Columbia joined over 700 cities around the country in holding a candlelight vigil outside Boone County Jail to protest detention camps on the U.S. border Friday evening.
The vigil, part of the nationwide campaign Lights for Liberty, was created in response to camps set up on the U.S. southern border to contain undocumented immigrants. Recent media coverage and Congressional debate have revealed the conditions of some of the camps, bringing the issue to the forefront of national conversation and prompting activists to protest “inhumane conditions.”
