Cyrus Langhorne
New York rappers Nas and Fat Joe are making it hard not to look at the presidency as heartless af. The hip-hop veterans went to social media to give fans a look at immigrant families being torn apart by border control.
Nasir Jones and Joey both used Instagram to share a few horrific shots of what’s currently going on with President Donald Trump‘s immigration policy in effect.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkQGAZ8lZ6x/
Over the past 24 hours, social media has ignited with emotional messages about what’s happening.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkOIeyOg13D/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BkOWJAhAugj/
Despite having the power to do so, President Trump has refused to let families be detained together.
Mr. Trump has the power on his own to change that zero-tolerance policy at the border, which would once again allow border agents and prosecutors the discretion to allow families to remain together after crossing illegally into the United States. But it would also allow those families to be released while their court proceedings go forward, something Mr. Trump opposes. (New York Times)
Over the past couple of months more than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents after entering the United States illegally.
Since early May, 2,342 children have been separated from their parents after crossing the Southern U.S. border, according to the Department of Homeland Security, as part of a new immigration strategy by the Trump administration that has prompted widespread outcry. (NPR)
