Hundreds Hold Vigil in Ithaca to End Human Concentration Camps (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Hundreds of people turned out on Friday night for Light for Liberty Ithaca: Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps, calling for an end to the Trump administration's immigration policies and the closure of the immigrant detention centers at the United States' southern border.
Local musicians, politicians and activists came together to demand an end to "the inhumane conditions faced by migrants," according to the group's event page, with speeches, music and poetry and a candle lit moment of silence, IthacaJournal reported.
The Lights of Liberty Ithaca event was one of hundreds of events held across the US on Friday to protest the treatment of immigrants and their children being held in detention centers.
Thousands of people took part in protests across the US, as demonstrators call for closure of migrant detention centers.
The treatment of migrants in the detention centers - particularly child migrants - has come under fire in recent months, with reports emerging of squalid conditions and cruelty from staff. Members of Congress such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez testified to the House Oversight and Reform Committee yesterday that detainees face abuse and inhumane conditions.
