On Monday (Nov. 12), the “Let Our Families Go” caravan stopped at Christ Church, a United Church of Christ in a St. Louis suburb, its third stop en route to Texas. By the time the group arrives in Tornillo for a day of action Thursday, there will be some 20 people in the caravan. About 50 activists are traveling from other parts of the country.
The goal of the trip, Whinston said, is to “raise our voices and ensure that indefinite detention of asylum seekers does not happen.”
The Trump administration announced in June that it would end its family separation policy, which officials said was designed to deter migrants from coming to the United States, following a public outcry. According to news reports, most of the migrant children have been reunited with their families. But the federal government has expanded the tent city in Tornillo to a capacity of 3,800, according to government officials. They have not set a date for its closure.
