Ms. Rachel Urges Congress to End Family Detention, Delivers Children's Letters in Washington
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Ms. Rachel Urges Congress to End Family Detention, Delivers Children's Letters in Washington
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Summary
Washington-bound on Wednesday, Ms. Rachel said she pressed Republicans and Democrats to end family detention and separation, delivering letters from children whose parents are being held in detention centers.
Newark's Delaney Hall visit on Monday drove that appeal: the children's educator posted videos with families tied to detainees and highlighted one truck driver who she said had lived in the U.S. for 20 years.
DHS rejected her account, saying ICE does not separate families and that parents can choose removal with their children or placement with a designated safe person; it also said it is focused on protecting 450,000 unaccompanied children.
The advocacy push comes days after arrests outside Delaney Hall during anti-ICE protests and follows Accurso's earlier March visit to families at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas.