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Alyssa Milano offers to foster migrant children brought to NYC

Actress Alyssa Milano wants to take in one of the hundreds of immigrant children housed in foster care facilities in Harlem, who were torn from their parents under President Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy.

The native of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, wrote to the CEO of Cayuga Centers, Edward Myers Hayes, on Thursday, offering to help, according to a letter obtained by The Post.

“Based on New York City news reports detailing a covert, dark-of-night transport of children it appears your organization has stepped up to temporarily care for these poor souls. I, along with others — while fervently against the White House policy that put these children in your care — acknowledge your efforts,” wrote Milano, 45.





“With this, I write to offer my assistance. Like many people touched by this tragedy, I have thought about ways I can help,” she added. “As a mother, I know that children need to be reunited with their parents in the United States more than anything.”

The “Charmed” screen star and mom of two said she was willing to offer children “my home and my heart; my love and whatever stability I can give them until they can be reunited with a parent.”

“I will register with the appropriate authorities so I can bring some of these children into my home and foster them during this time of need,” she offered in the letter. “Afterwards, I will help ensure they get the help they need to fight their cases, stay, and win. I am sure this is something many other Americans would consider a moral and patriotic duty, as well.”





More than 350 migrant children have been sent to Cayuga after being separated from their parents at the Mexican border under Trump’s policy, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday.

Dozens more children, ranging in age from about 5 to 11, were paraded into the facility on West 125th Street near Broadway and at East 131st Street and Park Avenue starting as early as 7:15 a.m. Thursday.

While Trump has announced an end to the policy that separates children from parents, no plans on when or how families would be reunified have been announced yet.

“Every passing day traumatizes these children further, perhaps to the point of irreparable damage. These children need compassion, stability and love more than ever,” wrote Milano.

Milano, who lives in Los Angeles, ended her note with: “Mi casa es la casa de ellos” — “My home is their home.”

A source familiar with Milano’s request told The Post: “This is the kind of gesture that defines Alyssa Milano — she walks the walk and talks the talk, and she cares deeply about these kids, and the future of America.”





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