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ICE THEM OUT Rally

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ICE THEM OUT Rally

From Maine Public: “For nearly three hours, 18 speakers — including immigrant, faith and local leaders as well as Democratic candidates running for governor and U.S. Senate — rallied around a central theme: they say that the terrorizing of Black and brown people and U.S. citizens in this country represents an erosion of the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law.”

“‘This is what democratic backsliding looks like,’ said Safiya Khalid, a former Lewiston city councilor and community organizer. ‘It happens when due process becomes optional. It happens when constitutional protections feel selective. It happens when entire groups of people are labeled as threats, so the public will accept their suffering.’