Standing on a street corner in Downtown Baltimore Monday, a group of protesters pushed for the removal of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in all of Maryland.
The People’s Power Assembly (PPA) organized the protest in direct response to the ICE officer shooting that happened in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve. In that incident, ICE maintains its officers only acted in self-defense.
While one of the protesters’ goal was to raise awareness of ICE’s activity locally, PPA organizers told WJZ they want to pressure state leaders to act.
Calling for an end to ICE enforcement
Protesters gathered on the corner of Hopkins Place and Baltimore Street, which is near where the ICE Baltimore Field Office, holding signs and calling for ICE to be abolished…