‘The Great March’ in Salt Lake City aims to face deportations

Salt Lake City – Hundreds of people met at the Washington Square Park on Saturday afternoon to walk in unison to Utah state capitol, saying they expect changes.

Utah March and other groups organized the protest, oriented towards immigration rights.

“This is ours the great march. It is a march and a protest, so we are trying to honor the great march that occurred in 2006, “said Avery Singleton, the founder of Utah Tet that helped organize the event.” Try to attract attention and awareness of what is happening, and that immigrants, each and every one of them, are a person. They are not just numbers in a statistic and that these laws are really affecting real people. ”

Samantha Sepúlveda, another protester, explained why he continues to support the cause.

“I really hope we can stop this deportation and be able to separate families. It has been affecting many of our immigrants or many people who are Hispanics, or maybe all different cultures, “he said.

Abraham Joseph Pal, who was visiting the Capitol, has different opinions than they protested.

“I believe in the system. Come legally, enjoy the system. Time is needed, but you are really persistent … like any other country, ”he said.

Video below: More than 100 protesters meet for the protest of ‘protecting their parks’ in Arches

Arcs protest

Pal said he spent years going through the citizenship process, which is something he believes.

“I did what I had to do, I paid my quotas and it’s a great system,” Pal said.

He shared a message of encouragement: “If you really want something, go looking for it. I wanted to come here to the United States. I think it’s a beautiful country. ”

Regardless of people’s political opinions, they both talked about connecting with others.

“Just to have that community and know that we are not alone,” said Singleton.

And Pal shared a good reminder to always be kind.

“You know, we are all brothers, and we are all connected to each other,” he said.