The families of illegal immigrants who were separated under the Obama administration are staging a sit-in at Joe Biden’s Philadelphia campaign headquarters in protest of deportations and detentions that occurred while he was Vice President.

The protesters are planning to refuse to leave until the candidate agrees to apologize and bring back illegal immigrants who were deported under the last two administrations.

Norma is currently shutting down @JoeBiden's campaign office to share her story. Her son, who came at the U.S. at age 10, would have qualified for the "Obama-Biden DACA program" in 2012…but he was deported by the administration in 2011. Her family needed #DignityNotDeportation. pic.twitter.com/IrvB61u3h9 — Movimiento Cosecha (@CosechaMovement) July 10, 2019

“Philadelphia- Immigrant families whose loved ones were among the 3,000,000 deported while Former Vice President Biden was in the White House will take over Biden campaign headquarters in Philadelphia on Wednesday,” the group said in a press release. “They are demanding Biden apologize for separating their families, and commit that if elected president in 2020 he would use his executive authority to put an immediate end to all immigrant detention and deportations. Families are also calling for Biden to commit to bringing home loved ones that were unjustly deported by the last two administrations.”

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The protesters allege that the Democratic Party has been “complicit in a bipartisan attack on the immigrant community” and deporting illegal aliens — which they view as a bad thing.

Today, undocumented immigrants whose loved ones were deported under Obama have occupied @JoeBiden's campaign office in Philadelphia, demanding an apology. Watch: https://t.co/E7O889vK27

Take the #DignityNotDeportation pledge: https://t.co/zPLLKiP3Yi pic.twitter.com/VF8IoJyE3t — Movimiento Cosecha (@CosechaMovement) July 10, 2019

“I am not just here to tell my own story, but on behalf of thousands of other mothers who were also separated from their families during that time,” said Norma Morales, a leader of the Cosecha Movement whose son was deported in 2011. “Sometimes when we come to this country with think that we have to keep our heads down and just focus on working to provide for our children. But I’ve lost that fear and found my courage because I know that just like anyone else⁠— I deserve to be treated with dignity.”

Happening NOW: Immigrant families separated under the Trump, Obama, & Bush administrations have stormed @JoeBiden's campaign building, demanding #DignityNotDeportation. Why are we protesting Biden and not Trump? A thread. pic.twitter.com/rHmjC3DdrK — Movimiento Cosecha (@CosechaMovement) July 10, 2019

https://twitter.com/CosechaMovement/status/1149006651195842560?s=20

6 ppl are sitting in demanding all candidates, including @JoeBiden, have a new vision for immigrant dignity. The country has seen the inhumanity of our current immigration system & we can’t look away and go back to the status quo of silent mass deportations #DignityNotDeportation pic.twitter.com/XOPthkvxpz — Movimiento Cosecha (@CosechaMovement) July 10, 2019

The demonstrators took specific offense to Biden’s response when he was questioned on his mass deportation record during the Democratic Debate.

“He failed to recognize and take responsibility for the pain he caused, saying instead that Obama had done a ‘heck of a job,'” the protesters said in their press release.