Occupy group will protest immigration law, ICE policies in Gadsden

By Andy Powell
Times Staff Writer

Published: Monday, November 28, 2011 at 5:27 p.m.

Occupy Birmingham is moving north to Gadsden for a few hours Saturday to protest the state’s new immigration law and Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies.

Erick Forsyth, a volunteer with Occupy Birmingham, said Gadsden was chosen for the demonstration because of ICE’s connection with the Etowah County Detention Center. It houses up to 350 ICE detainees in addition to county and city inmates.

“We are voicing our concern to an alarming trend of the day,â€