Protesters outside an ICE detention facility in Colorado, flipped the American flag upside down and flew a Mexican flag.
Do these people have any idea how this looks to the rest of America?
CBS 4 in Denver reports:
Protesters Remove U.S. Flag, Replace It With Mexican Flag Outside ICE Facility In Aurora
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Aurora on Friday evening to march to the ICE detention facility where illegal and undocumented immigrants are being housed. They also removed the U.S. flag, replaced it with a Mexican flag, and spray painted graffiti on a Blue Lives Matter flag before it was seen flying upside down on the flag pole.
This comes before planned ICE raids in Denver and 10 other cities nationwide.
The protesters say they are demonstrating against the treatment of the people living inside. The Blue Lives Matter flag was vandalized with “Abolish ICE” in spray paint.
The original flags outside the ICE facility, including the U.S. flag and Colorado flag were placed on the flag poles after the crowd dispersed. The Mexican flag and spray painted Blue Lives Matter flag were removed.
The immigration raids are set to happen this weekend. They were initially ordered by Pres. Donald Trump last month but he delayed the action by two weeks.
This is not going to work out the way these protesters planned:
Protesters at #ICE just raised the Mexican Flag at GEO Aurora Facility pic.twitter.com/ZPcxEf6kB3
— Isaias Medina (@Photog_Izzy) July 13, 2019
Here’s a video:
Now flying outside @ICEgov detention center in Aurora – an upside down and dirty American flag, Mexican flag and one with foul language. Protestors still here. pic.twitter.com/eXdnbdBXVi
— Matt Mauro (@mattmauronews) July 13, 2019
Here’s another:
raising the Mexican flag over the GEO immigration detention facility in Aurora, CO. pic.twitter.com/yztZQsV6T4
— Isaac Vargas (@isaacxiv_) July 13, 2019
Eventually, it was fixed:
Just in – armed guards are now outside the doors of the @ICEgov detention center in Aurora. They’re taking down the Mexican and other flags and replacing them with the American and state flags. pic.twitter.com/8U3tiHq5RW
— Matt Mauro (@mattmauronews) July 13, 2019
The left is not winning any allies by doing this.
It just insults millions of Americans.
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