After First Lady Melania Trump drew criticism for wearing a jacket featuring an apathetic message to visit a detention center at the U.S.-Mexico border this week, many have channeled their outrage over the Trump administration’s separation of families into helping the thousands of people swept up in President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy.
Leaving Washington, D.C. for the town of McAllen, Texas, where hundreds of children are being detained after crossing the border, the First Lady donned a jacket with the phrase “I really don’t care, do U?” across the back.
Upworthy writer Parker Molloy quickly purchased the domain name IReallyDoCare.com, allowing visitors to donate to more than a dozen immigrant rights and social justice groups to benefit families at the border and across the United States. Users can give any amount to organizations including the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, United We Dream, Al Otro Lado, and La Union del Pueblo Entero.
Within hours, the site had reportedly raised nearly $2.75 million.
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