About 100 protesters gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Aurora on Wednesday morning to protest the separation of immigrant families that illegally crossed the border.
“The reason we want to do the Fourth of July is because itap kind of ironic that we are taking this day to celebrate freedom when we are enslaving people and holding them in these — essentially — concentration camps,” said protest organizer Corey Evans.
The event featured English and Spanish speakers who held signs that read, “Abolish ICE,” among other declarations.
“You know we kind of herald ourselves as being this great nation made up of immigrants, but at the same time the way we are treating our immigrant population is very violent and very dangerous to their livelihood,” Evans said.
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