Children of undocumented immigrants to protest at White House
Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
11 APR 2017 AT 09:29 ET
Dozens of child and teen protesters mostly youths whose parents are in the United States illegally departed Florida for Washington Monday to urge President Donald Trump to end his policy of ramped-up deportations.
We are going to Washington on a bus. This caravan is about how us, youth, are going to stand up to President Trumps bullying, said Jasmine, a 10-year old, said at a news conference.
She did not want to give her last name so as to protect her parents.
Im going to Washington DC for my mom and dad. Im going to stand up to defend my family, Jasmine said. She was part of a group of about 40 minors, accompanied by relatives and adult activists, who boarded a bus in Florida bound for the US capital, wearing T-shirts and carrying signs reading We Belong Together.
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