Outside an ICE detention center in Aurora, Colorado, hundreds of protestors gathered during a demonstration, that resulted in a U.S. flag being brought down off the flag pole, and a Mexican flag
Outside an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora, Colorado, hundreds of protestors gathered during a demonstration that resulted in a U.S. flag being brought down off the flag pole, and a Mexican flag raised in its place.
Protestors also reportedly spray-painted"Abolish ICE" on a"Blue Lives Matter" flag before hoisting that up as well. The demonstration took place two days before the agency confirmed the launch of a multi-city operation seeking to round up at least 2,000 immigrant families for deportation. Denver is one of those cities,said Aurora demonstration was part of a nationwide protest billed as"Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps.
"Protestors on @ICEgov property just pulled down the American flag and replaced it with the Mexican flag. The group by the doors is growing. Though most protestors are still on the street."describes the organization as"a coalition of people, many of whom are mothers, dedicated to human rights, and the fundamental principle behind democracy that all human beings have a right to life, liberty and dignity.
Roughly 13 miles from Denver, the rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Aurora was just one of many similar events that took place at detention centers across the country. Chanting slogans like"free them all," a reported number of 2,000 people gathered to protest the upcoming ICE raids and what they allege to be inhumane conditions for the detainees.
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