Las Vegas protest calls for end to separation of immigrant kids from parents

Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Karl Catarata, left, and Grace Vergara-Mactal hand out signs during a National Day of Action protest outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices Friday, June 1, 2018. Several organizations organized the rally to protest immigrant children being separated from their families. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

Organizers hand out signs during a National Day of Action protest outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices Friday, June 1, 2018. Several organizations organized the rally to protest immigrant children being separated from their families. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

Protesters including Jan Steckel, left, and William McCurdy II chant during a National Day of Action protest outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices Friday, June 1, 2018. Several organizations organized the rally to protest immigrant children being separated from their families. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

Protesters chant during a National Day of Action protest outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices Friday, June 1, 2018. Several organizations organized the rally to protest immigrant children being separated from their families. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

Protesters including Cammy Castillo, 9, and her father Antonio during a National Day of Action protest outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices Friday, June 1, 2018. Several organizations organized the rally to protest immigrant children being separated from their families. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

Tiara Moore, center, speaks during a National Day of Action protest outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices Friday, June 1, 2018. Several organizations organized the rally to protest immigrant children being separated from their families. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

Protesters, from left, Alex Torres, Brandon Rebolledo, Maria Rebolledo, Bianca Balderas and Antonio Castillo, chant during a National Day of Action protest outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices Friday, June 1, 2018. Several organizations organized the rally to protest immigrant children being separated from their families. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

Protesters including Cammy Castillo, 9, during a National Day of Action protest outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices Friday, June 1, 2018. Several organizations organized the rally to protest immigrant children being separated from their families. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

Maria Rebolledo speaks while holding her nephew Neymar Rebolledo during a National Day of Action protest outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices Friday, June 1, 2018. Several organizations organized the rally to protest immigrant children being separated from their families. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

Protesters including Nayeli Guevara, 6, during a National Day of Action protest outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices Friday, June 1, 2018. Several organizations organized the rally to protest immigrant children being separated from their families. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

Audrey Peral speaks during a National Day of Action protest outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices Friday, June 1, 2018. Several organizations organized the rally to protest immigrant children being separated from their families. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto

A sign reading "ICE Fuera" or "ICE Get Out" sits outside the Federal Justice Tower, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have offices, in Las Vegas, Friday, June 1, 2018. Activists from Nevada Advocates for Planned Parenthood, Make the Road Nevada, Faith Organizing Alliance and others gathered there to protest the separation of parents and children in immigration custody. Madelyn Reese/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Ireri Bravo, left and Elena Bravo, right, participate in a protest outside the Federal Justice Tower, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have offices, in Las Vegas, Friday, June 1, 2018. Activists from Nevada Advocates for Planned Parenthood, Make the Road Nevada, Faith Organizing Alliance and others gathered there to protest the separation of parents and children in immigration custody. Madelyn Reese/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Demonstrators rallied Friday in downtown Las Vegas to protest immigrant children being separated from their families as part of a national day of action.

The protest was part of a #WhereAreTheChildren Day of Action to stand up for the safety and dignity of immigrant children, according to information from organizers. Similar events occurred across the U.S. on Friday.

The rally included participants from several community groups and advocacy organizations including PLAN Action, America’s Voice, the ACLU and Faith Organizing Alliance.

The event took place outside the Federal Justice Tower where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has offices.