Gallery: Thousands march in protest against decision to end DACA
By Michael Zshornack
Sept. 5, 2017 10:58 p.m.
A father and his daughter joined thousands of other people in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday to protest the decision of President Donald Trump's administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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The event officially began at 5:00 p.m. in La Placita Olvera where the crowd spent the first half hour chanting and singing as people continued to arrive.
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The crowd listened to testimonies from DACA recipients and others with family affected by the program and responded with cheers of support.
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''We know that you are our best investment, you are the future,'' said Los Angeles City Councilman, Gil Cedillo, when speaking to the crowd at the beginning of the rally.
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Pastor Delonte Gholston, from the New City Church of Los Angeles, joined leaders of different faith groups and led the crowd in song before beginning the march.
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The approximately 800,000 recipients of DACA will be affected by the Trump administration's move to end the program.
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Protestors were greeted with honks and cheers from drivers as they marched down streets in Los Angeles, stopping traffic.
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First-year sociology student Fernanda Soto, first-year political science student Raquel Vaca and first-year political science student Daniela Morales Mateos joined other UCLA students in the march.
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A man holds a sign that reads ''You can't deport the dream.''
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The demonstrators called for the removal of President Trump from office and for the reinstatement of DACA.
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A man holds up a sign that reads ''The fight continues,'' in Spanish.
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Many marchers brought horns, drums and other kinds of instruments to the protest.
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Demonstrators reached the front of Los Angeles City Hall at 6:45 p.m. and stopped at the steps.
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Protestors led chants atop the steps of City Hall for the next hour.
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UCLA students who are part of the Transfer Summer Program joined the march, voicing their support for DACA.
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The crowd remained in front of City Hall until 7:45 p.m. before some left to join a healing circle organized by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
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