Close to 400 members from a religious organization took part in a protest at the border fence in California. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested approximately 30 of the activists after the group engaged in acts of “civil disobedience.”
The protest took place this week at the Border Field State Park in San Diego. Members of the Quaker religious organization, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), took part in a protest called “Love Knows No Borders.” The protest called for the group to gather at the park and walk towards the border fence where they would peacefully protest to draw attention to migrant rights.
Between 300 and 400 people, mostly faith leaders from around the US are approaching the border fence as part of #loveknowsnoborders movement pic.twitter.com/HEAYwR1Wnq
— Kate Morrissey (@bgirledukate) December 10, 2018
“Showing up to welcome and bless children, mothers, and fathers seeking asylum from very difficult and dehumanizing circumstances is the right and humane thing to do,” Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño said in a prepared statement from AFSC. Carcaño serves in the San Francisco Area United Methodist Church. “How we act in these moments determines who we will become as a nation.”
Crowd grows at #BorderFieldStatePark for #LoveKnowsNoBorders event put together by @afsc_org pic.twitter.com/3v8iWW6lUz
— Mimi Elkalla (@10NewsMimi) December 10, 2018
According to Kate Morrisey from the San Diego Union-Tribune, federal authorities arrested multiple members of the protest after they moved past a fence made up of concertina wire. As the group continued to move forward, Border Patrol agents ordered the group to disperse. Arrests began when the activists refused to disperse.
Demonstrators kneel after Border Patrol moves them back to concertina wire at border near Friendship Park. This is first day of #LoveKnowsNoBorders demonstrations. pic.twitter.com/eHbu8WbSvk
— Kate Morrissey (@bgirledukate) December 10, 2018
Now they’re inching forward little by little on knees singing “we are not afraid” and “we shall not be moved”
— Kate Morrissey (@bgirledukate) December 10, 2018
More arrests pic.twitter.com/eHRbpQ0JTV
— Kate Morrissey (@bgirledukate) December 10, 2018
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.
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