On Sunday morning at 6 a.m., more than a dozen people gathered in front. of the Alameda St. entrance of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles in solidarity with the hunger strikes in ICE facilities across the country.
Demonstrators told L.A. TACO they are fasting to show solidarity with, and bring attention to, the detainees who are participating in a hunger strike at Adelanto ICE Processing Center and Desert View Annex. They also said that they may extend the fast beyond the 24 hours.
Some of the fasters will stay for the full 24 hours outside of the federal building. They are also joined by others supporting them remotely, for a total of nearly 50 people fasting in solidarity.
Demonstrators stood on both sidewalks in front of the building, making art, hanging banners, and recording and yelling at the outgoing vehicles leaving the facility. They demand the following: bond reform, improved conditions, adequate medical and mental health care, nutritious food, accountability for deaths, the right to organize and communicate, and to shut down Adelanto.