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YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — A wave of events has been seen across the country in response to recent ICE-related killings and concerns about alleged mistreatment and deaths in detention centers.
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A vigil is planned for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday outside the Mexican Consulate in Yuma that organizers say is in response to ICE action.
The Yuma gathering follows a protest Monday night in central Phoenix, where demonstrators demanded justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was killed while on his way to work in Houston, and Joan Sebastian Guerrero, who was killed in Maine. Both men were shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, according to organizers and speakers involved in the events.
Priscila Ruedas, who is scheduled to speak at the Yuma vigil, said she is frustrated by what she described as ongoing violence connected to immigration enforcement.
“This is not up for debate; this is not something we can continue to accept as the norm. Normalizing violence is not okay,” Ruedas said.
Ruedas said the issue has weighed on her family, describing difficult conversations with her father when he goes out in public.
“I find it really difficult to have to have these conversations with my dad when he goes to el mercado to go get food … you need to come home … even though we have status,” she said.
Araceli Aquino, one of the organizers of the vigil, said the gathering is also intended to draw attention to conditions in detention centers and to push elected officials to respond.
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“We also want to call for accountability and justice for the families affected by these ICE-related deaths — we want to call on our elected officials to, you know, speak up,” Aquino said.
The vigil comes as President Donald Trump lifted a temporary pause on ICE traffic stops, organizers said, a day after the pause was ordered by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
Ruedas said she believes elected leaders must take action.
“Our Congress, our Senate needs to do their job; it’s so disheartening thinking that we live in a country under a system that protects us as citizens, and here we are living every day with frustration, this anger, this pain,” she said.
Wednesday’s vigil is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. outside the Mexican Consulate, and protests are also expected in Phoenix.
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