Evan Rachel Wood will go on a hunger strike (Picture: Splash)

Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood has confirmed that she will go on a 24-hour hunger strike for 24 days in protest against the Trump administration’s decision to separate families who have entered the US.

The #BreakBreadNotFamilies movement was launched by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights group, La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) and the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) and will be held in honour of the more than 2,400 children who have been separated from their parents due to Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy.

Ever since I heard about what’s happening in our country and the separation policy, I’ve been wondering what I could do,’ said Wood.



‘So I’ve flown to Texas and I’ll be on the front lines for the next couple of days to learn what I can do to help, and what we can do to help.’


Wood has travelled to Texas and the border regions to visit one of the many shelters set up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); these shelters house the men, women and children who have come from central America to seek asylum in the US.

Other celebrities have also made their way to Texas to protest the detainment of families and separation of children, including Sia, Mira Sorvino, Constance Wu, Amber Heard, Joshua Jackson, Connie Britton, Lena Dunham, and Bella Thorne.

A Honduran child works in a coloring book while waiting with his family along the border bridge (Picture: Getty)

At the shelter, Wood revealed she was able to deliver supplies and meet some of the immigrant families who have finally been released from detention and are waiting to find out their next step in the chaotic process.

‘[I wanted] to put faces with the stories,’ she told People magazine, ‘to actually be there and hug the children and play with them, see how sweet and loving they are but to see how tired and in pain they are — and see the fear in their parents’ eyes’.

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