Alicia Keys, America Ferrera read letters from families
At the D.C. rally, singer Alicia Keys and actress America Ferrera read letters from families who have been separated from children. Keys said her 7-year-old son Egypt was with her at the protest in D.C. and she couldn’t imagine not being able to find him.
“I couldn’t imagine being separated from him … or scared about how he is being treated. So, this is all of our fight, because if it can happen to any child, it can happen to my child and your child and all of our children,” Keys said.
She read a letter from a woman whose son is being held in a Portland, Oregon, detention center. Ferrera then read a letter from a grandfather fighting to be reunited with his granddaughter.
“I want you to imagine that this is your child, that you are this grandfather,” Ferrera said. She said the last time the grandfather spoke to her she said she was feeling desperate. He told her not to lose hope.
