Celebrities respond to a family detention center photo
"...a prison center for babies"
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All eyes are turned on the US immigration system as the Department of Health and Human Services revealed that nearly 1,500 migrant children are unaccounted for in the US. Social media users are wondering #WhereAreTheChildren, and a photo of a family detention center is going viral.
A reporter for ABC Houston, Antonio Arellano, tweeted a photo of the bus lined with car seats and wrote, "ICE's largest family detention center, Karnes County Residential Center in Texas, run by contractor GEO Group, has a prison bus just for babies."
ICE's largest family detention center, Karnes County Residential Center in Texas, run by contractor GEO Group, has a prison bus just for babies.https://t.co/j282oqp0W8 pic.twitter.com/MYtPAYGNzN
— Antonio Arellano (@AntonioArellano) May 27, 2018
Author Stephen King shared the photo, writing, "This is what we've come to under Donald Trump. Men and women of conscience, raise your voices. THIS IS WRONG."
This is what we've come to under Donald Trump. Men and women of conscience, raise your voices. THIS IS WRONG. https://t.co/g651l75CmL
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 28, 2018
Actor Josh Gad responded to the image, saying, "I want to throw up."
I want to throw up https://t.co/4nT4rWNOkW
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) May 28, 2018