Today's heat did not stop crowds from flocking to the Capitol, protesting the Trump administration's immigration policies. FOX 47's Marcus Dash was there, as mid-Michigan took park in the nationwide "Keep Families Together" March.
Chants of "Si, se puede" rang out all throughout the Capitol. Meaning, "yes, you can," in Spanish.
Referring to change that has to be made regarding the separation of children and their families at the southern border. A local Latino activist Lorenzo Lopez tells me any change has to start with the people.
"We are looking at this as an American issue, the humanitarian needs for human beings, and its being done at the grassroots level," said Lorenzo Lopez.
One person at the rally told me that this isn't a right or left issue.
It's a right or wrong issue and her duty as a human being is to fight for others that can't, like the 2,000 kids who have been separated from their families.
"We have to keep pushing, these protests are important, people are making their voices heard, it's not a party issue," said Cheryl Caesar.
While hundreds rallied together for the same purpose of getting families back together, there were some who were there to support freedom of speech, not supporting the rally itself. The person did not give his name.
"I came out here to support our government, came out here to support the united states, came out here to support the president."
On the other hand event organizer Paulo Gordillo stresses this rally wasn't an attack on the president, he hopes that President Donald Trump can get families back together.
"We know he can do it, he signed an executive order one day, ended the practice of separating families from their children, that's good, but it's only a first step, the entire practice needs to be ended," said Paulo Gordillo.
Reports indicate that of the 2,000 kids that have been separated from their families only six of them have been reunited with their families.
Lopez hopes that rallies like these will help lawmakers get the rest of the kids back to their families.
