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Demonstrators call to abolish ICE during Jax Hgts protest
BY QNS STAFF
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Around 150 protesters hit the streets of
Jackson Heights this weekend to demand
the abolition of the U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
Marching from Diversity Plaza to
Flushing Meadows Corona Park on
Saturday, Oct. 3, protesters condemned
the agency, which was created in 2003,
for its law enforcement tactics, including
recent allegations that agency performed
forced sterilizations on immigrants.
Organizers handed out hospital gowns
with fake blood on the groins to symbolize
the medical procedures allegedly
forced upon women in ICE custody. In
addition, protestors held signs speaking
out against ICE’s practice of separating
children from their parents while holding
them both in detention.
“We are here to call for the abolishment
of the terrorist group, known as
ICE,” one of the organizers said. “I say terrorist
because that is what they are. Th ey
use force, violence and torture to achieve
political gain.” Photos by Dean Moses
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