PHOTOS: Whitefish demonstrators focus on lives lost
KELSEY EVANS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 months, 3 weeks AGO
People attend a demonstration on the sidewalk near the Whitefish Customs and Border Patrol office on Sunday, July 19. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Victoria Gabaldón attends a demonstration on Sunday, July 19. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Leannette Galaz at a demonstration at the Whitefish Customs and Border Patrol office on Sunday, July 19. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
People write names of people killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the sidewalk near the Whitefish Customs and Border Patrol office on Sunday, July 19. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Karin Hilding attends a demonstration near the Whitefish Customs and Border Patrol office on Sunday, July 19. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scott White of Kalispell attends a demonstration by the Whitefish Customs and Border Patrol office on Sunday, July 19. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
"Ten dead, don't look away" and "A los que son detenidos, do not give up hope" were written in chalk on the sidewalk outside of the federal Customs and Border Patrol station in Whitefish on Sunday, July 19.
According to Flathead Democracy organizer Leanette Galaz, the demonstration aimed to "demand accountability, honor lives lost and make visible the human cost of ICE's actions."
Demonstrators wrote the names of people killed by U.S. immigration agents on the sidewalk., including Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, shot July 7 in Houston, Texas, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, shot on July 13 in Biddeford, Maine.
Victoria Gabaldón attends a demonstration on Sunday, July 19. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Leannette Galaz at a demonstration at the Whitefish Customs and Border Patrol office on Sunday, July 19. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
People write names of people killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the sidewalk near the Whitefish Customs and Border Patrol office on Sunday, July 19. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Karin Hilding attends a demonstration near the Whitefish Customs and Border Patrol office on Sunday, July 19. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)
Scott White of Kalispell attends a demonstration by the Whitefish Customs and Border Patrol office on Sunday, July 19. (Kelsey Evans/Whitefish Pilot)ARTICLES BY KELSEY EVANS
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