Hundreds march on San Antonio’s East Side to protest planned ICE detention center – KSAT

Hundreds march on San Antonio’s East Side to protest planned ICE detention center  KSAT

Hundreds of people gathered on San Antonio’s East Side on Saturday to protest the proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center on Southeast Loop 410, a project some local officials say could harm nearby residents, infrastructure and the environment. SAN ANTONIO – Hundreds of people gathered on San Antonio’s East Side on Saturday to protest the proposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center on Southeast Loop 410, a project some local officials say could harm nearby residents, infrastructure and the environment. Protestors gathered at S.J. Davis Middle School before walking more than a mile to a warehouse ICE purchased in February. The agency plans to turn the property into an immigration detention center with up to 1,500 beds.

“I came here to make my voice heard,” protester Alejandro Delgadillo said. “It’s one of the most horrific crimes against people that we have witnessed in our lifetime,” said Father Jimmy Drennan of St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Drennan was among those who addressed the crowd before the march began. “So while we respect, without any doubt, the country’s right to protect its borders, to abuse its people and to abuse the immigrants that have been allowed to be here for so many generations is just absolutely unjust,” Drennan said. Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert, who represents Precinct 4, said