DSA Pushing to Keep Families Together at our Borders

June 20, 2018 / Barbara Joye

DSA Member Alexander Hernandez started a new Immigrant Rights working group for MADSA and helped coordinate the Families Belong Together Day of Action for Children at the ICE headquarters in Atlanta on June 1st (gallery below). Several groups had representatives present and a crowd of about 100 people got together at noon on a Friday for an early instance of what would become several direct actions across the country. Some DSA members were able to make it out as well and support Alexander in this effort. MADSA supports all efforts to #AbolishICE!

In other news, DSA activists in DC took the action directly to the head of DHS as she ate in a Mexican Restaurant. Daniel Hanley put together this video for maximum impact.

Metro DC DSA shames DHS secretary

Direct action gets the goods. Keep shaming ICE fascists.

Congrats to our friends at Metro D.C. Democratic Socialists of America! #AbolishICE!

Posted by Metro Atlanta Democratic Socialists of America on Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Fence covered with colorful flowers — Flowers were left on the ICE fence as a reminder of the action.

White sign on black fence saying families belong together — Families Belong Together

Woman with highlights and red visor helps a child she is holding affix a flower to the fence — A woman and child place a flower on the fence

plastic container full of multi-color flowers — Flowers were given out at the rally to be placed on the fence at the end of the event

african woman with microphone stands in front of fence next to another woman holding bullhorn — Glory A. Kilanko from Women Watch Africa speaks to the crowd

Gail Podolsky, President Of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia.

several people along with one woman in black shirt affixing a flower to a black fence — People affix flowers to ICE office fence

several people standing on sidewalk next to a green car with trees — DSA Members came out to support the rally

Woman in black shirt and sunglasses speaks into microphone next to man holding ICE targets families sign in front of ICE fence — GLAHR representative speaks

Woman in shawl and head covered and flower on head speaks into microphone in front of fence — Aisha Yaqoob Policy Director for Advancing Justice Atlanta

Women in red shirt with glasses speaking into microphone in front of fence, two other women and man and girl next to her — Roula AbiSamra Georgia Organizer for National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum

Woman in white shirt and long hair holds microphone, man stands next to her holding sign with two other women in front of fence — Maria Palacios, Policy Analyst for GALEO

man in front of sign uses bullhorn, sign held by other people, fence and building in background — GLAHR always showing up

Woman with black shirt holds microphone in front of fence — Tamika Middleton, Georgia State Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance

Photos by Speck Kevin Pratt

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