U.S., protesters march against Trump's anti-immigrant measures

Demonstrators in the United States took to the streets to protest against Donald Trump's recent anti-immigrant moves. teleSUR

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00:00In the United States, demonstrators are rallying against President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant

00:05measures in front of the Lloyd George Courthouse in Las Vegas.

00:10A day after his sworn-in ceremony, Trump abrogated a century-old policy known as birthright citizenship

00:17that guaranteed citizenship to the children of immigrants born in the U.S., regardless

00:23of the status of their parents.

00:25In addition, the Republican president eliminated all protection for irregular migrants taking

00:31refuge in churches, shelters, schools and other places in order to expand anti-immigrant

00:37law enforcement to arrest and deport them back to their countries of origin.