(CHICAGO) Protestors are blocking traffic on Congress Parkway downtown outside the Regional Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office.
The group, led by Organized Communities Against Deportations, is calling for an end to all immigration raids, according to a statement from the organization.
Activists sitting on ladders and holding hands sat in the intersection at 101 W. Congress as of 8 a.m. Tuesday, blocking inbound traffic.
“I am here to say that there needs to be an end to raids and deportations,” Francisco Canuto said in a statement from OCAD.
“Agents entered my home under false pretenses, they fingerprinted me and my roommates, and took me into detention. I spent 13 awful days in a detention center that I don’t wish on anyone,” Canuto said.
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