BURLINGTON, Mass. — Protesters have gathered outside the ICE field office in Burlington for a day-long demonstration, expected to last 14 hours, to support and defend the Constitution.
The protest began early Saturday morning, despite the ICE office being closed today, and is organized as a response to recent events involving immigration enforcement.
“I am an immigrant myself. I am a citizen, but right now I don’t feel safe,” said Lorena Betts, one of the protesters.
Two weeks ago, an ICE field office in Dallas became a crime scene after a sniper opened fire, resulting in one detainee’s death and two others being critically injured.
“Me personally, I consider myself a right-of-center individual,” Bryan Winter, another protester, said. “I am out here with all of these progressive activists because they are fighting for the right cause.”
A previous protest took place about a month ago, where hundreds showed up in support of immigrants with cases in front of ICE, including a 16-year-old Salem resident who had been detained.
Boston 25 has reached out to ICE to see if they had comment, but have not heard back.
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