FARGO — As more details come to light on the conditions of migrant detention camps along the U.S.-Mexico border, nationwide protests on Tuesday, July 2, called for the closure of the camps and reunion of separated families.

A small rally over the lunch hour took place in downtown Fargo outside of U.S. Sen. John Hoeven's office. Protesters held signs and passed out fliers with pictures of migrant children who have died in U.S. custody.

Jay Scott was one of the handful of demonstrators Tuesday. He said for 10 years, not a single migrant child died in U.S. custody, but since September, at least six have died.

"Anybody who has a sense of outrage about what we are doing to our fellow human beings, what we are doing to our neighbors," he said, "will pester those people in power and maybe get them to take a position on this — on whether concentration camps are a good or bad thing — and possibly move in the direction of putting some kind of political pressure on the Trump administration to stop this."

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Other protesters, like Ron Gaul and Kate Lucero, said issues with detention centers have existed prior to Donald Trump's presidency, but they said conditions have worsened under his administration.

"Immigration policies in the U.S. have been unjust for a long time and it's gotten worse," Gaul said.

What's happening at the border is a "crime against humanity," Lucero said, "and all this is happening under his (Trump's) eyes."

A report from the Department of Homeland Security inspector general said there was "prolonged" and "dangerous overcrowding" in the El Paso area resulting in "urgent issues that require immediate attention and action."

There were nearly 200 other protests held Tuesday, when members of Congress were home for the Fourth of July. The organization MoveOn initiated the demonstrations to demand shutting down the camps, stop funding family detention and deportation and reunite families.

A "Lights for Liberty" protest is planned for Friday, July 12, at the Grand Forks County Correctional Center, which is an ICE holding facility.