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Faith leaders prayed with activists in San Francisco Friday morning before they boarded a bus for San Diego where they plan to protest a policy that pulled children away from their parents.

Faith in Action sponsored the trip. Organizers say they were overwhelmed by people’s generosity when they asked for donations to pay for the bus and food. They say about 100 people are going.

President Trump signed an executive order calling for an end to the policy that separates children from their parents, but that hasn’t stopped activists from protesting. “There’s not a guarantee that those children already separated are going to be immediately reunited with their parents. In our eyes, it is not an opportunity to give up on lifting up our voices. We have to be there now more than ever,” Faith in Action spokesperson Lisa Wong said.

The group will march, protest and pray peacefully at the border and plans to return home Saturday night.

 

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