PHOTOS: Locals call on Obama to keep immigrant families together

By ERIK VERDUZCO LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

11 years ago

Activists Martin Macias, from left, with Edwin Gutierrez, and his son Jose, participate during a vigil to call on President Obama to use executive order powers to allow families to stay in the country legally at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Immigration advocates participate during a vigil to call on President Obama to use executive order powers to allow families to stay in the country legally at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Immigration advocates say a prayer during a vigil to call on President Obama to use executive order powers to allow families to stay in the country legally at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Activist Maria Guadalupe Arreola participates during a vigil to call on President Obama to use executive order powers to allow families to stay in the country legally at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Activist Martin Macias displays an American flag during a vigil to call on President Obama to use executive order powers to allow families to stay in the country legally at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Jacob Meneses, left, 10, and his bother Ivan, 7, participate during a vigil to call on President Obama to use executive order powers to allow families to stay in the country legally at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Activist Martin Macias waves an American flag in the background during a vigil to call on President Obama to use executive order powers to allow families to stay in the country legally at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Sharon Courtney participates during a vigil to call on President Obama to use executive order powers to allow families to stay in the country legally at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Activist Martin Macias waves an American flag during a vigil to call on President Obama to use executive order powers to allow families to stay in the country legally at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Las Vegas Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Immigration advocates participated in a vigil at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Las Vegas on Thursday to call on President Barack Obama to use executive order powers to allow families to stay in the country legally.

Advocates held signs reading “Stop separating families” and “Congress dropped the ball. It’s in your court.”