Celebrities gathered at the border between the U.S. and Mexico to protest in opposition t the separation of migrant toddlers from their parents.
Stars including Amber Heard, Lena Dunham, Sia and Mira Sorvino travelled to the city of Tornillo in Texas on Sunday to demand an end to the controversial policy.
President Donald Trump has come beneath extreme criticism for the family unit-separation condition, which stems from a nil-tolerance method that criminally expenses any one caught crossing the border illegally.
On Wednesday, Mr Trump signed an govt order to retain households collectively but that did not stop the celebrities protesting.
Heard posted a picture of herself protecting a placard studying: "Apartheid became prison. Holocaust changed into prison. Legality is a rely of energy, not justice."
She captioned the graphic: "legislations is supposed to give protection to and protect justice, not smash it."
Sorvino posted a selfie alongside Dunham, captioning the photograph: "TY so lots @lenadunham for inviting me on this relocating experience of bearing witness on the border.
"Tho they would no longer let us circulate through, understanding that these toddlers have been there on the different facet of the barbed wires, in a desolate tract where the warmth was without difficulty over one hundred, made me want to fight even tougher to #EndFamilySeparation."
whereas actress Dunham posted a group shot of protesters retaining up indications calling for an conclusion to family separation.
The 32-year-ancient wrote: "We came to Tornillo, Texas, to show our solidarity with the households who had been separated, the toddlers who are on my own, the parents who're grieving and the undocumented americans who are dropping greater than i can fathom. thank you, Tornillo, for showing us a heat border welcome and reminding us that collectively we upward thrust."
On Friday, Mr Trump held a press convention with the households of americans killed through unlawful immigrants and claimed they were the true victims of the nation's immigration crisis.
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