June 30 has been declared a national day of action under the slogan “Families Belong Together” to protest the Trump administration’s policies. Using families and children in protests makes people confront the added brutality heaped on those fleeing persecution. Vigils and demonstrations at border detention facilities, sit-ins, and blockades of vehicles transporting detained immigrants, peacefully confronting border guards all make for arresting visuals. Effective border protests need hundreds of people along with support for legal, logistics, media, transportation, food, water, housing and medical care. Trump’s actions are so appalling, the mainstream media are sympathetic to protests and are looking for good stories and visuals.