Yesterday, January 26, several hundred people gathered in downtown Grand Rapids to express their opposition to the newly signed Executive Order from President Trump on immigration policy.
The protest in Grand Rapids was one of dozens that have taken place across the country in the last few days, since President Trump signed the Executive Order.
Read the full blog post here: https://griid.org/2017/01/27/grand-rapids-protests-trumps-new-immigration-policy/
Yesterday, several hundred people gathered in downtown Grand Rapids to express their opposition to the newly signed Executive Order from President Trump on immigration policy.
The protest in Grand Rapids was one of dozens that have taken place across the country in the last fe days, since President Trump signed the Executive Order.
The executive order would essentially do the following:
- Securing the southern U.S. border “through immediate construction of a physical wall” to stop immigrants that are undocumented, the flow of drugs, human trafficking and acts of terrorism
- Detaining “individuals apprehended on suspicions of” law breaking and expedition of claims of their eligibility to stay in the U.S.
- Swift deportation of “individuals whose legal claims to remain in the United States have been lawfully rejected”
- DHS Secretary John Kelly to “take all appropriate steps to immediately plan, design and construct” the wall
- Projections for “long-term funding requirements,” including the…
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