Demonstrators Demand Executive Order Protecting DC Immigrants

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 3:27PM | Staff
By Adrianna McGinley

Community members, labor organizations and immigrant rights activists held a rally Tuesday urging DC legislators to refuse the Secure Communities program and maintain DC’s status as a sanctuary city.

The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) praised DC for being the first city in the nation to reject the deportation program last year but asked the mayor to keep his promise of making DC “one cityâ€