Protesters stand against family separation
Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi rallies protesters against federal immigration policies. Photo Roughly 400 people took to the intersection of Artesia and Hawthorne Boulevard Saturday morning, joining a nationwide protest against zero-tolerance federal immigration practices that have led to the separation of children from families. Protestors stood at each corner, and along each median, waving signs, chanting, and cheering when supporters (whether from cars or LA Metro buses) passed by, sounding their horns. Though detractors were apparent, such as a man who shouted “if they don’t cross the border, families won’t be separated! Respect our laws!” from his car, they were soon ignored. The protest was organized by Kanji Sahara, an 84-year-old man who was held in a Japanese internment camp in Arkansas at eight years old, alongside his family. The Saharas were among the 110,000 to 120,000 Japanese-Americans who were incarcerated following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and subsequent Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. “They’re separating the babies from the parents, and putting them in a camp. During World War II, I was imprisoned in a concentration camp in…
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