Organizers estimate that 35,000 marched on the White House. 60,000 in Chicago,
more than 70,000 in Los Angeles and 30,000 New Yorkers joined protests. Walking
across the Brooklyn Bridge, demonstrators chanted "Shame," braving extreme heat.
Throughout the country, hundreds were arrested.
The US president Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 20 meant to
quell outrage over the separation of families by housing parents and children
together, for an indefinite period, in ad hoc detention centers. The order
explicitly states that the authorities will continue to criminally prosecute
adults who cross the border illegally.
Many of the more than 2,300 children separated from their migrant parents remain
at makeshift shelters and foster homes. Although a federal judge in San Diego
issued an order on Tuesday calling for the reunification of families separated
at the border within 30 days, White House officials have said that following the
ordered timetable would be difficult.
Source: Tasnim