EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Gathered in San Jacinto Plaza, protestors spent the morning of their Valentine’s Day in a community rally in demand of ICE being removed from their communities, the shutdown of Camp East Montana, and an end to detention camps.
The “Keep ICE Out of Our Communities” event was hosted by Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) in collaboration with nine different organizations including Juventud con Dignidad, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (ACLU of Texas), Border Workers United, Indivisible the 915, Cumbia contra la Migra, Texas Civil Rights Project, A.Y.U.D.A. Inc, and Border Agricultural Workers Project.
The event is part of a nationwide movement this Valentine’s Day.
Executive director of the BNHR, Fernando Garcia, said that they are choosing to stand for love, family and justice.
“ICE terrorizes our neighborhoods, detention camps like Camp East Montana tear families apart, and the expansion of this cruel system steals resources from the communities that need them most. We are demanding ICE out of our communities, the immediate shutdown of Camp East Montana, an end to all detention expansion, and policies that keep families together, because love is stronger than fear, and families deserve safety, dignity, and unity, not cages,” Garcia said.
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