Immigration advocates are demanding Philadelphia city leaders do more to protect immigrants as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office next month.
Dozens of activists and supporters attended a rally Tuesday afternoon in response to Trump’s promise of mass deportation starting on day one of his administration. They marched from Philadelphia City Hall to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on 8th Street in Center City to call on Philadelphia city leaders to stand with immigrants.
“We’re here to request that Mayor Cherelle Parker publicly declare her commitment to defending our sanctuary city policy, and more than that, we also want her to commit to expanding it,” Erika Guadalupe Núñez, the executive director of the immigration rights organization Juntos , which organized the rally, said…