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U.S. Protesters To Donald Trump: 'Reunite Immigrant Families!'

  • "The way they treat families, the way they treat immigrants, that's not America," one protester said of President Trump's tough stance on immigration. | Photo: Reuters

Published 30 June 2018
Opinion

"The way they treat families, the way they treat immigrants, that's not America," one protester said of President Trump's tough stance on immigration.

Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities across the United States on Saturday to demand the Trump administration reverse an immigration crackdown that has separated children from parents at the U.S-Mexico border and led to plans for military-run detention camps.

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Outside the White House, protesters waved 'Families Belong Together' signs and chanted 'Shame!' as religious leaders and activists urged the administration to be more welcoming of foreigners and to reunite families.

"The way they treat families, the way they treat immigrants, that's not America," said protester Aneice Germain of President Donald Trump's tough stance on immigration, a cornerstone of his 2016 election campaign and his presidency, Reuters reports.

Thousands of protesters in New York marched across the Brooklyn Bridge bearing signs with slogans such as 'Make America Humane Again' and 'Immigrants Are Welcome Here.' On the U.S.-Mexico border, demonstrators partially blocked a bridge connecting El Paso, Texas with Ciudad Juarez in Mexico.

In Chicago, thousands gathered to march toward the offices of federal immigration authorities. "I’m here because families belong together," said Cindy Curry of Westchester, Illinois.A federal judge has ordered families be reunited and the administration asked the military to house immigrant families, leading the Pentagon to mull the construction of soft-sided camp facilities.

Organizers estimated 30,000 people had gathered in central Washington. The peaceful protest appeared to be the largest pro-immigration demonstration in the U.S. capital since at least 2010, when activists rallied to pressure then-President Barack Obama and Congress to overhaul the U.S. immigration system.

Trump says illegal immigration fosters crime and he implemented a 'zero-tolerance' policy in May to prosecute all immigrants apprehended for entering illegally. That led to the separation of more than 2,000 children from their parents, causing an international outcry.

In a rare retreat on an issue that fires up his conservative base, Trump on June 20 ordered officials to detain families together.

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