Some of the cast members of Jane The Virgin, Shameless, Orange Is The New Black, The Good Place and more are using their social media platforms to remind us about the families who are still separated at the US border. They’re posting videos of themselves with the hashtag #SilencedVoices and they’re reading the words of parents at Port Isabel Detention Center in Texas who are desperately missing their children.
I won’t lie. It’s really hard to watch. The stories are devastating.
Much like the #MyNameIsMirian videos made by Maggie Gyllenhaal and her celebrity friends earlier this year about a Honduran mother who had to hand over her 18-month-old son at the Texas border, these videos are a stark reminder that as we get on with our everyday lives, there are still hundreds of families living through this nightmare.
The words were gathered by attorneys for SupportKIND (Kids In Need of Defense) – an organisation founded by Angelina Jolie and the Microsoft Corporation which provides legal aid to refugee and immigrant families and works tirelessly to protect children.
Here they are, as told by Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Azie Tesfai, Anthony Mendez, Jason Dirden, Susan Heyward, Lesley-Ann Brandt and Shanola Hampton:
