Dual anti-ICE protests in Vancouver partly become a celebration
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Two B.C. businesses were the focus of the protests due to their ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but one of them was not held.
There were two anti-ICE protests planned in Vancouver on Friday, but one turned into a celebration.
Two B.C. businesses were the focus of the protests due to their ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
However, one protest was scrapped after Jim Pattison Developments confirmed on Friday morning that it will not be moving forward with its sale of a warehouse in Ashland, Va, to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
“In moments like these, it shines a bright light on corporate ties between Canada and (U.S. President Donald) Trump’s administration,” Emily Lowen, the leader of the BC Green Party, said.
“And I think there is a collective sense that the actions we’re seeing now are morally reprehensible.”
A protest was still held outside Vancouver’s Hootsuite headquarters.
Hootsuite has a contract with the Department of Homeland Security to provide social media services.
A group called Democracy Rising planned the protest outside the Hootsuite headquarters on Friday, asking for the company to end all contracts with ICE immediately, commit to no further work enabling detention, deportation, or family separation and to disclose all government and law enforcement partnerships publicly.
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