Immigrant groups to rally against Trump's planned crackdown
Posted: Jan 13, 2017 10:44 AM PST
Updated: Jan 13, 2017 10:44 AM PST
(AP Photo/Ric Francis, File). FILE - In this May 1, 2006, file photo, thousands of demonstrators march along Wilshire Boulevard during an immigration protest near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. Immigrant rights advocates are planning demonstrations at ...
By ALICIA CALDWELL and AMY TAXIN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Immigrant rights advocates are planning demonstrations at dozens of rallies across the country this weekend in what they are calling a "first salvo" against President-elect Donald Trump's pledged hard line on immigration.
Union leaders and young immigrants are organizing more than 50 protests and cultural events from Philadelphia to Phoenix on Saturday with an aim toward highlighting the power of the immigrant rights movement. Immigrants living in the country illegally also hope the events will make it clear to the incoming administration that they don't plan to leave the country despite Trump's calls for a border wall, tougher immigration enforcement and mass deportations.
"This is our first salvo to what may be a long, drawn out campaign," said Jorge-Mario Cabrera, spokesman for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
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