Three hundred rally in San Antonio to protest family separation
Channel: NOWCastSA
Date: 2018-06-04

The #RallyForOurChildren event was organized by Congressman Joaquin Castro and the Mexican American Legislative Caucus of the Texas House and Texas Rep. Diego Bernal. 

Speakers included Castro, Bernal, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, District 5 Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales, the ACLU of Texas, various faith leaders, a DREAMer and an asylum-seeking mother of two from Central America. 

The event was the first of several across Texas and the U.S. to protest the Trump administration's recent policy of separating children - some  younger than 2 years old - from their immigrant parents at the border.
It also comes a week after the New York Times reported that federal officials have lost track of nearly 1,500 immigrant children.
The issue prompted the hashtags #wherearethechildren #nofamilyseparation.