Join Witness at the Border, the Coalition to End Child Detention-El Paso, and other local El Paso supporters, as we shine a light on injustice at Fort Bliss and in the US-Mexico border region. Against the backdrop of the gates to Fort Bliss, where thousands of migrant children are detained, we will hold a peaceful vigil to protest the detention and inhumane treatment of children whose rights, under the Flores Agreement, are being violated.
Children, and their families, continue to be detained in inhumane conditions and turned away unjustly when exercising their rights to migrate and to seek international protection and asylum. We will gather on the 58th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at the height of the national civil rights movement, in solidarity with that legacy of struggle.
All CDC Covid-19 protocols will be followed. Battery-operated candles will be provided.
Thank you to the Backbone Campaign: Shining Lights in Solidarity, for Change that Makes a Difference.
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