A California couple has raised over US$9 million dollars for a Texas-based non-profit immigration law service in an effort to help reunite migrant families separated by U.S. border officials.
has received donations from more than 230,000 users on the social media platform since its launch last Saturday.
Proceeds from the 鈥淩eunite an immigrant parent with their child鈥� effort are set to go towards The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), which is said to be the largest organization of its type in Texas.
More than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥渮ero-tolerance鈥� policy that criminally prosecutes anyone caught entering the U.S. illegally. The Trump administration has not spelled out a clear path to reuniting impacted parents and children.
鈥淭hese children don't know where their parents are. Their parents aren't allowed to communicate with them while in custody,鈥� Charlotte Wilner wrote in a Facebook post. 鈥淚n many cases, parents have been deported without their children 鈥� sometimes, young children are deported without their parents.鈥�
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