SAN ANTONIO — Activists, small business owners and community leaders gathered Thursday in downtown San Antonio calling on people rally in support of a nationwide shutdown against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
At least a couple of the speakers had taken part in a protest the day before outside a migrant detention center in Dilley, where Texas Department of Public Safety troopers deployed pepper balls into the crowd.
“While there are people that are afraid, we are still resolved to fight back,” said Jessica Solis, who was among hundreds of Texans protesting what she described as horrific conditions at the Dilley facility…