--- title: George and Amal Clooney Just Donated to Help Immigrant Kids description: George and Amal Clooney announced that they donated $100,000 to an organization supporting the rights of immigrant children. canonical: https://time.com/5317323/george-amal-clooney-immigrant-donation/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-20T16:59:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:48.540Z og:title: George and Amal Clooney Just Donated to Help Immigrant Kids og:description: The Clooneys are backing an organization that supports immigrant rights og:url: https://time.com/5317323/george-amal-clooney-immigrant-donation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60b63dee1019701d/698933770a4a22ec609d3004/george-amal-clooney-afi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: American Film Institute's 46th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to George Clooney - Reception og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: George and Amal Clooney Just Donated to Help Immigrant Kids twitter:description: The Clooneys are backing an organization that supports immigrant rights twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60b63dee1019701d/698933770a4a22ec609d3004/george-amal-clooney-afi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # George and Amal Clooney Just Donated $100,000 to Help Immigrant Children > Sponsored content. 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Nearly 2,000 children were separated from their families during a six-week period in April and May, as the Trump Administration cracked down on illegal immigration with a “zero-tolerance” policy of separating families at the border_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 20, 2018 4:59 PM UTC  Amal Clooney and George Clooney attend the American Film Institute's 46th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to George Clooney at Dolby Theatre on June 7, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Amal Clooney and George Clooney attend the American Film Institute's 46th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to George Clooney at Dolby Theatre on June 7, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Emma McIntyre—Getty Images for Turner  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 20, 2018 4:59 PM UTC George and [Amal Clooney](http://time.com/5305987/amal-clooney-george-speech/) may spend most of their time in the U.K., but the actor and lawyer are not turning a blind eye to the [current political situation](http://time.com/5315152/new-jersey-detention-center-democrats/) in the U.S. In a statement shared with [the _Hollywood Reporter_](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-amal-clooney-donate-100000-aid-migrant-children-1121758?utm%5Fsource=twitter) on Tuesday, the Clooneys made public their donation to support the rights of immigrant children. “At some point in the future our children 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,” the Clooneys told _THR_. “We can’t change this administration’s policy but we can help defend the victims of it.” To that end, their Clooney Foundation for Justice plans to give $100,000 to the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights. The Young Center [defines itself as](https://www.theyoungcenter.org/) “a champion for the rights and best interests of unaccompanied immigrant children, making sure that wherever they land, whether here in the U.S. or in their home country, they are safe.” The Clooneys’ donation comes amid the Trump [administration’s policy](http://time.com/5317269/family-separation-policy-donald-trump-pause/) of separating children and adults at the U.S. border has come under fire, with recent footage released of unaccompanied minors held in detention centers and reports of [“tender age” shelters](http://time.com/5316764/toddler-immigrants-tender-age-shelters/) housing children in crisis. The Clooneys are not strangers to political activism: George has spoken out against the [situation in Darfur](http://time.com/4847706/george-clooney-sudan-lobbying/) and voiced his [views on Trump](http://time.com/4678775/clooney-trump-bannon-hollywood/), while Amal’s [life work](http://time.com/5221820/amal-clooney-reuters-myanmar/) is as a lawyer representing a number of human rights cases in international court. The Clooneys also previously donated $1,000,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center to counteract hate groups, following white supremacist activity [in Virginia last year.](http://time.com/4911856/amal-george-clooney-donation-fight-hate-groups/) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] I have put in place a zero tolerance policy for illegal entry on our southwest border. If you cross the border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you. And that child may be separated from you [ MUSIC ] The zero tolerance policy is intended to deter people from breaking the law, Adults Adults, if they are accompanied by a child, that child is temporarily separated from them as they go through a judicial process. And that is no different from a United States citizen parent. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] They call it the zero Tolerance. But a better name for it is zero humanity and there's zero logic to this policy. [ MUSIC ] The democrats gave us the laws, now I want the laws to be beautiful. But strong. I don't want bad people coming in. I don't want drugs coming in. And we can solve that problem in one meeting. Tell the democrats, your friends, to call me. [ MUSIC ] We should not be using kids as a deterrent policy. This is something, I think, is actually unacceptable. And it's something that, as Americans, we shouldn't be doing. He's gotta step in there and he's gotta end this thing. I think it's an atrocious policy. It's inhumane, it's offensive to the average American. [ MUSIC ] We do not have the luxury of pretending that all individuals coming to this country as a family unit Are, in fact, a family. We have to do our job. We will not apologize for doing our job. We have sworn to do this job. 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