Tens of thousands expected to protest Trump’s immigration policy during Washington rally

☰LocalTens of thousands expected to protest Trump's immigration policy during Washington rallyDemonstrators calling for "an end to family detention" and in opposition to the immigration policies of the Trump administration rally at the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 28. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)It took 13 days to organize Saturday's demonstration against the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy and the detention of children and families. Immigration activists rally in Washington on June 28 as part of a march calling for "an end to family detention." Protesters gathered outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington, D.C., on June 27. "I think that the inhumanity of this policy is activating new people who haven't been activated into the resistance before.

Thousands rally in Lafayette Square as protest of Trump's immigration policy kicks off in Washington

☰LocalThousands rally in Lafayette Square as protest of Trump's immigration policy kicks off in WashingtonGerson Quinteros, a "dreamer" from El Salvador who lives in the District, leads protesters gathered outside the White House in Lafayette Square. A representative of the Piscataway Indian Nation addressed a crowd of hundreds assembled in Lafayette Square on Saturday in Spanish, then English. People who arrived expecting to be too late to secure a spot near the stage began walking closer, toward Lafayette Square. People who have lived through the Holocaust, Japanese internment camps and Trump's family separation policy are expected to speak. She took a drag from her cigarette and crushed it beneath her heel as she sat on a park bench Saturday morning in Lafayette Square.

Massive crowds protest Trump's immigration policies

As it stated in Attendees carried signs demanding a change to the administration's policy, or celebrating the contributions that immigrants make to the country. Saturday's protests are just the latest. 'This is beyond politics'Event organizers said Saturday's protests are about addressing an ethical issue. "This is not left or right," said Anna Galland, executive director of MoveOn.org, one of the organizations leading Saturday's protests. Follow CNN's live coverage of Saturday's protests.

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