((Chanting voices))
In falling snow and single-digit temperatures, approximately 60 marchers holding signs reading “The People United Will Defend Immigrant Families” strode from Rosa Parks Circle through the streets of downtown Grand Rapids.
“There’s a reason why we’re all here today, what is that?”
“Of course, for community liberation, for freedom. For everybody that pays taxes in this country regardless of documentation status.”
Cisily Zuniga made the drive from Muskegon.
“To really perpetrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. that values people and community over profit and capitalism.”
“Are you the type of Christian who thinks God is white and therefore people of other colors should not be loved?
La Nueva Esperanza United Methodist Church Pastor Ricardo Angarita addressed the crowd.
“It’s for the children.”
I’m Corina Van Duinen.
“I believe families should be together. People matter. Brown people matter. So, that’s why I’m here.”
