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Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:23 PM Jun 2018

Ethel Kennedy, 90, joins Alec Baldwin and more in hunger strike against Trump immigration policy [View all]

Source: People

Ethel Kennedy, the 90-year-old widow of Robert F. Kennedy, has joined Alec Baldwin, Evan Rachel Wood, Sen.Elizabeth Warren and more big names in a hunger strike protesting President Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy.

The human rights advocate, along with nearly 50 members of her famous family, will participate in the “Break Bread Not Families” hunger strike, which was organized by activist groups including the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights nonprofit.

The Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy has resulted in more than 2,300 children being separated from their parents at the border since April. Last week, after intense public pressure, the president signed an executive order reversing his own administration’s policy.

Read more: https://people.com/politics/ethel-kennedy-hunger-strike-trump-immigration-policy/





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