The mass protest resembled similar actions that took place in the United States during the Donald Trump administration, when community members and activists sought to block ICE from carrying out deportations and raids.
A man in Glasgow, Scotland, laid under a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter for eight hours in an attempt to stop police officers operating the van from successfully conducting an immigration raid, as reported by The Guardian. He succeeded in stopping the police, proving that a man can sometimes win against machine.
The mass protest resembled similar actions that took place in the United States during the Donald Trump administration, when community members and activists sought to block ICE from carrying out deportations and raids.
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The people of Glasgow stood firm and stopped the deportation in its tracks
Locals in Polloksheilds, Glasgow, surrounded an immigration enforcement van for several hours yesterday, protesting against a deportation raid that took place during Eid al-Fitr.
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The chants from the crowd rang out: these are our neighbours, let them go! and in the small town in Southside of Glasgow suddenly, where many should have been celebrating the end of the month of Ramadan, they were fighting injustice.
Protesters in Glasgow have successfully halted the deportation of two members of their community by UK Immigration Enforcement. ✊ pic.twitter.com/lUFowVwXKO
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Campaigners have told the Home Office “you messed with the wrong city” as two men detained in Glasgow by immigration enforcement were released after a day of protest.
Police Scotland released the two Indian nationals detained by Border Force officials in the city after people surrounded their van and prevented it from leaving on Thursday.
Demonstrators in Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, had blocked the immigration enforcement van for hours, with one lying underneath the vehicle.
Around 200 protesters were at the scene, with chants of “Leave our neighbours, let them go” and “Cops go home” being heard as a ring of police stood around the van.