Celebrities Sound Off on Immigrant Children's Separation From Parents at US-Mexico Border
Even celebrities were heartbroken after seeing the viral photos of young immigrant children being separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border.
According to BBC News, almost 2,000 children were separated from their parents from mid-April until the last week of May.
Fashion model Chrissy Teigen turned to Twitter to share the cover image of The Daily News featuring a 2-year-old girl who was crying while the US border agents took her away from her mother.
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It obviously struck a chord in Teigen's heart, since she also has a young daughter.
"This little girl is the same age as my daughter. Luna is the happiest thing. The funniest girl. And she is absolutely terrified to look around and realize she is too far away from us, even for seconds. The fear she would feel here fills me with rage and sadness," the 32-year-old model who is also a mother to a newborn baby boy named Miles wrote. Teigen and her husband John Legend opted to help the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in taking care of the affected families by donating $72,000 each. Critically-acclaimed actress Anne Hathaway also express her disgust about the incident by sharing all the hardships that her father had to go through when she and her brother were growing up. She also shared her family's thoughts about the immigration policy that is being implemented by the Trump administration.
"My Dad and I- not to mention my entire family- are disgusted and rocked to our core by the current administration's shocking decision to separate asylum seeking immigrant families, the consequence of which is creating orphans with living parents," the "Ocean's 8" star said. In line with this, Hathaway decided to donate to the Americans for Immigrant Injustice organization under her father's name and asked her followers to do same. Other stars like "One Tree Hill" alum Sophia Bush and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel urged their social media followers to call their senators and House representatives to pass the Keep Families Together Act and the HELP Separated Children Act.
More stars expressed their opinion and call to action for the case of the immigrant children.
