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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Many protests crossed the authorities person erupted successful effect to the caller raids conducted successful confederate California by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the weekend.
In Fresno, a protestation took spot extracurricular a national gathering successful Downtown Fresno to enactment the migrant community. Many radical were seen raising the Mexican flag, arsenic good arsenic different countries' flags— a communal denominator contiguous during these demonstrations crossed the state.
Many person questioned these actions, but a protester successful Fresno explained that the crushed down raising a overseas emblem is to invoke a consciousness of belonging and to grant one's taste roots.
"It's my culture, it's what's successful me, it's what's moving done my blood, it's what makes maine truthful hardworking," said Camila Zuniga, a protester. "It's what makes each immigrants hardworking."
Zuniga says she is raising the Mexican emblem besides to correspond those who came to the United States to enactment for the American dream, but bash not privation to permission their roots behind.
"This is what the radical are for. They bring the culture, the love... that's each they are present for. And that is wherefore I'm flying the emblem today. For them."
Monday's objection started astatine noon, and its extremity was to amusement enactment for Los Angeles and "refuse to beryllium flooded by fascist forces," according to organizers.
Marco Rosas contributed to this report.
