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Will Shakira convince Americans still undecided between outgoing President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden?

On the eve of the presidential election, the Colombian singer in any case recalled one of the huge scandals of the Trump administration: migrant children separated from their parents and left in detention centers.

Nothing has been done by the administration of the current president to reunite families since this program of "zero tolerance" towards immigration was launched.

“In the Land of Freedoms, 545 children are stuck in a no-man's land, with the risk of growing up without their mother or their father, 545 children who fall asleep without anyone to reassure them, 545 children who cannot hug, laugh, or have contact with the ones they love the most, ”Shakira says in an open letter published by

Time

magazine

.

Human drama

Nearly 2,800 migrant children and parents have been separated south of the US border.

While this program was officially launched in 2018, it had actually been tested since 2017. If Donald Trump ended it soon after in the face of an outcry, the children and parents have still not been reunited.

"More than 1,000 parents who were separated from their children during this pilot program have already been expelled from the country before a federal judge orders that they are found," said NBC News.

Shakira adds that "about 60 of these children were under 5 when they were separated from their parents."

"How does a nation that has been built on the shoulders of migrants, which has strong family values ​​and holds them in high esteem, have such a cruel immigration policy beyond imagination?"

What rationality can justify separating children from their families, without any intention of reuniting them, when the United States prides itself on being a land of hope for those who come from countries without any guarantee of basic needs?

», Adds the interpreter of

Waka Waka

.

Our Goodwill Ambassador @shakira on the unjustifiable cruelty of separating migrant children from their families.

We must end child detention once and for all.

https://t.co/qBJeRzgqCQ

- UNICEF (@UNICEF) October 30, 2020

The artist, ambassador for Unicef, reminds "those who consider that parents have put their children in this situation", that "many families have arrived in the USA to flee violence, poverty, persecution, and climatic disasters ”.

Shakira finally calls on Americans to make their voices heard “to prevent this from happening again” and that a “just and humane immigration system” is put in place.

“Making your voice heard is not always easy, especially when you are not a US citizen and can be seen as meddling in domestic politics.

However, the decisions of the United States affect us all, even more when the lives of children are at stake, ”concludes the Colombian singer.

The Americans are due to elect their 46th president tomorrow.

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