Cyrus Langhorne
Grammy-winning rapper T.I. and Fat Joe aren’t keeping their lips sealed. The duo have stepped forward to address the horrific immigration problem with children being separated from their family.
Both Tip and Joe hopped on Instagram this week and didn’t hold back with their emotions.
Despite having the power to do so, President Donald 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)
Various South America countries have already weighed-in on the United States immigration drama.
Honduras: President Juan Orlando Hernández said “families should not be separated because they should be tended to with the same legislation that the United States has on the rights that are superior than the child and that includes being united with their family.” El Salvador: Its government expressed concern over this US policy on families arriving in the US and called on the US to end the family separation. Guatemala: The government said the United States’ immigration policy “violates human rights and destroys family unity.” Guatemala asked the US to reconsider its immigration policy. (CNN)
