Protesters in the Puget Sound gathered over the Trump Administration's immigration policy on Friday.
Dozens of protesters spoke out at the Northwest Detention Center against the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy that resulted in children being separated from their families at the border.
That policy has inspired widespread anger since it was announced.
"Those are children,” said Andy Ribaudo, who has been protesting at the Northwest Detention Center since Thursday around 9 p.m. “They're not criminals. Those are kids."
Ribaudo said he and others gathered to support the mothers, who are being detained and separated from their kids.
"We are here to follow the message of the NWDC [Northwest Detention Center] resistance coalition,” said Ribaudo. "[Our message is that] you need to get those mom's back to their kids. I have a 2-year-old and it's in the best interest of children to be raised by their parents."
Tacoma wasn't the only place where people gathered to protest.
Many chanted outside of the Federal Detention Center in Sea-Tac, where they had a vigil set up with shoes representing the children separated from their parents.
As for Ribaudo, he told KIRO 7 he isn’t going anywhere until his message is heard.
"There's zero tolerance policy to hurting children,” said Ribaudo. “And if you're going to continue doing that, then you're going to have to go through me."
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