{"id":103689,"date":"2019-06-12T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103689"},"modified":"2019-06-12T11:00:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:00:29","slug":"50-locals-ask-where-are-the-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103689","title":{"rendered":"50 locals ask: \u2018Where are the children\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/line-where-children.jpg?resize=640%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/line-where-children.jpg?resize=900%2C390&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/line-where-children.jpg?resize=150%2C65&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/line-where-children.jpg?resize=300%2C130&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/line-where-children.jpg?resize=400%2C173&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/line-where-children.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Demonstrators rally to protest family separation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Where-Children-Signs.jpg?resize=300%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Where-Children-Signs.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Where-Children-Signs.jpg?resize=150%2C109&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Where-Children-Signs.jpg?resize=900%2C653&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Where-Children-Signs.jpg?resize=400%2C290&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Where-Children-Signs.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fifty local residents turned out Sunday, June 9, 2019, International\nChildren\u2019s Day, to draw attention to the suffering caused to children and\nfamilies by the inhumane zero-tolerance family-separation policy on immigration\nbegun last year by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rally, which asked Where are the Children? was held on\nOneida Square in Utica and was sponsored by Indivisible Mohawk Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PJs.jpg?resize=212%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PJs.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PJs.jpg?resize=106%2C150&amp;ssl=1 106w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PJs.jpg?resize=635%2C900&amp;ssl=1 635w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PJs.jpg?resize=400%2C567&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PJs.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe sadly know that there are several thousand children who\nare being separated from their parents due to Donald Trump\u2019s family separation\npolicy, but we don\u2019t know how many of these children have been or will ever be\nreunited with their parents,\u201d said Debbie Salema Lindon, one of the event\u2019s\norganizers. \u201cWe are asking \u2018Where are the children?\u2019 to make people aware of\nthis fact and that something needs to be done to reunite these families. Families\nbelong together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants brought children&#8217;s pajamas, which were\ndisplayed&nbsp; on several clothesline then\ndonated to shelters and non-profits serving children and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IMV event was held in conjunction with the \u201cWhere are\nthe children?\u201d event the same day on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demonstrators rally to protest family separation Fifty local residents turned out Sunday, June 9, 2019, International Children\u2019s Day, to draw attention to the suffering caused to children and families by the inhumane zero-tolerance family-separation policy on immigration begun last year by the Trump administration. 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