Pro-immigrant activists gathered in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to protest “against [the] detention of immigrant children.”

The protesters gathered at the site of a proposed shelter to house migrant children.

Join us to Say No to Doug Jemal opening a Detention Center for Immigrant Children Separated from their Parents in Takoma, DC – Weds. August 28, 2019 6pm. 6896 Laurel St., NW DC pic.twitter.com/U8F0huD7Ch — Graylan Hagler (@Graylanhagler) August 26, 2019