Rockland To Rally Against Family Separation Policy

NEW CITY, NY — Local groups plan to rally together Saturday to protest President Donald Trump's immigration policies. It's part of a National "Families Belong Together" Day of Action featuring more than 650 events in all 50 states and an anchor protest in Lafayette Square in Washington DC.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to participate across the country. Local rallies are planned in Beacon, New City, New Rochelle and White Plains.

The protesters are demanding that the Administration:

• End 'Zero Humanity.' Reverse the Trump administration's policy that created this crisis and chaos to begin with. Parents should not be criminally prosecuted for doing what all parents do, which is bring their children to safety. This horrible nightmare for families will only end when Trump permanently stops his 100 percent prosecution policy.
• Reunite families now. Permanently end family separation and immediately reunify those that have been separated. ICE must release parents immediately so that ORR can reunify them with their children.
• End family detention. Children and families deserve due process, not indefinite imprisonment. Children do not belong in baby cages and internment-like camps. Family incarceration is not the solution to family separation.

Here are local events:

Beacon

WHEN: Saturday, June 30 at 2 p.m.

WHERE: Polhill Park, Beacon, NY 12508

SPONSOR: Southern Dutchess Resist!

New Rochelle

WHEN: noon Saturday, June 30

WHERE: New Rochelle United Methodist Church, New Rochelle, NY 10804

SPONSOR: New Rochelle Families Belong Together

MORE INFORMATION: In addition to the rally, a multifaith discussion about immigration reform in this country is planned.

Rockland County

WHEN: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 30

WHERE: Rockland County Courthouse, 1 S. Main St. New City NY

SPONSORS INCLUDE: Rockland Immigration Coalition in collaboration with Black Lives Matter, Community of Living Traditions at Stony Point Center, Ecuadorean Association of Spring Valley, MoveOn, Muslim Peace Fellowship, Nauraushaun Presbyterian Church, NY Civil Liberties Union, Padres Unidos, Proyecto Faro, Rockland Citizens Action Network, Rockland Coalition to End the New Jim Crow, Rockland Democratic Party, Rockland Pride, Rockland United, Temple Beth Sholom, We of Action.

FACEBOOK EVENT LINK: https://www.facebook.com/events/2019342821714604/

White Plains

WHEN: Saturday, June 30 at 1 p.m.

WHERE: White Plains Federal Courthouse, White Plains, NY 10601

SPONSORS INCLUDE: Indivisible Westchester, NYCD-16, Hudson Valley Community Coalition, MLK Institute for nonviolence, Westchester for Change, Westchester Children's Association, Up2Us, Indivisible Rivertowns

Image via FamiliesBelongTogether.org