Singer John Legend has spoken out to defend undocumented immigrants.
The singer, 39, took to Twitter to express his views after President Donald Trump reportedly branded them “animals” last week, reports The Daily Mail. Even though Trump has denied he made the remark, calling it ‘Fake News’ in his own tweet, Legend still sent out a powerful message while in hospital with his newborn son.
He tweeted: “Even human beings who commit heinous acts are the same species as us, not ‘animals’. I’m in the hospital with our new son. Any of these babies here could end up committing terrible crimes in the future. It’s easy, once they’ve done so, to distance ourselves from their humanity.
“But it’s much more honest and challenging to realise they were all babies once and think about what in society, their home life, etc took them from baby to violent gang member. And then to think about collective action we could take to mitigate these conditions.”
