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Thousands Rally in Cities Across U.S. Against Trump Deportation Plans

HeadlineJan 17, 2017

Meanwhile, thousands of protesters rallied in 50 U.S. cities on Saturday, calling for mass resistance to Donald Trump’s plan to detain and deport millions of undocumented immigrants. In Chicago, more than 1,000 rallied at a union hall under the banner, “We Are Here to Stay,” calling on local officials to give sanctuary to the undocumented. In Washington, D.C., thousands of immigrants and supporters packed Metropolitan AME Church in support of President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which has so far shielded 750,000 young people from deportation. Trump has promised to rapidly deport up to 3 million undocumented immigrants.

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