Vol. 129, No. 3 Thursday, July 18, 2019

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Vol. 129, No. 3 Thursday, July 18, 2019

OPINION

SPORTS

ARTS & CULTURE

We need to talk about the Try Guys

Eagles making a splash in free agency

Fringe Festival will feature up and coming artists

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Part of a nationwide movement to protest migrant detention camps and family separation practices in the United States, the Lights for Liberty vigil at Civic Center Park in Fort Collins saw an attendance of more than 150 people. PHOTO BY SAMANTHA YE COLLEGIAN

Lights for Liberty vigil rallies support for detained immigrants By Samantha Ye @samxye4

Over 150 people attended the Fort Collins Lights for Liberty vigil Friday night at Civic Center Park as part of a nationwide movement to protest migrant detention camps and family separation practices in the United States and to support the affected immigrants.

The event comes as a new wave of reports detailing the camps’ overcrowded and unsanitary conditions sparked fresh outrage, and nationwide raids to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants were set to begin Sunday, July 14, according to The New York Times. “This is not about border security,” said Kristin Stephens, Fort Collins City councilmem-

ber and mayor pro tem, regarding migrant detention camps. “No, this is an exercise in cruelty by an administration that does not seem to respect or value human life.” Nearly 800 individual Lights for Liberty vigils were scheduled across the country and Canada, including 11 in Colorado. In Fort Collins, protesters

brought signs calling for humane immigration reform and denouncing the Trump administration’s policies. Although the four event cohosts — Indivisible NOCO, Fort Collins For Progress, Alianza NORCO and the Colorado Immigration Rights Coalition — each have different missions, they were “united at the intersection of justice and human-

ity,” said Monica Lynn of Indivisible NOCO. Local representatives and immigration activists condemned the camps and shared ways the protesters could take action, starting with contacting their government representatives. Patricia Miller, executive director of Alianza NORCO, was

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