Minister of Tourism Rania Al-Mashat welcomed Keys and her family in the country via her Twitter account, writing, “It’s a pleasure welcoming the Grammy award-winning musician and iconic singer in #Egypt! We hope you and your family enjoy your visit and experience with us.” Keys read the words of a mother whose son was held in immigration detention while Ferrera read a letter from a man who "is fighting to be reunited with his granddaughter.We have been Nesu and Nesa (Kings and Queens) for thousands of years! Greatness is in our DNA! Genius runs through our veins! This pic is exactly how I feel! Keep Shinin’ powerful YOU!! 😘😘👑 👑🌟🌟 /JbCvG8QjQj The stars also shared stories from families being affected by the policy. What makes humans remarkable is our capacity to imagine. This fight does not belong to one group of people, one color of people, one race of people, one gender - it belongs to all of us. "It is easy to imagine that I would hope that if it was my family being torn apart, if it was my brother being arbitrarily criminalized, if it was my sister who was being banned, that someone would stand up for me and my family." I am here as a human being with a beating heart, who can feel pain, who understands compassion and who can easily imagine what it must feel like to struggle the way families are struggling right now," she said. "I am here not only as a brand new mother, as the proud child of Honduran immigrants and not only an American who sees it as her duty to be here defending justice. "I couldn't even imagine being separated from him or scared about how he is being treated, so this is all of our fight, because if it can happen to any child, it can happen to my child and your child and all of our children."įerrera's speech was passionate and touched on motherhood, her Honduran roots and the duty she feels to be "defending justice." And I couldn't even imagine not being able to find him," she said. "My seven-year-old son is here with me today. Keys took the mic first, introducing herself as "a mother." Only then can we stop the separation of families and stop the policies that place children in cages.”Īlicia Keys and America Ferrera took the stage together to give emotional speeches, which touched on the reasons they were marching. This is a chance for us to come together as a nation and rise above division and fear. She continued, “I have to believe that this an opportunity to rise above the tyranny, the ignorance, the malpractice and believe in change. "Even some 17 years later, I can still remember how it felt when I first cried out for my parents and they couldn’t answer."
I am here today to be painfully honest about the damage these government policies do to human beings, do to kids," she said. “I am here today as a woman who as a young child was separated from her family.
"Orange is the New Black" star Diane Guerrero held back tears during the rally in Washington, D.C., as she talked about being separated from her family and the lasting impact it has had on her.
"Heaven knows I'm not helpless/But what can I do?. "Every day I wake/Everything is broken/Turning off my phone just to get out of bed," he sang.
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