James Van Der Beek and wife Kimberly welcome fifth chid

Press Trust of India  |  Los Angeles 

"Dawson Creek" alum and wife have welcomed their fifth child together.

"Thrilled to announce we welcomed a brand new baby girl into the world Friday morning, just in time for #FathersDay, he captioned the adorable photos which included one of him cradling his newborn.

In the post, the criticised the for separating children of illegal immigrants from their parents.

"As I write this, kids are being ripped from the arms of their parents. By our government. For the kid's benefit? No the opposite as a purposeful display of cruelty to deter would-be illegal border crossers and legal asylum seekers (it's happening to both). And it wouldn't be honest to wax poetic about my new-baby bliss without speaking up against this atrocity.

"If we allow our government to de-humanize fathers, and mothers, and children in the name of defending our borders We've lost a huge part what makes those borders worth defending... This heinous practice was put into place by our own (who justified it with a cherry-picked Bible verse), and our blamed rivals before tweeting his list of legislative demands to be met before he stops it," he added.

The U S government announced on Friday that 1,995 children were separated from 1,940 adults at the US-border between April 19 and May 31.

Two months ago, Jeff Sessions announced a "zero tolerance" policy in which anyone detained for entering the illegally would be criminally charged, which in many cases leads to children being separated from their parents.

"Regardless of how you feel about immigration, or a wall, or this .. If we say we're okay with our government using human rights violations as a deterrent or as a ..what happens when we find ourselves on the wrong side of the agenda? Either in this administration or the next? This should not be a political issue - it's a human one. A crime against humanity is a crime against us all," James said.

James and are also parents to son Joshua, six, and daughters Olivia, seven, Annabel Leah, four, and Emilia, two.

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First Published: Mon, June 18 2018. 09:55 IST