In an article in The Guardian yesterday by Fabiola Cineas, there is a growing movement protesting ICE’s heavy handedness and lack of due process that has led to more than a several deaths.
“More than 300 demonstrations are expected to take place across all 50 states and Washington DC, today, in what organizers are calling “ICE Out of Everywhere”.
Organizers, led by the national grassroots organization 50501, say today’s protests are a response to a series of recent deaths involving federal immigration agents, including the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis earlier this month, the homicide of Geraldo Campos in an immigration detention facility in Texas and the shooting of Keith Porter Jr by an off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Los Angeles.
Activists said the killings reflect what they see as a broader pattern of excessive force, detention abuses and the militarization of immigration enforcement.”
I have not seen nationwide articles yet, but did see there were protests in California and Oregon. My guess is the frigid weather had a hand in turnout. More to come. I did read a piece that the White House lies about Alex Pretti’s shooting and ICE in general are being refuted with regularity. At some point, people have to become fully aware that the incumbent is not one to expect truth from.
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