars also shared stories of families affected by politics.
Keys read the words of a mother whose son was detained while Ferrera was reading a letter. a man who "fights to be reunited with his granddaughter."
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Grandfather's letter, Ferrera stifled after urging the crowd to "imagine that it is your child, that you are that grandfather."
Later, Keys left the crowd chanting "we will not retreat" thoughts.
"Our democracy is at stake. Our humanity is at stake. We are here to save the soul of our nation," she said. "We need all the children to be reunited with their parents. We ask to end the policy of zero humanity. We must save the Supreme Court and we must vote, because when we vote, we win. "
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