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Sarah Huckabee Sanders, You Can't Call for Civility When Mistreating People

"Among those with hateful attitudes, what is there to respect?"

More Than 2,000 Immigrant Children Are Still Separated From Their Parents

The kids are spread all across the country in facilities and foster care.

Evan Rachel Wood Is on a Hunger Strike for Separated Families

She's one of several celebrities protesting at the border.

Immigrant Detention Facilities Are Inhumane, Expensive, and Crowded

It costs $775 per person per night to house detainees in "tent cities."

Child Abuse Can Have a Life-Long Impact on the Brain

“If a child is experiencing danger in a chronic way ... their stress response system is on high alert all the time.”

Imprisoning Children Is an Ugly American Tradition

Separating children from parents actually IS who we are.

Hillary Clinton Raised $1.5 Million to Help Separated Migrant Families

"We should be heartbroken to see families torn apart, but we should not be hopeless."

Nicki Minaj “Can’t Imagine the Horror” of What Families Being Separated Is Like

She opened up about being a former undocumented immigrant herself.

Beauty Brands Have a Responsibility to Speak Up About Dehumanization

"Speak up when our lives are in danger."

There Is No Plan to Reunify Separated Families

Trump's executive order doesn't address a broken system.

Alums from Kirstjen Nielsen's High School Wrote An Open Letter Denouncing Her DHS Work

“We do not have faith in Secretary Nielsen to live the values of our alma mater.”

For Representative Pramila Jayapal, Immigration Policy Is Personal

“As difficult as my story is, it’s nothing compared to the people I’ve worked with."

If Beauty Stands for Inclusivity, We Cannot Be Complicit in Separating Families

For an industry that promises to prize diversity, now is not the time to be silent or still.

Immigrant Children Were Reportedly Drugged at a Shelter

A lawsuit alleges one center forcibly injected children with drugs.

Trump's Executive Order Swaps Separating Families for Detaining Them Together

Critics say it might mean immigrant youth could be detained indefinitely.

We Fact-Checked the Trump Administration’s Lies About Family Separation

We’ve got the receipts.

Corey Lewandowski Refused to Apologize for Mocking the Plight of a Migrant Child

Lewandowski said "Womp, womp" after hearing the story of a 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome.

We Need Our Latinx Celebrities to Speak Out More Than Ever

Because representation matters.

The Trump Administration Is Reportedly Detaining Babies in Special Facilities

Critics call the "tender age" shelters jails for babies.