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No Borders Camp: Action Against ICE Detention Center
El Centro, CA - A crowd of 100-200 anarchists and other radicals converged on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center here at approximately 2PM local time today.
Friday, November 9, 2007
El Centro, CA - A crowd of 100-200 anarchists and other radicals converged on the immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center here at approximately 2PM local time today.
A diverse group - including radical cheerleaders, CIRCA clowns, legal observers, anarchists of all kinds, and others - mobilized with chants such as "No borders! No nations! No deportations!" as part of a week of actions by an autonomous convergence titled "No Borders Camp".
Demonstrators marched around the perimeter of the jail, flanked by Border Patrol on adjacent rooftops and local police. Despite the heavy imperialist presence in the Imperialist Valley, no arrests were made. Minor damage to the perimeter chain link fence could be seen.
Shortly before the crowd voluntarily dispersed, marchers took the streets, resulting in the reclamation of both directions - over four lanes - of traffic.
Spontaneous dancing erupted in the street thereafter, with banners draped over the foundation of the triangular flagpole platform that stands at the center's front entrance.
The No Borders Camp (NBC) was called in opposition to the increased militarization of the US/Mexico border and oppression of the people there. NBC declares that migrant rights are human rights, advocates the elimination of borders everywhere, and demands free movement for all.
--Potemkin
El Centro, CA - A crowd of 100-200 anarchists and other radicals converged on the immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center here at approximately 2PM local time today.
A diverse group - including radical cheerleaders, CIRCA clowns, legal observers, anarchists of all kinds, and others - mobilized with chants such as "No borders! No nations! No deportations!" as part of a week of actions by an autonomous convergence titled "No Borders Camp".
Demonstrators marched around the perimeter of the jail, flanked by Border Patrol on adjacent rooftops and local police. Despite the heavy imperialist presence in the Imperialist Valley, no arrests were made. Minor damage to the perimeter chain link fence could be seen.
Shortly before the crowd voluntarily dispersed, marchers took the streets, resulting in the reclamation of both directions - over four lanes - of traffic.
Spontaneous dancing erupted in the street thereafter, with banners draped over the foundation of the triangular flagpole platform that stands at the center's front entrance.
The No Borders Camp (NBC) was called in opposition to the increased militarization of the US/Mexico border and oppression of the people there. NBC declares that migrant rights are human rights, advocates the elimination of borders everywhere, and demands free movement for all.
--Potemkin
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