Sunday, July 01, 2018

Protests

Large protest demonstrations took place yesterday across the United States protesting the governments policy of separating children from illegal immigrants trying to get into the country. In almost every major city and town ordinary people turned out to voice their opinions against this policy.

The main rally was in Washington, DC, but hundreds of marches, protests and rallies took place across the country in cities like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Milwaukee, Denver, Miami, St. Louis, San Francisco and Los Angeles, where crowds called for the immediate reunification of migrant families and an end to family detentions and separations. There were plenty of signs and shirts declaring, "I really do care, do you?"--a dig at the jacket Melania Trump wore while departing for a trip to the southwest border last week.

Here in Poland it was a quiet day of rest and study for Joan and I. She made zucchini soup for dinner, hot this time because the temperature is only21c today so there is no need for cold soup.

 I spoke for 1 1/2 hours with Carmelo earlier, going over Spanish language.

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Rozmawia艂em wcze艣niej 1,5 godziny z Carmelo po hiszpa艅sku.