All is well for the children of West Virginia.
Via Herald Dispatch:
A group of protesters gathered along 5th Avenue at the Cabell County Courthouse on Thursday to demonstrate disapproval of the deaths of two immigrant children who died while in U.S. custody.
Jakelin Caal Maquin, 7, died Dec. 8 while in Border Patrol custody and Felipe Alonzo-Gomez, 8, died on Christmas Eve in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, The Associated Press reported.
The protest was the final Third Thursday action of the year for the Huntington chapter of Women’s March West Virginia.
A sculpture of a child in a cage was displayed at the protest in Huntington. It was comprised of a white fiberglass statue of a small girl in a cage made of chain-link fencing that was painted white. Also in the cage was a bench modeled after those used in ICE cells and a Mylar emergency blanket. A black-and-white American flag flew over the cage.
The sculpture was created by protester David McGee, a 68-year-old veteran who said he has been involved in political protests since the Reagan administration. He said he had the sculpture of the little girl already and modified it for the demonstration.
McGee said he is active with political demonstrations because he is displeased with the direction the political climate in the U.S. is going and with the division of citizens.
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