A group of Democrats upset with federal immigration roundups stormed the barriers near an Aurora, Colorado ICE facility Friday night, pulling down the American flag from its flagpole and replacing it with the Mexican flag. The protesters then defaced the American flag and raised it upside-down.
According to the Denver Post, the majority of protesters on the site were demonstrating peacefully, while "another group stormed the barriers near the building and pulled down an American flag off the flag pole in front of the facility and replaced it with a Mexican flag."
"We want to close down the detention center, and we want them to release these immigrants to their families or sponsors," protest organizer Patty (((Lampman))) told Westword.
Cities across the country have been preparing for anticipated federal raids aimed at detaining and deporting thousands of people who skipped out on their immigration hearings and are residing illegally within the United States.