Thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday to demand change in the nation's immigration policies. It was one of hundreds of marches held nationwide.
The demonstrations drew thousands of citizens who called for an end to the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy and immediate action to reunite separated families.
The marchers protested federal policies including the one that separated children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as those that are keeping some families detained. Some called for the abolition of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
More than 600 marches could draw hundreds of thousands of people across the country, from immigrant-friendly cities like Los Angeles and New York City to conservative Appalachia and Wyoming under the banner Families Belong Together. A march is planned for this afternoon in Minneapolis.
A volunteer in Baltimore spends her days trying to reconnect migrant children and parents who have been separated and detained. One story illustrate why it is not necessarily simple.
The Republican-led House resoundingly rejected a far-ranging immigration bill on Wednesday despite an eleventh-hour endorsement by President Donald Trump, as the gulf between the GOP's moderate and conservative wings proved too deep for leaders to avert an election-year display of division.
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