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Drumming preceded a group of about 400 people marching for immigrant rights Saturday through downtown Greeley.
The Aztec dancers from Denver, Grupo Tlaloc, led their path from Island Grove Regional Park, burning tree sap and blessing people in the crowd until they reached the Weld County Courthouse where they were met with a handful or two of protesters in mostly a peaceful clash of sign language.
Protesters from Louisville, Boulder, La Salle and Aurora, held up signs that read: “Jail anyone who hires illegal aliens” or “No Amnesty,” “Enforce the laws that are already on the books,” or “Go back to Mexico.”
Marchers carried signs that read, “Citizenship Yes. Deportation No,” “Stop Domestic Terrorism. Stop the Raids,” “Break up Borders, not Families. One Fort Collins group even carried a sign that read, “Set Fire to ICE.”
The Unity March was one of several ongoing throughout the country on Saturday to support immigration reform and human rights.
Alonzo Barron, a 2007 graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, and who organized the march through Al Frente de Lucha in Greeley, said he was pleased with the march, held under cloudy skies and cooler temperatures, alongside the Cinco de Mayo festivities at Island Grove.
“It’s going better than I expected, because there’s been no provocations,” Barron said, as he walked away from the courthouse.
There, he led the group in a moment of silence for those immigrants who were still behind bars after immigration raids.
The march drew people from throughout the Denver metro area north, as well as northern Colorado. Groups ranging in causes and ages and races attended, including Teachers for Immigrant Rights, Riders Against Illegal Aliens, Fort Collins Mennonites Fellowship for Peace, and NumbersUSA, a group seeking limit the amount of any immigration into the country based on population control.
Arguments were held to a minimum as the marchers met the protesters, all holding their signs over their heads. Some were angry and shouted as the group passed through.
“Mexico has laws. So do we,” said Gabriel Long of La Salle. “Mexico deports. So do we.”
For more of this story, read Sunday’s Greeley Tribune at www.greeleytribune.com.
The Aztec dancers from Denver, Grupo Tlaloc, led their path from Island Grove Regional Park, burning tree sap and blessing people in the crowd until they reached the Weld County Courthouse where they were met with a handful or two of protesters in mostly a peaceful clash of sign language.
Protesters from Louisville, Boulder, La Salle and Aurora, held up signs that read: “Jail anyone who hires illegal aliens” or “No Amnesty,” “Enforce the laws that are already on the books,” or “Go back to Mexico.”
Marchers carried signs that read, “Citizenship Yes. Deportation No,” “Stop Domestic Terrorism. Stop the Raids,” “Break up Borders, not Families. One Fort Collins group even carried a sign that read, “Set Fire to ICE.”
The Unity March was one of several ongoing throughout the country on Saturday to support immigration reform and human rights.
Alonzo Barron, a 2007 graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, and who organized the march through Al Frente de Lucha in Greeley, said he was pleased with the march, held under cloudy skies and cooler temperatures, alongside the Cinco de Mayo festivities at Island Grove.
“It’s going better than I expected, because there’s been no provocations,” Barron said, as he walked away from the courthouse.
There, he led the group in a moment of silence for those immigrants who were still behind bars after immigration raids.
The march drew people from throughout the Denver metro area north, as well as northern Colorado. Groups ranging in causes and ages and races attended, including Teachers for Immigrant Rights, Riders Against Illegal Aliens, Fort Collins Mennonites Fellowship for Peace, and NumbersUSA, a group seeking limit the amount of any immigration into the country based on population control.
Arguments were held to a minimum as the marchers met the protesters, all holding their signs over their heads. Some were angry and shouted as the group passed through.
“Mexico has laws. So do we,” said Gabriel Long of La Salle. “Mexico deports. So do we.”
For more of this story, read Sunday’s Greeley Tribune at www.greeleytribune.com.
