By Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
Photo by Mark McKenna
Some 50 people gathered on the steps of the Humboldt County Courthouse on Thanksgiving morning to protest the separation of immigrant families in detention centers and announce a caravan to protest at a detention center in December.
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Members of the Raging Grannies led the group in a song about the detention centers.
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Renee Saucedo smiles at the crowd as the demonstration begins on the courthouse steps.
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Brenda Perez was the emcee for Centro del Pueblo’s demonstration.
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Renee Saucedo said she was having a hard time celebrating Thanksgiving knowing there were families separated in detention centers.
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Protesters held signs on the courthouse steps.
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An empty symbolic empty Thanksgiving table stood at the bottom of the steps.
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Members of the crowd clap during one of the speakers.
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Johnny Salazar with the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc. read a letter denouncing the detention center in Yuba and the prison industrial complex in general.
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Nicole Fanlo of Eureka spoke about the issues and often horrible treatment of members of the LGBTQ community who are seeking asylum.
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Caroline Griffith with the North Coast Peoples Alliance spoke to the crowd and said she was helping organize rides for the caravan.
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Laura Munoz spoke to the crowd about human immigration being a natural process.
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Julio Torres played guitar at the end of the demonstration.
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Members of the crowd clap during one of the speakers.
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