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Delaware Protest Against Separation of Immigrant Families

U.S. Government

Holding signs declaring “Families Belong Together” around 30 protesters stood out on the side of the road on Concord Pike last night outside Fairfax Shopping Center in Delaware.

They were demonstrating against the Trump administration’s policy of splitting up families who cross the border seeking asylum or illegal entry.

The group called Indivisible Highlands and Beyond decided Sunday to hold the protest.

The Wilmington News Journal reports that a number of cars slowed down to read the signs and some even honked in support of the demonstration.  

Under “a zero tolerance” policy the Wilmington News Journal reports that the administration has separated nearly 2-thousand children from their parents.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.