Thousands of Protesters Surge Through Milwaukee Against Attacks on Immigrants

A “sea of demonstrators” marched from Milwaukee’s southside to a courthouse downtown, protesting sheriff David Clarke’s intention to deputize all Milwaukee County sheriff’s as federal immigration agents. The protest was part of a Statewide Day without Latinxs, Immigrants, & Refugees, and March to #StopClarke”. The Chicago  Tribune reported that “busloads of demonstrators from about a dozen communities around Wisconsin arrived to join local protesters in the mile long march. Parents with children in strollers, young men hoisting Mexican and American flags, and older supporters mingle as the crowd, estimated at 10,000 to 20,000 by police, moved through the streets chanting, “si, podemos!” (Yes, we can!) Jose Flores, an organizer of the march, said people also were protesting Donald Trump’s executive order that criminalizes almost any immigrant in the U.S. without approved documentation, and said “There’s a lot of hate in the country now with the new president, and we march for that too”. 

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IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY, WE REFUSE TO ACCEPT A FASCIST AMERICA!

NOW IS the TIME WHEN WE MUST RISE UP and ACT to STOP the CONSOLIDATION of TRUMP MAGA FASCISM. For the lives of people here and around the world we must refuse unlawful and inhumane orders… we must fill the streets and town squares in non-violent protest—not stopping until we become millions — not relenting until this regime is no longer able to implement its program or maintain its hold on power.