WALSENBURG, Colo. (KOAA) — Protesters gathered in Walsenburg on Friday, urging their community to reject a possible federal detention center that could be established at a former prison facility.

The demonstration took place as concerns mount over plans obtained by the ACLU showing the Huerfano Correctional Facility has been proposed as the site of a potential ICE detention center. The prison has been out of operation for more than a decade.

"It's going in the wrong direction, and we need to get back to the basics of democracy," one protester said.

Another demonstrator expressed their opposition more simply: "I just don't want it. I just don't want it."

The protesters have been showing up weekly, hoping that ICE doesn't establish operations in their community. Their concerns center on

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