" As a human being , I can't do that", worker quits over siblings being ripped apart

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Antar Davidson is no longer employed as a youth migrant shelter worker in Arizona.

Last week, he quit in protest over the Trump administration's move to separate immigrant parents from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Davidson worked at a migrant shelter in Tuscon, one of several sites along the U.S. border taking in migrant children.

Last week, Davidson's manager instructed him to separate a group of Brazilian siblings. He was also told to get them to stop hugging each other. That, he says, was the moment he knew he had to leave his job.

They haven't seen their mother since May 29.

They're holding onto him for dear life and with tears streaming down their face. And I tell [the 16-year-old] "Bro, you have to be strong." He looks over to me with tears streaming down his face, and he says "How? Look at my siblings. Where's my mom? How can I be strong in a time like this?"

The shift leader came over very aggressively and told me, "Tell them they can't hug each other!" And I at that point told her, "No. As a human being, I can't do that."

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