Chrissy Teigen & John Legend Donate $288,000 to ACLU

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend found a unique way to celebrate President Trump's 72nd birthday yesterday (June 14): they donated nearly $300,000 to the ACLU in the real estate mogul's honor. The $72,000 gift in the name of each member of their family was intended as a loud and pointed protest to what Teigen said was the "inhumane" immigration policies by the Trump administration that have resulted in thousands of children being separated from their parents at the border."John and I are outraged to see and hear the horror stories of immigrant families seeking asylum and refuge in America being ripped apart due to the inhumane policies of the Trump administration," Teigen tweeted, a reference to the administration's policy that has been separating children and parents at the southern U.S. border. "These actions are cruel, anti-family and go against everything we believe this country should represent."More than 1,300 children have reportedly been separated from their parents so far as part of the Trump White House's "zero tolerance" border policy, an action that has drawn rebuke from a number of members of Congress and the religious community, and which inspired thousands of people to take to the streets in dozens of protests around the country to protest the actions in marches coordinated by Families Belong Together.Teigen said she and Legend decided to make the sizable donation on behalf of themselves and children Luna and Miles because of the ACLU's commitment to "defending the rights and humanity of these vulnerable families."