U.S. mayors meet to protest at the border
June 21, 2018
El Paso Mayor Dee Margo and other mayors arrive at the Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry, where they held a press conference on Thursday, June 21.
U.S. Conference of Mayors President and Columbia Steve Benjamin lead the press conference at the Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry on Thursday, June 21.
Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson spoke at the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entry where about 20 mayors got together to protest Trump Administration’s family separation policy.
El Paso Mayor Dee Margo spoke at the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entry where about 20 mayors got together to protest Trump Administration’s family separation policy.
The Adult and Youth United Development Association inc. stood behind the media during the press conference at the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entry.
Austin Mayor Steve Alder spoke at the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entry where about 20 mayors got together to protest Trump Administration’s family separation policy.
People held up signs behind the media during the press conference at the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entry.
Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber spoke at the Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry where about 20 mayors got together to protest Trump Administration’s family separation policy.
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller’s wife Elizabeth tears up as she and her husband talk to the media at the press conference outside the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entry.
National media cover U.S. mayors who came down to the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entryto protest Trump Administration’s family separation policy on Thursday, June22.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio tried to talk to the police officers at the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entry after the press conference.
The media and mayors were denied access inside the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entry
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan tries to talk to the police officers at the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entry after the press conference.
Kids play outside of the tents at Tornillo.
Kids play outside of the tents at Tornillo.
On Thursday morning, June 21, mayors from across the country gathered at the Tornillo Port of Entry to protest for the thousands of families that have been separated at the U.S.- Mexico border.
” We are the largest bilingual, bicultural, binational community in the world,” said El Paso Mayor Dee Margo. ” This is where immigration should be discussed, not in Washington but here on the border.”
Since early May, approximately 2,300 children have been separated from their parents and placed in detention centers as part of President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy.
On Wednesday, June 20, President Trump signed an executive order that terminates the separation of children from their parents by detaining both children and parents together.
