Two Grand Rapids organizations rallied at Calder Plaza Tuesday evening despite the cancellation of a city commission meeting, demanding the city adopt “sanctuary city” policies and condemning the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“The city of Grand Rapids is not doing nearly enough to protect our families,” said a protester as he addressed the crowd.
Over 100 citizens gathered at the plaza, organized by Movimiento Cosecha Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Responds to ICE, expressing concerns about ICE’s treatment of immigrants and urging city officials to offer more protection through sanctuary city policies.
“I’m talking about ICE, the immigration, the custom enforcement agency, and the way it has been treating humans, being like they’re not human at all,” said a teen activist…