George & Amal Clooney Donate $100,000 to Help Children Separated From Families at Border

George and Amal Clooney have announced a donation of $100,000 to the help the migrant children who have been torn away from their parents at the border between Mexico and the United States.

“At some point in the future our children [one-year-old twins Ella and Alexander] will ask us: ‘Is it true, did our country really take babies from their parents and put them in detention centers?’ And when we answer yes, they’ll ask us what we did about it. What we said. Where we stood. We can’t change this administration’s policy but we can help defend the victims of it,” the couple told People in a statement. “Today, the Clooney Foundation for Justice will donate $100,000 to the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights.”

Maria Woltjen, the Young Center’s Executive Director, released a statement thanking the couple. “This Administration’s policy disregards international law and basic principles of human decency,” she said. “To treat children in such a cruel manner not only violates their legal rights but also their basic needs. We are doing everything we can to advocate on behalf of the thousands of children who are separated and alone, and we are grateful for the generous support of George and Amal Clooney and the Clooney Foundation for Justice — it could not be more vital at this time.”