Since Tuesday, they have put up a no trespassing sign in English and Spanish. The Brooklyn Heights Police brought three cars around (and left). Their lead man came and spoke to a couple of the group of protesters. He said, that ICE called the property's owner, and people are allowed only within ten yards of the center line of the street. There is no sidewalk, and that moved the people out from under the shade of a line of trees. Two dozen plus people came out. A few cameramen and reporters came out from WKYC3 (which reported a dozen people there, my head count before it ended, and people were still wandering in and out, was two dozen), WJW8, WOIO19/43.
A professor of immigration law from Akron University organised the rally. Some other professors, a minister, a union leader also spoke. Mention was made of the North Hill area of Akron, which has seen improvement because of new immigrants as residents. Another lawyer spoke of an Eritrean who has just been granted asylum. Many people leave their home countries to escape imminent death and torture. The rally ran from 2 p.m. to 3.14 p.m.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 925 Keynote Circle, Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131
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