The protest began at Manolo Market on Main Street and people marched to El Cajon City Hall.
“We’re here to make their voices heard. We want them to know that we are here to support them. I want them to know that we hear them. That we see them and that we feel their trauma,” Violet of “Yo Soy El Cajon” said.
Violet’s family has personal experience with recent immigration enforcement measures.
“My brother-in-law got taken away. The dynamics are very hard to see. There’s a lot of sadness, there’s a lot of trauma, there’s a lot of depression and anxiety because of separation,” Violet said.
Recent immigration enforcement in San Diego has received a lot of attention
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted “worksite enforcement operations” at Italian restaurant Buona Forchetta which led to four employees being detained.
Recently, plain clothes law enforcement agents arrested a housekeeper outside of the Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley.
Violet points to those and other incidents as the reason why she will continue to speak out.
“I will continue this fight, and I will be their voices. They will be heard,” Violet said.