It was a day of of mixed emotions and mixed messages at D.C.'s Families Belong Together demonstration, one of several hundred rallies held around the country today to protest the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant families detained at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Most were clearly shocked and horrified by the separation of families at the border.
Alongside the official "Keep Family Together" posters and homemade "Abolish ICE" placards were pride flags, pro-choice signs, and a ton of "Trump = Nazi" posters.
Many demonstrators wore March for Our Lives shirts, Fight for $15 tees, and paraphernalia bearing the slogan "Nasty Woman." Union swag was everywhere, as were Black Lives Matter shirts and signs.
Almost without fail, the speakers urged the assembled crowd to show up to the polls in November, with repeated, enthusiastic chants of "Vote them out! Vote them out!".
At one point a speaker asked attendees to let Congress know how they feel by texting "Families" to a number they flashed up on electronic screens.
Everyone who spoke with Reason expressed a desire for more open, liberal immigration policies.
http://reason.com/blog/2018/06/30/washington-dcs-keep-families-together-ma
Most were clearly shocked and horrified by the separation of families at the border.
Alongside the official "Keep Family Together" posters and homemade "Abolish ICE" placards were pride flags, pro-choice signs, and a ton of "Trump = Nazi" posters.
Many demonstrators wore March for Our Lives shirts, Fight for $15 tees, and paraphernalia bearing the slogan "Nasty Woman." Union swag was everywhere, as were Black Lives Matter shirts and signs.
Almost without fail, the speakers urged the assembled crowd to show up to the polls in November, with repeated, enthusiastic chants of "Vote them out! Vote them out!".
At one point a speaker asked attendees to let Congress know how they feel by texting "Families" to a number they flashed up on electronic screens.
Everyone who spoke with Reason expressed a desire for more open, liberal immigration policies.
http://reason.com/blog/2018/06/30/washington-dcs-keep-families-together-ma
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