Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country are expected to march down Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday. They will be protesting President Trump's immigration policies.
It will all begin at 11 a.m. at Freedom Plaza and will wrap up by 2 p.m.
Dozens of organizations are behind this event including the Women's March, ACLU, and Planned Parenthood.
“The Trump administration means paralyzing, continued panic,” said Caryn Fioss.
Through a translator, Fioss tells us she is terrified. After living in this country for 18 years, she said immigration officials have told her she must return back to Honduras in 5 months. She will not confirm her current status to WUSA9.
She said her 15-year-old daughter, a U.S. citizen, will be left in the country alone.
That is why Fioss and hundreds of thousands more are expected to march on Saturday.
Protestors want President Trump to reverse the zero tolerance policy that allows for anyone crossing the border illegally to be prosecuted. Children cannot be placed in adult facilities, so the policy has led to the images you have seen, of children separated and held in detention facilities.
Saturday's march comes two days after a group of 575 women were arrested at the Capitol on Thursday after protesting the policy. Many of the women plan to march again on Saturday.
“We are empowered and we believe in this cause,” said Abby Fernandez, a student who traveled to D.C. from Chicago for the protest. “Our officer asked us 'you have one more chance do you want to be arrested', and we were like ‘yes’ we truly believe in this.”
Fernandez was one of the hundreds arrested for refusing to leave the Capitol.
The group escorted out of the building by police and held in Lower Senate Park, until officials processed them and charged them with civil disobedience. They were released within hours.
Proponents of the zero-tolerance policy say it protects our borders and keeps America safe.
While the major immigration rally will be held in DC, just like the Women's March after inauguration, there will be hundreds of sister marches held all over the country.
For more information on the march, click here.
