About 200 people protested Friday in Winston-Salem against the federal detention camps for undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers along the U.S. southern border, describing the sites as inhumane, cruel and atrocious.
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Photos: Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
Sayre Mellor Harris, 3, clings to his mother, Lorra Mellor, while attached to her hip with a rainbow colored wrap during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
Lillie Franklin, 17, sitting next to her friend Alexa Langley, 19, shows the handwritten names of the seven migrant children who have died in camps or shortly after being released from the camps during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C. Franklin and Langley didn't have posters for the rally so they compromised by writing on each other with temporary tattoo markers.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
The Rev. Roger Billings Hayes, pastor of ReNewal Fellowship United Church of Christ, speaks to a crowd of protestors through a megaphone during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
The moon glows in the distance after the sunset as Eudora Struble displays a poster with a candle during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
Children join in protesting during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
Helen Parsonage speaks through a megaphone to fellow protestors during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
The Rev. Oscar Zuniga-Baca, assistant pastor of New Hope United Methodist Church, speaks through a megaphone to a crowd of protestors during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
Leslie Karpinski (left) pumps her fist while displaying a poster on the sidewalk during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
Alexa Langley, 19, has "never again?" written on her cheek during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
City council member Dan Besse shields the sun from his eyes during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
Patty Goodrich holds up a sign during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
The Rev. Roger Billings Hayes, pastor of ReNewal Fellowship United Church of Christ, speaks to a crowd of protestors through a megaphone during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
Peggy Cartner holds a poster that reads, "end child detention," during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
Janet Holmes (left) and Bernadette Fedziuk, dressed as the statue of Liberty, protest from the sidewalk during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
Alexa Langley, 19, takes a photo of the writing on her friend, Lillie Franklin's, 17, legs and arm during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C. Franklin's arm has the names of the seven children who died in the camps or shortly after they were released from the camps.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
The Rev. Roger Billings Hayes, pastor of ReNewal Fellowship United Church of Christ, speaks to a crowd of protestors through a megaphone during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for Migrants
People shine their cell phone lights during Winston-Salem's Lights for Liberty Vigil for migrant conditions on Friday evening, July 12, 2019, at the Five Points intersection in Winston-Salem, N.C.
