POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Immigrant rights advocates will hold an interfaith Day of the Dead vigil Sunday, Oct. 25, outside the Broward Transitional Center to honor people who died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody or were fatally shot by ICE and Border Patrol agents.
Day of the Dead Vigil in Pompano Beach
The vigil, part of the Protect Black Migrant Week of Action, will call for immigrant protections and improved detention conditions. It will also urge an extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals.
Who: Immigrant rights advocates, faith leaders, community members and representatives of advocacy groups. These include the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Palm Beach County Indivisible and Detention Watch Network.
What: An interfaith vigil honoring lives lost to immigration enforcement. It also urges Florida’s U.S. senators to support an extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals…