Children's Educator Ms. Rachel Visits Newark Immigration Detention Facility, Urges Congress to End Family Detention While DHS Defends Policies

On Monday. She shared a video of herself speaking with the daughter of a detained man who had lived in the United States for 20 years and worked as a truck driver. Accurso encouraged followers to donate to the family and wrote that she spoke with traumatized children who are scared to sleep at night.

Accurso also posted a video of herself singing alongside families and immigration activists to a song with the lyrics "Together we'll sing down the walls everywhere... " She tagged the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice in the posts. , to urge members of Congress to end family detention and separation.

She delivered letters from children whose parents were in detention centers to both Republicans and Democrats. "This is not a partisan issue," she said. " A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson stated that ICE does not separate families.

The spokesperson said parents are asked if they want to be removed with their children or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates. The spokesperson also said DHS has led efforts to rescue and stop the exploitation of the 450,000 unaccompanied children the Biden administration lost or placed with unvetted sponsors.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Accurso visited children at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas in March. In an interview with NBC News, Accurso said "I am political.

In January, Accurso apologized for liking an antisemitic comment from one of her followers. She told Fox News Digital "I do not support language that targets or harms the Jewish community or any community. Antisemitism and hate of any kind have no place in my life or my work.