Just two weeks after Trumps ‘zero tolerance policy’, and already US attorney, Natalia Cornelio, with the Texas Civil Rights Project,  stated how US officials ripped a baby from the arms of a Honduran woman, in southern Texas at the border whilst her baby was breastfeeding. This all occurred whilst her family was in custody. The woman was further retrained by police when she tried to resist the snatching of her baby.  A number of similar stories have already surfaced since the policy was put into effect. One Guatemalan woman says she watched U.S officials take children from their parents at 3.30am, when she asked them why, they replied saying, “because the government told us we can.”

Community activist and imam Omar Suleiman said, “The executive order turns family separation into indefinite family detention. It also does nothing to reunite the already 3700 stolen children with their families or end children’s concentration camps. Don’t stop organizing on this or find yourself complacent.”

The executive order is titled “Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation,”. Trumps administration will need Congress to validate the decision to keep families detained indefinitely within a time frame. “If Congress fails to act, it is unlikely that the federal judiciary is going to allow this order to stand in its current form — because it appears to violate the 1997 Flores settlement that the administration cited as the reason it couldn’t detain families indefinitely, to begin with.”

Recent reports have since surfaced since the policy went into full effect relaying that 17 states in the US led by Democratic attorney generals are suing Trump and his administration, including New York, California and Washington. Each state filed lawsuits accusing the government of, “denying people their rights.”

The executive order replaces family separation, with family detention. This means that families will no longer be kept together in detention at the US Mexico border so parents can be prosecuted for illegal entry.In the midst of this, there is hope in the number of activists from different backgrounds, that are banding together. The community on and offline has since been mobilising to protest the policy, and ensure the children of families that they have been separated from, are protected. Imam Omar Suleiman mobilised and encouraged others to protest over the weekend, in a touching post on Facebook,

“The most incapable of people, are those incapable of prayer.” This is what came to my mind in these gut-wrenching 20 minutes. I was probably the only person in the group tall enough to reach the hands of those kids, but only God can truly reach them. I know prayers have gotten a bad rep recently due to those who conveniently use prayers to escape their own responsibilities. But there is a difference between that and using prayers as fuel as we fulfill our responsibilities. I may not know, but He does. I may not be able, but He is.  That actually keeps me going. So yes, I pray. And I march. And my prayer helps me march. And yes I call out to Him knowing that He responds. But I also know that I too must respond.”When My servants ask you about Me: I am truly near. I respond to the prayer of the caller when he calls out to me. So let them respond to Me and believe in Me that they may be rightly guided.” (Quran 2:186)

The community activist went on to illustrate his heart-wrenching experience at the protest when being the only one tall enough to reach the children’s hands that were pressed against the glass of the coach.

“Still processing. As I reached up and put my hand on the glass, a crying child put their hand to mine and looked me in the eyes with their tears flowing. I hated not being able to wipe their tears. I hated not being able to break through that glass that didn’t allow our hands to touch. I hated not being the parent they so wished to see. I hated not being able to tell them that everything was going to be ok, or that help was on the way. I don’t remember ever feeling so helpless as I watched those children taken away only to be stored in another warehouse. And I was haunted by the thought of how helpless their mothers probably felt as they were ripped away from them. I don’t remember the last time I cried my eyes out. I don’t remember the last time I have ever been left so speechless.

Not only have these children been separated from their families, but they are also being separated from their human family. And while I will probably never know their names, nor will they know mine, they are my children. And they’re yours too. Join your daily protests to keep the pressure on. Push your representatives in Congress to enact meaningful long-term legislation. Today we announced that this Saturday we will be taking buses to the border in McAllen, Texas (about 10 hours south of Dallas) where the largest concentration camps are. Once we can fully provide care, we will also be calling for people around the country to provide hygiene kits and other things of benefit. Keep spreading awareness. Keep praying. Keep working.”

One community activist, Nye Armstrong, relayed the ordeal on social media, illustrating the trauma the community faced when going down to Texas to show support, and having to witness children being driven to a detention centre in a caged police bus.

“I have just witnessed the most horrifying thing I’ve ever seen in person. Today, I travelled 11 hours to get to McAllen, Texas. I witnessed a caged police bus transporting children into a repurposed factory where they will be kept. These children were ripped from their mothers and in a foreign land with nothing and no one. I could see those kids crying. The children were too afraid to move. The younger ones made tiny waves back at us and put their hands against the windows while we chanted that they were not alone in Spanish. Once we knew the children were on the bus we flooded the street and stopped the bus from moving. We stood on all sides of the bus. We signed, we waved, we did everything in our power to show those children that we love them and are fighting for them. Imam Omar Suleiman is placing his hand on a child’s hand and praying. If you look closely you can see tiny hands pressed against the tinted windows. I was not prepared to witness any of this. My tears didn’t stop from the moment we realized what was on that bus. I hope those beautiful babies knew we would do anything to give them their family and their freedom. I hope they know we love them. I hope this fuels my heart to do more. I have more to write but I can’t see through my tears. “

May Allah grant them safety, and justice at this most difficult time.

Here is how Twitter reacted

Dallas based Muslim activist, @omarsuleiman504 , lays his hand on a caged bus containing separated immigrant children. He prays while the bus is brought to a stop by protesters in McAllen, #Texas pic.twitter.com/HJt0fyGj4y

— Diamon Garza (@DiamonGarza) June 25, 2018

ICE should be abolished, our immigration system is broken, this administration is satanic, and this is not the land of the free.

Please watch the whole interview and spread awareness. No one should suffer like this in isolation. https://t.co/BPqfFhc5BP

— Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman504) June 26, 2018

Tonight there will be a demonstration to #StandWithMuslims in Dallas. Details will be posted within an hour.

— Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman504) June 26, 2018

BREAKING: Melania Trump's Spokeswoman says that she will make another trip to visit the immigration facilities later this week.

LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE!

They don't need to be mocked any more!

— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) June 26, 2018

This is what Mr. Trump and Mr. Miller's immigration policy really looks like. #Travesty #Basta pic.twitter.com/N6D840q9zg

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) June 26, 2018

Anthony Kennedy gave a dire warning with his opinion in the immigration case: Donald Trump is using the country's laws against itself, and our democracy is so fragile that it depends on politicians acting in good faith.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) June 26, 2018

You can't make this stuff up.

So that phone number created by the Trump Administration to assist families in locating and reuniting with their children that were held in immigration detention centers…

It doesn't work.

As a matter of fact, it hasn't worked since last Friday.

— TOᑭ ᖇOᑭE TᖇAViS ???????? (@TopRopeTravis) June 26, 2018

Supreme Court's Inglorious Tradition of Being OK with Immigration Xenophobia:

Ozawa v. US (1922): Japanese can’t be citizens;

US v. Thind (1923): Hindus can’t either;

Hirabayashi v. US (1943): Japanese can be put in camps; and

Trump v. Hawaii (2018): Muslims can be banned.

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) June 26, 2018

In a lawsuit against the Trump administration, a woman from Guatemala says she watched U.S. immigration officials take children from their parents at a detention center at 3:30am.

When asked why, the officers said: "Because the government says we can."

— AJ+ (@ajplus) June 26, 2018

If you’re a Black American and you don’t feel black people should care about immigration issues, I don’t want to hear you bragging bout your great great grand aunt from the Caribbean. Idc

— Damarys ???? (@RoatansFinest) June 26, 2018

.@WValderrama shares his immigration story — as well as what Americans needs to do moving forward during this trying time: https://t.co/CpinGYnAvO pic.twitter.com/Qp6U0bZEAv

— Mic (@mic) June 26, 2018

Melania is going to pay a second visit to immigration facilities and I’m on pins and needles about what she will wear. Does Zara make a jacket that says “I’m married to a racist sexist monster but at least my toilet is made of gold”?

— Whitney Cummings (@WhitneyCummings) June 26, 2018