Today I will let the pictures speak for themselves, mostly. They were taken at Saturday’s rally to protest the separation of children from their families as a result of the Trump administrations’ policies on immigration and asylum.

Over 250.ooo people marched across the cities of the U.S., some 5000 here in PDX, to give voice to their disgust and anger – you wouldn’t know those number if you read the conservative media.

 

 

 

 

Senator Ron Wyden, who is really rising to the occasion, gave an impassioned and clever speech, leading the crowd in 0 – 10 scoring of Trump’s zero-tolerance and other policies with resounding shouts of ZERO.

Signs ranged from outraged to funny, offered by imploring 7-week olds to raging grannies and grandpas.

 

 

 

As always, a sense of shared purpose and solidarity gave rise to smidgens of hope.

For those of you interested in the science behind the claims that separating infants from their mothers and fathers has life-long consequences, as expressed not only in attachment disorders but also in neurophysiological changes that can affect a range of psychological developments, I refer to the articles below.

https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/obsonline/how-mother-child-separation-causes-neurobiological-vulnerability-into-adulthood.html

 

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/06/neglect.aspx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then there is this about stolen adoptions: https://theintercept.com/2018/07/01/separated-children-adoption-immigration/