'This is an emergency': the volunteers bailing out migrants from detention

One woman’s story of helping a migrant by paying their bail has inspired others to offer bond money of their own For more than a year, Julie Sharron went quietly crazy reading news stories about migrants detained at the border, herded into detention centers, separated from their children and demonized by Donald Trump and his supporters as “criminals” and “ animals ”. As the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, she was chilled by what she saw as inescapable historical parallels. Like many of her liberal friends living on Los Angeles’ Eastside, she wrote outraged posts on social media, donated money and called her congressman. But it wasn’t enough. Continue reading...