Outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Phoenix, Arizona, immigrant advocacy groups gathered on Wednesday, Oct. 29, to hold a vigil for Jose Garcia-Sorto, a Honduran man hospitalized after reportedly being shot by an ICE agent during a traffic stop earlier that morning.
More than a dozen demonstrators gathered by the Central Avenue Corridor to light candles and hold signs condemning the use of force by ICE and other law enforcement agencies toward communities of color in Arizona.
To the sound of “Amor Eterno,” a popular Mexican ballad about mourning the loss of a loved one, organizers from Semillas Arizona, Poder in Action, Arizona Democracy Resource Center, Trans Queer Pueblo, People First Project and Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro urged the community to keep the flame of solidarity burning and the spirit of action alive…