About 50 people from faith communities across the state joined a monthly vigil on April 1, 2025. They held signs in support of immigrants and walked in front of the ICE field office in downtown Manchester as a show of support for any immigrants checking in with ICE.
David Woodbury of New Boston was one of the people that held hands and sang outside the building. He shared concerns about the way that immigrants are being treated in the country. He compared it to the situation in 20th century Europe and decided to attend the vigil with his wife and other members of his church.
“I haven’t gone to many demonstrations, but I feel strongly about the issue of immigration,” he said. “We’ve sort of drawn the curtain really on the basis of racial discrimination against people who don’t look like us, but who are actually very good people and very valuable people who we should let into the country.”
Others spoke about their concerns around the government targeting immigrants with legal status, using local police to carry out immigration actions, and disregarding due process for immigration detainees.
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