Chrissy Teigen, America Ferrera, and so many others are speaking at today’s Families Belong Together marches
Today, June 30th, thousands of Americans are coming together to protest the administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy with “Families Belong Together” rallies all across the country. From New York City to Chicago to Los Angeles — and countless towns and cities in between — citizens are protesting the cruel and inhumane detention of children and the separation of families at our borders.
Perhaps the most visible rally is taking place in Washington D.C., where tens of thousands of people filled the park directly across from the White House chanting, “We care” (a direct response to Melania Trump’s wildly insensitive “I Really Don’t Care, Do U?” jacket).
Celebrities like America Ferrera and Alicia Keys spoke at the D.C. rally, even reading letters penned by parents currently separated from their children. Keys began her speech by telling the audience that she has a son named Egypt. “I couldn’t even imagine not being able to find him,” she said. “I couldn’t imagine being separated from him or scared about how he is being treated. So this is all of our fight. Because if it can happen to any child, it can happen to my child and your child and all of our children.”
Singer Alicia Keys reads a letter from a mother who was separated from her son. Watch: pic.twitter.com/EwjJKQYzu9
— Veronica Rocha (@VeronicaRochaLA) June 30, 2018
Ferrera then read a letter from a grandfather separated from his granddaughter, and Lin-Manuel Miranda sang a lullaby for all the children currently separated from their families.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is singing a lullaby for children separated from their parents pic.twitter.com/csctFNjR5T
— Meg Wagner (@megwagner) June 30, 2018
Chrissy Teigen spoke in Los Angeles while cradling her newborn son.
#LIVE: Model Chrissy Teigen speaks at #FamiliesBelongTogetherMarch in LA with newborn son, family https://t.co/TxMSbTKVFr pic.twitter.com/xjfqVlvdN6
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) June 30, 2018
And John Legend followed her words with a gorgeous performance.
My god. This is beautiful.🙏🏼#FamiliesBelongTogether #MoveOn #JohnLegend pic.twitter.com/9r0kibL4SC
— Danielle 🌊🌵🖖🏼 (@SW_Crisis) June 30, 2018
Rep. Maxine Waters gave a powerful speech directed at Donald Trump.
"How dare you. How dare you take the babies from their mother's arms!" Rep. Maxine Waters says President Trump has gone too far with his zero-tolerance policies that led to separating families. https://t.co/s5VHotCcgS pic.twitter.com/gD28BJNsy0
— CNN (@CNN) June 30, 2018
Elizabeth Warren spoke in Boston.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren just spoke at a rally in Boston. She told demonstrators: "This moment is a moral crisis for our country." pic.twitter.com/q7lmonT9tm
— Veronica Rocha (@VeronicaRochaLA) June 30, 2018
And so many others showed their support. false
This will never stop being my favorite sign. #FamiliesBelongTogetherMarch pic.twitter.com/PSH562zcRk
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) June 30, 2018
Huge crowds flowing into Lafayette Park at the Washington DC rally, wearing white, toting water and sunscreen. Tremendous cheers for the opening welcome from Sebastian Medina-Tayac of the Piscataway Nation. #FamiliesBelongTogether #FamiliesBelongTogetherMarch pic.twitter.com/TGdOznJwXI
— Anna Galland (@annagalland) June 30, 2018
So far my favorite sign of the day #FamiliesBelongTogetherMarch pic.twitter.com/aoQFqYd7J6
— Tom D'Angora (he/him) #StillWithHer (@TomDangora) June 30, 2018
WATCH LIVE: Protesters are hitting the streets across the U.S. for the #FamiliesBelongTogetherMarch to press President Trump's administration to reunite families quickly https://t.co/0WnNPVbUCB pic.twitter.com/8I6A0hj40b
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 30, 2018
I’m protesting in Austin, TX. #FamiliesBelongTogetherMarch pic.twitter.com/kxdxLKhAhU
— SGiles (@SGC0L0RAD0) June 30, 2018
We thank each and every person taking a stand for human kindness and decency today. Know that your voices are important and absolutely make a difference.
