Originally posted by the Voice of America.
Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America,
a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in
the public domain.


'Classrooms, Not Cages': Educators Rally Against Detention of Migrant
Children

Leslie Bonilla

   WASHINGTON - More than 200 educators and activists, along with
   presidential candidate Jay Inslee, rallied outside the U.S. Customs and
   Border Patrol (CBP) office Friday to protest the Trump administration's
   continued detention of children and separation of families.

   Organized by the American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest
   teachers union in the country, protesters donned white shirts reading
   "CLASSROOMS NOT CAGES."

   "Whatever it takes, let's do [immigration] right," AFT Executive Vice
   President Evelyn DeJesus told VOA News.

   "But, until then, these kids are dying. These kids are suffering. These
   kids are not getting schooling the way they should," DeJesus added.
   "And the teachers are here, ready to school them, to teach them, to
   love them."

.