Hundreds of protesters lined 17th Street, near Medical Center Drive, leading to the entrance of New Hanover Regional Medical Center. They were preparing to march, with picket signs in hand, to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s office in Wilmington.
John Herrmann, a member of the local chapter of Indivisible Actions, said they were protesting in remembrance of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
“Everyone is free and equal here, everyone is welcome, and so if you believe that we want you to be with us,” Herrmann said…