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Hundreds of people gather in front of a church in Manhattan's East Village to protest the migrant detention facilities on July 2, 2019 in New York City. Across the country tens of thousands of people are gathering for "Close the Camps" protests to voice their anger at the Trump administration's treatment of migrants at the U.S. and Mexican border.
Tens of thousands of Americans showed up at rallies across the country on Tuesday to demand the Trump administration close the detention centers and prison camps where migrants are being held.
The "Close the Camps" rallies were organized by MoveOn and other progressive organizations in response to growing public outrage over the Trump administration's treatment of asylum seekers and other migrants, thousands of whom are being detained in inhumane conditions after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
\u201cHAPPENING TODAY IN MIRAMAR, FLORIDA!\n\nOur community and the Circle of Protection are outside the ICE facility in Miramar demanding they STOP the inhumane abuses of our community.\n\nWe do not need ICE in our communities! We do not want concentration camps! #CloseTheCamps\u201d— United We Dream (@United We Dream) 1562089121
In nearly 200 cities and towns across the U.S., demonstrators assembled outside their representatives' offices, chanting, "Close the camps now!" and carrying signs with slogans including "No human being is illegal" and "Families belong in communities, not cages."
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) was among the progressive lawmakers who joined the demonstrations.
The Trump administration's treatment of migrants "is at a crisis level and needs to change," Haaland said.
"I promise you that my colleagues in Congress and I are doing everything we can to make sure that we bring sanity back to this administration, that we bring humanity back to this administration, that we do everything we can to protect those children, those women who are mothers to those children, and make sure that people have justice," said Haaland. "That's what this country is supposed to stand for."
\u201cThe reports from the border are horrifying \u2013 today our community is taking a stand. #befierce #CloseTheCamps\u201d— Rep. Deb Haaland (@Rep. Deb Haaland) 1562093495
In San Francisco, protesters outside Hosue Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office called on staffers to "send someone down" to hear their demands.
\u201c\u201cSend someone down!\u201d @SpeakerPelosi @TeamPelosi #CloseTheCamps\u201d— One of Many Jennifers Born in the 1970s (@One of Many Jennifers Born in the 1970s) 1562097577
MoveOn wrote that the three demands of the public actions were the closing of all immigrant detention centers, the end of public funding for deportation and detention, and the reunion of families who have been separated by the Trump administration.
Organizations and attendees shared images of the protests in a number of cities on social media.
New York
\u201cNow! New Yorkers are out to protest Trump\u2019s policies and inhumane treatment of migrant children and families. It's time to act. Demand that Congress #CloseTheCamps and reunite families now!!!\n#CloseTheCampsNow\u201d— Gili Getz #SaveMasaferYatta (@Gili Getz #SaveMasaferYatta) 1562085846
\u201cPeople have fashioned together signs from pizza boxes, paper towel rolls, and manila folders. Some left work to be here, others brought their children. \n\nNew Yorkers are showing up to demand that the Trump administration #ClosetheCamps\u201d— NYCLU (@NYCLU) 1562085404
\u201c#CloseTheCamps rally in #Manhattan #NewYork amid outrage over migrant detention centers' conditions.\u201d— Sakura Ewing (@Sakura Ewing) 1562084307
Andersonville, IL
\u201cThis land was made for you and me \ud83c\udfb6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 #CloseTheCamps \n\nStill waiting for you, @RepLipinski! #IL03\u201d— Indivisible IL9 - Andersonville-Edgewater (@Indivisible IL9 - Andersonville-Edgewater) 1562088433
Denver
Burlington, Vt.
\u201c#closethecamps Burlington Vermont\u201d— Brooke Nadell (@Brooke Nadell) 1562083555
Southern Minnesota
\u201c#CloseTheCamps @RepHagedorn search your soul. Caging children & separating families does not represent the values of CD1. International law is on the side of those seeking safety & asylum\u2014they are not criminals.\u201d— Aleta Borrud (@Aleta Borrud) 1562088323
Kansas City
\u201c#CloseTheCamps signs from KC rally.\u201d— Zachary.A.Mueller (@Zachary.A.Mueller) 1562087295
Milwaukee
\u201cHappening now! Hundreds of Milwaukeeans have joined the national day of action to shut down Trump\u2019s concentration camps! Children are dying, families are being separated. We will not be silent. #CloseTheCamps\u201d— Voces de la Frontera Action (@Voces de la Frontera Action) 1562087209
Boston
\u201c#CloseTheCamps! 200+ folks (and growing) at JFK Federal Bldg, Boston as Fred Small opens up with \u201cAin\u2019t gonna let nobody turn me around\u201d\u201d— Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) (@Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA)) 1562083411
Raleigh, N.C.
\u201cNice turnout at #tuesdayswithtillis #CloseTheCamps in Raleigh.\u201d— Bob Johnson (@Bob Johnson) 1562089417
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Tens of thousands of Americans showed up at rallies across the country on Tuesday to demand the Trump administration close the detention centers and prison camps where migrants are being held.
The "Close the Camps" rallies were organized by MoveOn and other progressive organizations in response to growing public outrage over the Trump administration's treatment of asylum seekers and other migrants, thousands of whom are being detained in inhumane conditions after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
\u201cHAPPENING TODAY IN MIRAMAR, FLORIDA!\n\nOur community and the Circle of Protection are outside the ICE facility in Miramar demanding they STOP the inhumane abuses of our community.\n\nWe do not need ICE in our communities! We do not want concentration camps! #CloseTheCamps\u201d— United We Dream (@United We Dream) 1562089121
In nearly 200 cities and towns across the U.S., demonstrators assembled outside their representatives' offices, chanting, "Close the camps now!" and carrying signs with slogans including "No human being is illegal" and "Families belong in communities, not cages."
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) was among the progressive lawmakers who joined the demonstrations.
The Trump administration's treatment of migrants "is at a crisis level and needs to change," Haaland said.
"I promise you that my colleagues in Congress and I are doing everything we can to make sure that we bring sanity back to this administration, that we bring humanity back to this administration, that we do everything we can to protect those children, those women who are mothers to those children, and make sure that people have justice," said Haaland. "That's what this country is supposed to stand for."
\u201cThe reports from the border are horrifying \u2013 today our community is taking a stand. #befierce #CloseTheCamps\u201d— Rep. Deb Haaland (@Rep. Deb Haaland) 1562093495
In San Francisco, protesters outside Hosue Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office called on staffers to "send someone down" to hear their demands.
\u201c\u201cSend someone down!\u201d @SpeakerPelosi @TeamPelosi #CloseTheCamps\u201d— One of Many Jennifers Born in the 1970s (@One of Many Jennifers Born in the 1970s) 1562097577
MoveOn wrote that the three demands of the public actions were the closing of all immigrant detention centers, the end of public funding for deportation and detention, and the reunion of families who have been separated by the Trump administration.
Organizations and attendees shared images of the protests in a number of cities on social media.
New York
\u201cNow! New Yorkers are out to protest Trump\u2019s policies and inhumane treatment of migrant children and families. It's time to act. Demand that Congress #CloseTheCamps and reunite families now!!!\n#CloseTheCampsNow\u201d— Gili Getz #SaveMasaferYatta (@Gili Getz #SaveMasaferYatta) 1562085846
\u201cPeople have fashioned together signs from pizza boxes, paper towel rolls, and manila folders. Some left work to be here, others brought their children. \n\nNew Yorkers are showing up to demand that the Trump administration #ClosetheCamps\u201d— NYCLU (@NYCLU) 1562085404
\u201c#CloseTheCamps rally in #Manhattan #NewYork amid outrage over migrant detention centers' conditions.\u201d— Sakura Ewing (@Sakura Ewing) 1562084307
Andersonville, IL
\u201cThis land was made for you and me \ud83c\udfb6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 #CloseTheCamps \n\nStill waiting for you, @RepLipinski! #IL03\u201d— Indivisible IL9 - Andersonville-Edgewater (@Indivisible IL9 - Andersonville-Edgewater) 1562088433
Denver
Burlington, Vt.
\u201c#closethecamps Burlington Vermont\u201d— Brooke Nadell (@Brooke Nadell) 1562083555
Southern Minnesota
\u201c#CloseTheCamps @RepHagedorn search your soul. Caging children & separating families does not represent the values of CD1. International law is on the side of those seeking safety & asylum\u2014they are not criminals.\u201d— Aleta Borrud (@Aleta Borrud) 1562088323
Kansas City
\u201c#CloseTheCamps signs from KC rally.\u201d— Zachary.A.Mueller (@Zachary.A.Mueller) 1562087295
Milwaukee
\u201cHappening now! Hundreds of Milwaukeeans have joined the national day of action to shut down Trump\u2019s concentration camps! Children are dying, families are being separated. We will not be silent. #CloseTheCamps\u201d— Voces de la Frontera Action (@Voces de la Frontera Action) 1562087209
Boston
\u201c#CloseTheCamps! 200+ folks (and growing) at JFK Federal Bldg, Boston as Fred Small opens up with \u201cAin\u2019t gonna let nobody turn me around\u201d\u201d— Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) (@Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA)) 1562083411
Raleigh, N.C.
\u201cNice turnout at #tuesdayswithtillis #CloseTheCamps in Raleigh.\u201d— Bob Johnson (@Bob Johnson) 1562089417
Tens of thousands of Americans showed up at rallies across the country on Tuesday to demand the Trump administration close the detention centers and prison camps where migrants are being held.
The "Close the Camps" rallies were organized by MoveOn and other progressive organizations in response to growing public outrage over the Trump administration's treatment of asylum seekers and other migrants, thousands of whom are being detained in inhumane conditions after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
\u201cHAPPENING TODAY IN MIRAMAR, FLORIDA!\n\nOur community and the Circle of Protection are outside the ICE facility in Miramar demanding they STOP the inhumane abuses of our community.\n\nWe do not need ICE in our communities! We do not want concentration camps! #CloseTheCamps\u201d— United We Dream (@United We Dream) 1562089121
In nearly 200 cities and towns across the U.S., demonstrators assembled outside their representatives' offices, chanting, "Close the camps now!" and carrying signs with slogans including "No human being is illegal" and "Families belong in communities, not cages."
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) was among the progressive lawmakers who joined the demonstrations.
The Trump administration's treatment of migrants "is at a crisis level and needs to change," Haaland said.
"I promise you that my colleagues in Congress and I are doing everything we can to make sure that we bring sanity back to this administration, that we bring humanity back to this administration, that we do everything we can to protect those children, those women who are mothers to those children, and make sure that people have justice," said Haaland. "That's what this country is supposed to stand for."
\u201cThe reports from the border are horrifying \u2013 today our community is taking a stand. #befierce #CloseTheCamps\u201d— Rep. Deb Haaland (@Rep. Deb Haaland) 1562093495
In San Francisco, protesters outside Hosue Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office called on staffers to "send someone down" to hear their demands.
\u201c\u201cSend someone down!\u201d @SpeakerPelosi @TeamPelosi #CloseTheCamps\u201d— One of Many Jennifers Born in the 1970s (@One of Many Jennifers Born in the 1970s) 1562097577
MoveOn wrote that the three demands of the public actions were the closing of all immigrant detention centers, the end of public funding for deportation and detention, and the reunion of families who have been separated by the Trump administration.
Organizations and attendees shared images of the protests in a number of cities on social media.
New York
\u201cNow! New Yorkers are out to protest Trump\u2019s policies and inhumane treatment of migrant children and families. It's time to act. Demand that Congress #CloseTheCamps and reunite families now!!!\n#CloseTheCampsNow\u201d— Gili Getz #SaveMasaferYatta (@Gili Getz #SaveMasaferYatta) 1562085846
\u201cPeople have fashioned together signs from pizza boxes, paper towel rolls, and manila folders. Some left work to be here, others brought their children. \n\nNew Yorkers are showing up to demand that the Trump administration #ClosetheCamps\u201d— NYCLU (@NYCLU) 1562085404
\u201c#CloseTheCamps rally in #Manhattan #NewYork amid outrage over migrant detention centers' conditions.\u201d— Sakura Ewing (@Sakura Ewing) 1562084307
Andersonville, IL
\u201cThis land was made for you and me \ud83c\udfb6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 #CloseTheCamps \n\nStill waiting for you, @RepLipinski! #IL03\u201d— Indivisible IL9 - Andersonville-Edgewater (@Indivisible IL9 - Andersonville-Edgewater) 1562088433
Denver
Burlington, Vt.
\u201c#closethecamps Burlington Vermont\u201d— Brooke Nadell (@Brooke Nadell) 1562083555
Southern Minnesota
\u201c#CloseTheCamps @RepHagedorn search your soul. Caging children & separating families does not represent the values of CD1. International law is on the side of those seeking safety & asylum\u2014they are not criminals.\u201d— Aleta Borrud (@Aleta Borrud) 1562088323
Kansas City
\u201c#CloseTheCamps signs from KC rally.\u201d— Zachary.A.Mueller (@Zachary.A.Mueller) 1562087295
Milwaukee
\u201cHappening now! Hundreds of Milwaukeeans have joined the national day of action to shut down Trump\u2019s concentration camps! Children are dying, families are being separated. We will not be silent. #CloseTheCamps\u201d— Voces de la Frontera Action (@Voces de la Frontera Action) 1562087209
Boston
\u201c#CloseTheCamps! 200+ folks (and growing) at JFK Federal Bldg, Boston as Fred Small opens up with \u201cAin\u2019t gonna let nobody turn me around\u201d\u201d— Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) (@Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA)) 1562083411
Raleigh, N.C.
\u201cNice turnout at #tuesdayswithtillis #CloseTheCamps in Raleigh.\u201d— Bob Johnson (@Bob Johnson) 1562089417