NEWBURYPORT — A group of about 25 faith leaders and community activists followed a child-sized coffin toward downtown Newburyport on Wednesday as part of a six-day “funeral procession” from Boston to a Dover, New Hampshire, facility where Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining undocumented immigrants.
The protesters plan on carrying the white cardboard coffin, which is decorated with the names and photos of seven children who died while in ICE custody, on a 76-mile journey that began Monday morning at the JFK Federal Building and will end Saturday at the Strafford County House of Corrections. They will converge there with multiple other New England groups carrying out similar treks with hope of helping to bring an end to immigrant detention.
