Hundreds of D.C. residents take to the streets in protest as ICE targets their neighbors
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hundreds of Washingtonians took to the streets Monday evening in protest of reports that District of Columbia police officers had assisted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in rounding up a dozen D.C. residents on immigration charges over the weekend.
The marchers stepped off from a city square in the Columbia Heights neighborhood after an hour-long rally conducted in English and Spanish. Speakers decried ICE’s raids and its very existence, with several calling on Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and other city officials to answer for the breakdown in the city’s sanctuary policies. The capital city is one of the many jurisdictions where locals have moved to block law enforcement cooperation with ICE as a way of shielding their neighbors from indiscriminate immigration sweeps.
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