Popular children’s educator Ms. Rachel visited Delaney Hall, an immigration detention facility in Newark, N.J., on Monday, to visit families she said had been “terrorized” by immigration enforcement.
The YouTuber, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, shared a video of herself speaking with the daughter of a detained man in the facility, who emotionally recounted her visit with him. Accurso wrote that the man had lived in the United States for 20 years and worked as a truck driver. She encouraged followers to donate to the family.
“Please let their kind, loving father be with his family again,” she wrote in the post.
“How is ripping this family apart and taking him from his children, one with severe special needs, OK?” she asked. “I spoke with many traumatized kids who are scared to sleep at night. Why are we terrorizing children?”
