Protesters call for justice as blaze at detention facility in Ciudad Juárez highlights tough US immigration policies
showed two immigration agents leaving the scene after the fire began, while detainees were locked up and unable to escape the flames.
“We don’t know if they’re dead. They’re friends we met on this journey, family after all we went through,” said Pérez Pérez, a Venezuelan who emigrated from Perú in search of a better future for his wife and five children. The protest remained peaceful, many sat on the street, closed off by local authorities to prevent the flow of traffic.
Marquez was released on Monday afternoon, shortly after being detained, because she has a toddler, and no children are allowed in the building. Her brother was inside when the fire happened. She still doesn’t know if he is alive.
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