Latino organizers and city leaders across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex are speaking out against ongoing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.
At a press conference Friday at Dallas City Hall, groups including LULAC, the American Business Immigration Coalition, and the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce urged the community to keep protests peaceful.
The event addressed both Friday’s anti-ICE demonstration and the “No Kings” protests planned for the weekend.
Concerns over political climate
“There is a storm cloud right above us,” said Besty Grimaldo, a student at UNT Dallas. “With the ever-changing heavy political climate that we’re in right now, America is seeing the highest rate of change, both positive and negative all across the board.”…