Demonstrators in Silver Spring spend Labor Day protesting Trump

One Maryland neighborhood celebrated Labor Day with a small-town parade, while several miles away, demonstrators gathered on an overpass on the Capital Beltway in Silver Spring over what they said are policies that affect laborers.

Hundreds of community members gathered at the overpass on Colesville Road in protest of President Donald Trump’s administration’s policies.

Mary Brown said the protest’s location has good visibility.

“We have visibility for folks going up and down Colesville Road. We have visibility for the Beltway,” Brown said, adding the protest lets people know that “we stand in support of immigrants and everyone ICE is rounding up.”

Silver Spring resident Laura Elkins said the demonstration during the holid

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