Amal Clooney and George Clooney announced their pledge for $100,000 towards the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights. The organization advocates for the rights and best interests of unaccompanied immigrant children.
“At some point in the future our children will ask us: Is it true, did our country really take babies from their parents and put them in detention centers?” the Clooneys said, according to the press release.
This has come after the Trump administration has been separating families at the border, distributing their children across the country to foster homes, of which 1,500 are now missing, then to the “detention center,” and now entire families are being imprisoned for migrating to America.
“And when we answer yes, they’ll ask us what we did about it. What we said. Where we stood. We can’t change this administration’s policy but we can help defend the victims of it. Today, the Clooney Foundation for Justice will donate $100,000 to the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights.”
Maria Woltjen, the executive director at the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights at the University of Chicago, in a statement said, “This administration’s policy disregards international law and basic principles of human decency.”
She continued, “To treat children in such a cruel manner not only violates their legal rights but also their basic needs. We are doing everything we can to advocate on behalf of the thousands of children who are separated and alone, and we are grateful for the generous support of George and Amal Clooney and the Clooney Foundation for Justice—it could not be more vital at this time.”
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