Elizabeth Zion: The Need For Family Reunification -- To Make Families Whole Again : Ted

"I want all families to be made whole, to be reunified, to be together - as is the right," says writer, poet and student Elizabeth Zion. In this profoundly moving talk, Zion shares the impacts of family separation, including her personal struggles with homelessness and poverty - and points a way toward moral and just policies that recognize the human rights of migrant families.

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