A song blared from loudspeakers and blended with the voices of more than a hundred protesters gathered outside the James M. Hanley Federal Building in Syracuse on Monday evening.
“Solidarity forever, solidarity forever, solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong,” the crowd sang as people lifted signs and glowsticks, the first snow of the season falling around them.
The crowd chanted, “Bring them home!” for Alcibiades “Alex” Lázaro and Yannier “Yan” Vázquez, two SUNY Upstate Medical employees detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on Oct. 29…