A 24 hour hunger strike? Standing with signs at the border for the cameras? Hollywood has arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border, and they are prepared to stand there! At least until the cameras go away.

Yes, all the usual suspects have arrived for their photo-op.

Lena Dunham, Sia, Amber Heard and other stars visited the border city of Tornillo, Texas, to protest the Trump administration's policy that separated migrant children from their parents.https://t.co/mpU8NCIKR8 pic.twitter.com/VhtnzU3uH4

— CNN International (@cnni) June 24, 2018

Thank god the celebs have arrived at the border pic.twitter.com/FBBpuCxaCD

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 24, 2018

*snort* Looks like she fixed it for the group shot.

We came to Tornillo, Texas, to show our solidarity with the families who have been separated, the children who are alone, the parents who are grieving and the undocumented Americans who are losing more than I can fathom. Thank you, Tornillo, for showing us a warm border welcome and reminding us that together we rise. Thank you @amberheard @constancewu @vancityjax @jennikonner @bellathorne @dani_thorne @elsamariecollins @mirasorvino @ioneskyelee @angeliquecabral @ktqlowes @caseyrosewilson @travon @wynter @kendrick38 @therealannacamp @skylerastin @siamusic

A post shared by Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) on Jun 24, 2018 at 10:56am PDT

Detaining children doesn’t need to represent America. #familiesbelongtogether vote in November donate and pass the information on. It is not over and the policies have to change. They are not breaking laws-Seeking Asylum is not Illegal in America

A post shared by Ione Skye (@ioneskyelee) on Jun 24, 2018 at 8:55am PDT

Actress Evan Rachel Wood actually got into one of the shelters, bringing supplies and playing with the kids before announcing her own hunger strike.

Certain organizations, like The Red Cross, have not been “given permission” to donate supplies.
But you can. #EvanInTX #KeepFamliesTogether pic.twitter.com/2eL6V4bl2z

— #EvanRachelWould (@evanrachelwood) June 24, 2018

The Red Cross statement is actually a lie, and one the Red Cross is actively refuting.

Please note we’ve had discussions with federal officials to see if there is a way we can help, but no one is “banning” us from anything, and if there is a role for the Red Cross to play, we will.

— American Red Cross (@RedCross) June 23, 2018

But back to Wood’s carefully planned visit and publicity stunt.

Just hung out with some of the families at one of the shelters people are sent to while they are being processed. Played with the kids for hours. They were so sweet, insanely smart, and creative. They have obviously been thru a lot and need supplies and medicine. #EvanInTX pic.twitter.com/lZ5vNTSOPm

— #EvanRachelWould (@evanrachelwood) June 24, 2018

Actress @evanrachelwood is here today in McAllen, Texas, in front of the Border Patrol immigrant processing center where many immigrant kids separated from their parents are being held.
She wanted “to let people know they aren’t alone.” pic.twitter.com/sZuiG9aZqY

— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) June 24, 2018

Fasting is a form of non violent protest and I was happy to be a part of their ceremony in Texas this morning and carry the strike another 24 hours before it is passed to the next person. https://t.co/pMDC8LUaEB

— #EvanRachelWould (@evanrachelwood) June 25, 2018

And some bigger names are joining in the “hunger strike” domino protest.

USA Today reported that the hunger strike, partially organized by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization, began Saturday near a federal courthouse in McAllen, Texas, where many immigrants detained for illegally crossing the border are referred for prosecution.

The strike will reportedly last for 24 days to represent the roughly 2,400 children forcibly separated from their families after being apprehended at the border.

Protesters will fast for 24 hours before handing off to someone else.

Actors Levar Burton, Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen are all participating in the hunger strike, as are 10 members of the House and a senator, according to the newspaper.

A fast for an actor or actress is not a hardship, especially when it’s for 24 hours, and the second it’s over, they can have their next meal delivered to wherever they are. In their rush to virtue signal about the border – which even Wood admits that she was “ill informed” while Obama was president – I wonder why…

I wasnt aware of these policies before. I took things for granted and was ill informed. The policies have since gotten worse and more attention is on it now, so I am here now. Were you there then? And where are you now? https://t.co/QXbrbnn9hn

— #EvanRachelWould (@evanrachelwood) June 25, 2018

… what’s getting lost in the glare off the celebrity sunglasses is the harsh realities of what the Border Patrol has had to deal with for YEARS. Just listen to National Border Patrol Council spokesman Chris Cabrera, who tries to describe to CNN’s Brooke Baldwin what is really happening on the ground, away from the cameras.

If the media were witnessing what he and his fellow agents have been witnessing, Cabrera said, they wouldn’t be advocating for policy which would act as an incentive for more parents and guardians to send their children to the border alone. He stated, “Right now we have this beacon of, ‘We’ll leave the light on for you, you come across illegally and we’ll let you into the country.’ And if you guys have seen some of the stuff we’ve seen down here, you’d understand how important it is to have a tough stance to divert people from coming here.”

Cabrera explained that he’s witnessed pre-teens traveling to the border alone with their parents’ expectation that they would be raped in the process, and adolescents dying in front of him from heat stroke on the their journey.

“When you see a 12-year-old girl with a Plan B pill, or their parents put her on birth control because they know getting violated is part of the journey, that’s just a terrible way to live. When you see a 4-year-old girl traveling completely alone with just her parents’ phone number written across her shirt. I mean, come on now, something needs to be done,” he said. “We had a 9-year-old boy last year have heat stroke in front of us and die with no family around, and that’s because we’re allowing people to take advantage of this system.”

“If we want this law changed,” he said, “we need Congress to take action.”

Why don’t the celebrity protesters go to Mexico and beg people not to cross into the United States illegally and spare themselves this problem? Why can’t they urge those seeking asylum to do so lawfully at a port of entry, instead of trying to cross the border illegally? Why don’t they go to the government of Mexico and tell them to get a hold on the crime and gang problems? (Not likely, since the leading candidate in Mexico’s presidential election apparently called leaving Mexico to live in the United States “a human right” and it looks like nothing will continue to be stable under his administration, should he be elected.)

Why aren’t the celebrity protesters going to Capitol Hill and standing on the steps there, demanding that their Democrat friends in Congress actually DO SOMETHING to fix the immigration system? (We know they don’t have any Republican friends.)

Or maybe this isn’t about immigration, or the children at the border, at all. Maybe this is just about scoring some cheap virtue points while trying to stick it to Trump. After all, these are admitted “ill informed” celebrities. Hasn’t anyone decided to educate themselves about how the laws and court rulings in this country work?