Native Americans join groups in El Paso protesting border wall

Source: UPI

JAN. 27, 2019 / 11:49 AM
By Allen Cone

Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Native Americans joined various advocacy groups in a march in downtown El Paso, Texas, against President Donald Trump's proposed barrier along Mexico.

Saturday's rally was organized by Border Network for Human Rights along with other local migrant rights and anti-border groups. Several hundred protesters held signs and chanted opposition of the wall, as Native Americas danced and pounded drums.

"We will continue to fight we will take the streets, we're actually going to come and do this again and again if Trump continues to divide our families, to separate our families, or to actually insist on the idea of building this wall," Fernando Garcia, the director of the Border Network for Human Rights, told KTSM-TV.

Protesters said they aren't ending their fight although Trump is holding off congressional funding for the wall for three weeks. The president said if no deal is reached by Feb. 15, he will shut down the government again or consider a national emergency declaration.

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