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Protesters braved the icy cold conditions to protest ICE in Columbus. Interviews with Emily Cole of Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change and Munira Abdullahi, State Representative, House District 9. Speaking event at Trinity Church follows.

Protest sponsored by SEIU District 1199 WV/KY/OH, Common Cause Ohio, Indivisible Central Ohio, Ohioans Against Extremism, Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change (OFUPAC), other allies and partners, and community members. Rally and march began at the High Street side of the Ohio Statehouse at 1 PM on Friday, January 23.

If Renee Good becomes just another name on a list, we will have failed her. And we will have failed ourselves. Because the lesson of every flashpoint is the same: outrage alone does not change the conditions that created it. 

NOTE: This protest occurred prior to the subsequent murder of Alex Pretti by ICE.