Dozens stage protest in front of ICE field office in Georgia
ATLANTA, Ga. - Dozens of protesters gathered to rally outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Atlanta on Monday.
“The only way we’re going to get change, the only way we’re going to get answers, the only way we’re going to see difference is to unite as one,” said Shaekia Calhoun with the Union of Southern Service Workers.
The rally started Monday afternoon at the downtown office and wrapped up by 4 p.m.
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Protesters called for the end of ICE raids and for the release of David Huerta, a union leader in California.
“We’re a nation of immigrants, and everybody deserves to be treated with respect and get their constitutional right,” said Toni Pastore, from Decatur.
Similar rallies were planned in at least 15 other U.S. cities on Monday.
The Atlanta Police Department monitored the rally, which remained peaceful. There were no reported arrests.
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The rally comes following Sunday’s protests in Los Angeles.
The Associated Press reported the Sunday protests escalated as thousands took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs to control the crowd.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he planned to file a lawsuit Monday against Trump in response to the National Guard deployment.
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