New York will join dozens of U.S. cities Saturday in a day of action to demand an end to the separation of immigrant children from their families.
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| Thousands of protesters are expected on June 30 as part of the #FamiliesBelongTogether march demanding an end to family separation of immigrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo: Getty Images |
Thousands of irate protesters are expected to attend a march in New
York City this Saturday to demand an end to the separation of immigrant
children from their families. The End Family Separation NYC Rally and March is one of several similar #FamiliesBelongTogether events planned across the U.S.
this weekend in response to the Trump administration's zero tolerance
immigration policy and the subsequent separation and detention of more
than 2,500 children and infants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New York's family separation rally will come more than a week after
President Trump signed an executive order ending the short-lived and
highly unpopular family-separation policy, but there is still no
definitive plan as to how those thousands of reportedly traumatized children will be reunited with their families.
Organizers of Saturday's family separation protest, Rise and Resist, called the conditions in which children were being detained "deplorable" and described the Trump policy as "un-American."
"Families belong together, and we need to end this — NOW!" organizers wrote on the rally's Facebook page.
When and where is the Family Separation NYC Rally and March?
New York's family separation march will be held midday on Saturday,
June 30. Protesters will begin gathering at 10 a.m. at Foley Square at
111 Worth Street in Manhattan, then march across the Brooklyn Bridge to
Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn. The official rally program will start at 11:45
a.m. in Cadman Plaza, according to organizers, and will conclude there
at 1 p.m.
"We hope to see thousands of people in the streets and at the border
on June 30th demanding this policy end," organizers wrote, adding that
anyone attending the New York rally should commit to participating
"nonviolently and in accordance with the law."
About Rise and Resist NY
The organizers of Saturday's family separation protest describes
itself on Twitter as "a direct action group committed to opposing,
disrupting, and defeating any government act that threatens democracy,
equality, and our civil liberties." The group was also planning a
protest in Foley Square Tuesday evening in response to the Supreme
Court's ruling to uphold Trump's Muslim travel ban.
"It's crucial that we have a visible, strong presence across the
country of people who care about Muslim and refugee communities and
oppose Trump's White Nationalist agenda," organizers said of the
#StandWithMuslims in NY protest.
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