COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — A group protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) gathered outside of the Colorado Springs City Administration Building Monday night.
They say it was in solidarity with protesters in Los Angeles, who have been in the streets since Friday demonstrating against federal immigration raids.
Nearly 100 people showed for Monday's rally in Colorado Springs.
One organizer shared why they are protesting and what changes they want to see in Colorado Springs.
"The action we want is for Mayor Yemi (Mobolade) to stop working with ICE, and to stop CSPD (from) working with ICE...," said Brenner Gollier with the Colorado Springs Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression. "We want to fight back. We don't want this. We want ICE out of our community."
The protesters also say this demonstration is important because of the arrests that followed a DEA raid at a make shift nightclub in Colorado Springs on April 27.
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