ATLANTA — Cities across the nation took part in a day of protests on Wednesday to express disapproval of President Donald Trump’s decisions during his first weeks in office.
There were at least three demonstrations in Atlanta throughout the day.
Alan Martinez, a DACA recipient, took part in the largest rally downtown Atlanta Wednesday evening.
The group focused on deportation raids and targeted operations.
“I’m worried because he’s pushing this rhetoric that all of us are criminals. I’ve been here since I was six months old. I haven’t been back to Mexico. I don’t know Mexico,” Martinez told Channel 2′s Courtney Francisco.
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The Party for Socialism and Liberation organized the rally that started at 7:00 p.m. outside the Georgia State Capitol building.
People who attended marched from the Capitol to ICE’s Atlanta Field Office and back.
The crowd cooperated with a police escort, and no major traffic troubles were noticeable for the Channel 2 crew walking alongside the group.
That group finished their rally around 9:00 p.m.
During a separate protest outside the Capitol building, troopers arrested one person before rush hour.
A Georgia State Patrol statement said, “In an effort to protect protesters and the motoring public, Troopers began directing vehicular and pedestrian traffic at the crosswalk on Capitol Avenue. After previously being warned, another protestor failed to obey the Trooper directing traffic and walked into the roadway. She was arrested and will be charged with misdemeanor obstruction and giving a false name and date of birth. "
Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon has expressed support for the Trump Administration’s immigration policies in response to the protests.
“We are having federal law enforcement taking dangerous criminals out of our communities and sending them back to the countries where they belong, and that is what the vast majority of Americans want,” McKoon said.
Protestors marching Wednesday night said they cannot trust that plan and call it fearmongering.
“They’re [immigrants] community members who have always been contributing and we stand against these racist deportations that are happening,” Ngayn Swai said.
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