Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in the United States Last Saturday, June 14 to protest against the president’s government Donald Trump and its radical migration policies. Figures like Mark Ruffalo, Jimmy Kimmel or Kerry Washington have participated in these demonstrations, organized under the motto ‘No Kings’ (No to the kings). And one of the last voices to rise against Trump has been that of singer Shakira.
“I was only 19 when I moved to the United States, like many other Colombian immigrants who come to this country looking for a better future“, says the artist in an interview with BBC in which he denounces that Living in the United States being immigrant “means living in a constant terror”. “And it is painful to see it,” he laments.
“Now, more than ever, we have to remain united. Now, more than ever, we have to raise our voices and make it very clear that a country can change its immigration policies, but The treatment of all people must always be human“,, the singer sentence.
It is not the first time that Shakira raises the voice in support of the migrant community, because he already did it in the last edition of the Grammy, in which she was awarded in the category of Best Latin Pop Album. “I want to dedicate this award to all my immigrant brothers and sisters in this country”he said in his speech, adding that “always” would fight for them.
Hollywood goes out against Trump’s policies
Figures such as actors Mark Ruffalo and Kerry Washington, television presenter Jimmy Kimmel or singer Gracie Abrams SaThey were to the streets last Saturday in this framework of mass protests against Trump.
“We see a president who has made himself a king and a dictator”Ruffalo said during the protests in statements collected by MSNBC. Actresses such as Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Glenn Close, Ayo Edebiri, Natasha Rothwell or Mary Elizabeth Ellis have also shared images on social networks attending the demonstrations.
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The more than 2,000 calls in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago or Miami They coincided with the military parade held in Washington to commemorate the anniversary of the US Armed Forces, which many have described as an exhibitionist deployment of government military power.
In response to the protests, Trump has expressed in his social social network that ICE members (the immigration and customs control service will do “all possible” to carry out “The biggest mass deportation program in history”, referring to immigrants as “aliens.”
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