Kids' YouTuber Ms Rachel joins Delaney Hall anti-ICE protests for sing-a-long

On Monday, woke children’s YouTuber Ms. Rachel (Rachel Griffin Accurso) showed up at Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center to protest the detainment of illegal immigrants. She visited the Newark-area facility alongside New Jersey Democrat Rep. Andy Kim in collaboration with the New Jersey Alliance for Immigration Justice, singing songs with children outside the facility’s fences.

Delaney Hall has been the center of recent controversy, with New Jersey Democrats pushing for its closure. Accurso claimed she met with a 13-year-old girl whose father is currently detained inside. The YouTuber later posted a lengthy message on Instagram about the encounter.

“It makes no sense that their family has been ripped apart,” she wrote. “Why are we traumatizing kids? Her brother has a disability and is nonverbal and cannot walk. They need their dad. I sang to her brother and he did the sign for ‘more’ many times. I will always stand with these families.”

Accurso played to the sensitivities of her Instagram audience, adding: “I can’t say enough wonderful things about the children and families whose loved ones are inside. I can’t say enough about how this cruelty is harming and traumatizing precious children who should get to just be kids. I know if you came and played cars and drew with chalk with them and laughed and sang and saw their tears you wouldn’t want what is happening to happen.”

This is hardly the first time Accurso has made it her mission to protest ICE-related activities. In March 2026, the YouTuber became heavily involved in efforts to shut down the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, the largest family detention facility in the country. She amplified stories of detained children, shared emotional video calls, was amplified on NBC criticizing conditions.