Protesters arrested to highlight plight of deported families

by | Aug 28, 2014 | Immigration

  • WASHINGTON -- Elliot Grollman, commander of the Department of Homeland Security Critical Incident Response Team, prepares for the more than 1,000 protesters who later demand a more lenient immigration policy in front of the Immigration and Customs Protection headquarters on Aug. 28, 2014. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL).

  • WASHINGTON -- Aura Menjyva, 31, displays her ankle tracker. Menjyva, who is originally from El Salvador, says she will be deported in a week. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- Five-year-old Jackelin Alfaroposes for the camera. Her father will be arrested Aug. 28 as an act of civil disobedience in front of the White House. "She's scared a little bit," said her sister, Gelin Alfaro, 15. She knows that a lot of kids are losing their parents and that people are getting arrested to try to stop it, according to Gelin. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- Gelin Alfaro, 15, says she's scared for her dad because getting arrested is a risk. Even though it's hard, Gelin thinks her father is doing this for a bigger cause. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- Gelin kisses her little sister, Jackelin. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- A police motorcade gets ready to escort the protesters in their march to the White House. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- Gustavo Torres, executive director of CASA, rallies the protesters in front of the ICE headquarters. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- ICE employees watch the crowd from above. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- The protesters march to the White House. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- Police prepare for the arrival of protesters in front of the White House. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- Members of the Latin American Coalition came from Charlotte, N.C. to participate in the protest. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- Pictures laid out on the street in front of the White House. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- The media is trying to capture images of the protesters in front of the White House. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- Protesters in front of the White House. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON --Trying to hold back tears, Jorge Acosta, 19, was sitting in the front line of protesters in front of the White House. He said he had to grow up and go through high school without his father. He is from North Carolina will get arrested in an act of civil disobedience. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- Members and police move, posters, pictures and flowers out of the way before they arrest the more than 100 protesters who refused to move from in front of the White House. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- Ana Sol Gutierrez, Maryland House of Delegates member, is the first person to be arrested.(Dima Ansari/MEDILL)

  • WASHINGTON -- CASA community member Ivania Castillo plans to get arrested with the crowd. (Dima Ansari/MEDILL)