Immigration protest comes against backdrop of possible weekend ICE roundups
Around 100 demonstrators attend a protest against immigration policies Downtown on Main Street Friday, July 12, 2019. It comes days after the release of journalist Manuel Duran, arrested in Memphis more than a year ago and turned over to federal immigration authorities. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian).
A Downtown protest Friday evening drew a group of about 100 people. It comes days after the release of journalist Manuel Duran, arrested in Memphis more than a year ago and turned over to federal immigration authorities.
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