WASHINGTON -- Protesters in Lafayette Park battled the intense heat on Saturday as they called for the reunification of families separated at the border. The Families Belong Together March was organized by the Women's March, ACLU and Planned Parenthood, among other organizations.
D.C. declared a heat emergency as the temperatures rose near 100. According the police, 45 people were transported to on-site cooling tents during the protest. Two patients were taken to nearby hospitals for non-life threatening heat-related injuries.
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As the heat is expected to remain through the next few days, the D.C. government has activated various cooling sites and are urging people to remain out of the heat for too long. Long periods of time in intense temperatures can cause heat stroke or exhaustion.
The map of the cooling centers can be found here.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched throughout the United States on Saturday, protesting the Trump administration’s policy on immigration.
"Hamilton" creator and activist Lin-Manuel Miranda was spotted in D.C. at Latino Victory, assisting with signs.
The President tweeted on Saturday, calling the United States’ immigration laws “the dumbest anywhere in the world.”
