Activists Protest Outside U.S. Embassy in Mexico City over ‘Zero Tolerance’

Activists lined up outside the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City to protest the separation of families and the ongoing illegal immigration crackdown by the Trump Administration.

For the protest, dozens of activists blocked the street along one of Mexico City’s main roads called Reforma Avenue not far from the famed statue of the Independence Angel outside of the U.S. Embassy. Reforma Avenue in Mexico City is the scene of almost daily protests by different political groups.

Protest against the border separations happening now here in Mexico City outside the US embassy pic.twitter.com/4cGx69MzhF

— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) June 21, 2018

A video shared on social media shows a group of women chanting in Spanish “no to fences, children to classrooms.”

Protesters keep trying to stop traffic. pic.twitter.com/aSj4UMB9cw

— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) June 21, 2018

The protest comes one day after a Mexican Congressional Committee called for the country to stop helping the U.S. in national security matters, immigration, and border security, Breitbart Texas reported. The move by the congressmen follows Mexico’s Foreign Relations minister Luis Videgaray’s labeling the separation of families a “human rights violation.” 

Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded the Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and Stephen K. Bannon.  You can follow him on Twitter and on Facebook. He can be contacted at Iortiz@breitbart.com.

Brandon Darby is managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded the Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and Stephen K. Bannon. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He can be contacted at bdarby@breitbart.com.