Sacramento Marches In Solidarity Against ICE Raids In L.A.

By Roberta Alvarado | Special to The Observer In a show of solidarity with demonstrators in Los Angeles, several hundred people converged on the Capitol West Steps Monday to protest indiscriminate raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in California’s largest city. The ICE raids in L.A. began June 6 across the Fashion District, Boyle Heights, Koreatown, and Compton, reportedly rounding up at least 118 immigrants, allegedly in the country illegally. Sacramento protestors gathered at César Chávez Plaza and marched to the Capitol, joining a group from the Northern California Coalition for Just Immigration Reform (NCCJIR) – who walked nearly 40 miles from Vacaville over three days – joining members of labor unions and individuals promoting solidarity, resistance to the policies of President Donald Trump and urging immigration reform. Vallejo’s Tozamisha Alexander of SEIU 1021 addressed the severity of the situation to the crowd: “We have somebody who has made a group of people inhumane.” Roberta Alvarado, OBSERVER Volma Volcy, chief of staff for the Sacramento Central Labor Council and a Haitian immigrant, urged the crowd to organize: “I want you to be ready, knowing that we will lose some, we’ll be bruised … but we are going to win.”...