Cedar Rapids Rally Supports Immigrants at ICE Office

Eastern Iowa community rallies around immigrants in wake of increased ICE action

Hundreds of people showed up Wednesday when Escucha Mi Voz, an Iowa City nonprofit that champions immigrant rights in Iowa, hosted a protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in Cedar Rapids to show support for immigrants and to push back against increased ICE arrests.

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Protesters support immigrant families during their scheduled ICE check-ins in Cedar Rapids rally - The Daily Iowan

Protesters pushed against police tape and confronted officers amid chants of “No ICE, no KKK, no fascist U.S.A.” and “Your bullets can’t kill words, your bullets can’t kill minds” outside the Cedar Rapids Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, office on Wednesday. A protester gets pushed back during an anti-ICE protest organized by a Escucha Mi Voz at the Department of Homeland Security’s Ceder Rapids office on Wednesday, Oct. 1. This was …

Cedar Rapids rally supports immigrants at ICE office

Immigrant rights advocates gathered in Cedar Rapids to voice their concerns against ICE.